http://www.newsvine.com/western-kenyanNewsvine - western-kenyanen-usCopyright 2013Wed, 7 Nov 2012 14:16:51 +0000Thu, 23 May 2013 05:36:23 +0000http://www.newsvine.comhttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14921602-granny-obama-kenya-celebrate-white-house-winhttp://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14921602-granny-obama-kenya-celebrate-white-house-winwhite-housekenyaunited-statesobamabarack-obamaworld-newsafjohn-dimowestern-kenyanSun, 4 Nov 2012 18:26:24 +0000http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/posthttp://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post<p>Malik Obama, half-brother of President Barack Obama, poses for photographs after speaking about the upcoming U.S. elections to an Associated Press television reporter in the village of Kogelo where he lives in western Kenya Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Kogelo village is also the current home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President, and many Kenyans consider Obama, with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, as one of their own. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Malik Obama, half-brother of President Barack Obama, poses for photographs after speaking about the upcoming U.S. elections to an Associated Press television reporter in the village of Kogelo where he lives in western Kenya Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Kogelo village is also the current home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President, and many Kenyans consider Obama, with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, as one of their own. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>A woman practices with a basketball at an annual soccer tournament and sports day in the village of Kogelo held in memory of President Barack Obama's late father, Barack Obama Sr., who came from the village, in western Kenya Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Kogelo village is also the current home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President, and many Kenyans consider Obama, with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, as one of their own. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Youths participate in an annual soccer tournament and sports day in the village of Kogelo held in memory of President Barack Obama's late father, Barack Obama Sr., who came from the village, in western Kenya Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Kogelo village is also the current home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President, and many Kenyans consider Obama, with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, as one of their own. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>A blind girl reaches out to try and stop a ball from an opposing team of blind boys, who all wear black blindfolds to equalize any differences in their visual abilities and come from the St Oda School for the Visually Impaired, at an annual soccer tournament and sports day in the village of Kogelo held in memory of President Barack Obama's late father, Barack Obama Sr., who came from the village, in western Kenya Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Kogelo village is also the current home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President, and many Kenyans consider Obama, with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, as one of their own. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>A blind boy throws a ball towards an opposing team of blind girls, who all wear black blindfolds to equalize any differences in their visual abilities and come from the St Oda School for the Visually Impaired, at an annual soccer tournament and sports day in the village of Kogelo held in memory of President Barack Obama's late father, Barack Obama Sr., who came from the village, in western Kenya Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Kogelo village is also the current home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President, and many Kenyans consider Obama, with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, as one of their own. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>A boy plays with a soccer ball as a thunderstorm approaches at an annual soccer tournament and sports day in the village of Kogelo held in memory of President Barack Obama's late father, Barack Obama Sr., who came from the village, in western Kenya Sunday, Nov. 4, 2012. Kogelo village is also the current home of Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of the U.S. President, and many Kenyans consider Obama, with a mother from Kansas and a father from Kenya, as one of their own. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Kenyan witch-doctor John Dimo, who claims to be 105 years old, throws shells, bones, and other magic items to predict the outcome of the U.S. election, in front of his hut in the village of Kogelo, from where President Barack Obama's late father came from and whom Dimo claimed he knew, in western Kenya, Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. While pollsters in the U.S. are using armies of live-interviewers, statistical analysis and the latest automated polling technology, Dimo, who inherited the work from his father in 1962 and has two wives and five children, is confident of his traditional methods and claimed the result would go in Obama's favor. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Kenyan witch-doctor John Dimo, who claims to be 105 years old, interprets the result after throwing shells, bones, and other magic items to predict the outcome of the U.S. election, in front of his hut in the village of Kogelo, from where President Barack Obama's late father came from and whom Dimo claims he knew, in western Kenya Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. While pollsters in the U.S. are using armies of live-interviewers, statistical analysis and the latest automated polling technology, Dimo, who inherited the work from his father in 1962 and has two wives and five children, is confident of his traditional methods and claimed the result would go in Obama's favor. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Kenyan witch-doctor John Dimo, who claims to be 105 years old, throws shells, bones, and other magic items to predict the outcome of the U.S. election, in front of his hut in the village of Kogelo, from where President Barack Obama's late father came from and whom Dimo claims to have known, in western Kenya Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. While pollsters in the U.S. are using armies of live-interviewers, statistical analysis and the latest automated polling technology, Dimo, who inherited the work from his father in 1962 and has two wives and five children, is confident of his traditional methods and claimed the result would go in Obama's favor. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Kenyan witch-doctor John Dimo, who claims to be 105 years old, interprets the result after throwing shells, bones, and other magic items to predict the outcome of the U.S. election, in front of his hut in the village of Kogelo, from where President Barack Obama's late father came from and whom Dimo claims he knew, in western Kenya Monday, Nov. 5, 2012. While pollsters in the U.S. are using armies of live-interviewers, statistical analysis and the latest automated polling technology, Dimo, who inherited the work from his father in 1962 and has two wives and five children, is confident of his traditional methods and claimed the result would go in Obama's favor. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, speaks to the media about her reaction to Obama's re-election in the U.S. presidential election, in the garden of her house in the village of Kogelo, western Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Villagers dance at an all-night party to watch the U.S. presidential election in the village of Kogelo, home to Sarah Obama the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, in western Kenya Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Villagers cheer and wave branches to celebrate Obama's re-election in the village of Kogelo, home to Sarah Obama, the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, in western Kenya Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, waves her walking cane towards supporters in celebration before speaking to the media about her reaction to Obama's re-election in the U.S. presidential election in the garden of her house in the village of Kogelo, western Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Villagers raise their bicycles in the air to celebrate Obama's re-election, in the village of Kogelo, home to Sarah Obama the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, in western Kenya Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Villagers cheer and raise their bicycles in the air to celebrate Obama's re-election, in the village of Kogelo, home to Sarah Obama the step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, in western Kenya Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p><p>Sarah Obama, step-grandmother of President Barack Obama, speaks to the media about Obama's re-election in the U.S. presidential election in the garden of her house in the village of Kogelo, western Kenya, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)</p>