Kenyan villagers jubilant over victory

SCORES of jubilant villagers trooped to Sarah Obama’s home in western Kenya yesterday to savour her grandson’s victory as US Democratic party presidential nominee.

Kenyan villagers jubilant over victory

Crowds huddled around TV sets in the provincial capital Kisumu to watch excerpts of Barack Obama’s victory speech when he made history to become the first black candidate of a prominent US party.

“I was very delighted to learn that he had scored big against his rival,” an ebullient Ms Obama told reporters amid bursts of laughter.

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