Kenyans gripped by Obamania

THE Kenyan family of presidential hopeful Barack Obama awoke yesterday to phone calls from around the world and throngs of journalists outside their door all wanting to know one thing — what was their take on the US presidential race.

Throughout the morning, results trickled through about the US primaries. Super Tuesday led neighbours, local media and international camera crews to the home of Sarah Obama, the Illinois Senator’s grandmother.

But Obama’s relatives barely blinked an eye outside their modest home in the small village of Kogello, west Kenya.