Am very sure that he will have some impact to Kenya’s affairs,
Yes he can deliver the much-needed change kenya envisions

Yes he can

yes Shahwar,’If he will be good for America, he will be good for the world and my country is the world’Duncan sometimes pulls out some great lines.

True,Obama should be given a break at least for now

Obama will help restore trust in America as a country and this benefits almost all countries

Thank you Abigael and Thomas

Thanks Shahwar for your comment

Thanks Nishi Boy,he should be given a chance

That is true

Obama presidency is a very hopeful one

Duncan,that was well said

Obama has brought a new lease of life to the Kenyans,imagine after the elections that made many Kenyans hate the name election,here was another election that Kenyans wanted to identify with,As it is now as much as kenyans have a high expectation from Obama Presidency,i am sure that Obama will be good for Kenya.

I believe Obama will do alot for Kenya

America being the most influential country in the world,i believe he can deliver it for Kenya and the world.

Expectations are very high in Kenya and Africa,even in the Arab countries,because they all know they have a reasonable man in the Oval office.

Thanks for the comment Jayanta

Jayanta and Johnstone Thank you.

hopeful indeed.

very true.

yes,he will.

very true

Why would obama want to do a lot for Kenya?

When he said corruption was dragging Kenya down, Kibaki through his spokesman (Mutua) and Ambassador (Agego), said Obama didn’t know what he was talking about. They are yet to recant that.

By any stretch, Obama does not owe Kenya anything. He is under no obligation to do anything (let alone ”a lot”) for Kenya. That the Kenya government could very well be at the centre of what drove Obama Senior to his (premature) death is not particularly romantic.

It is for Kenya to learn from Obama’s story. Whether Kenya has the capacity or inclination to so is doubtful. Let Kenya not blame Obama for its collective stupidity.

But what is it that Kenya wants delivered?

Obama cannot order US tourists to travel to and spend their dollars in Kenya. Even if he had the capacity to do so, Raila’s hoodlums will eagerly be at hand to pluck off the railway and block the highways ”to defend democracy”. Or Kibaki’s homeboys will be anxious to decapitate or castrate ”foreigners”. Not an entirely groovy setting for tourism.

Or maybe Obama could issue a directive for US investments to flow to Kenya. If he can... Only to later contend with government bulldozers because their businesses are on ”road reserves”. Never mind that they have government documents establishing their ownership of the same.

Kenya needs to sort itself out before it can expect, let alone demand, anyone else to ”deliver” on its behalf.

True Duncan, but a reasonable man in the White House is likely to be dragged down by imbeciles in State House and other Grand Houses across the continent.

The great expectations on Obama by the diverse potentates across the continent (or anywhere else) are self-serving and, not surprisingly, foolish. No one should even bother to use them as yardsticks for Obama’s performance.

Obama’s election alone is lesson enough to occupy the African continent for several generations before it can even begin to ask him to look favorably this way.