This is indeed a great day in the World and a day of Celebration for our country. We are proud that Senator Obama has been elected the next President of the United States.

The calling cry of “Yes We Can” by US Presidential-Elect Barrack Obama, rings true to us here in Kenya.

We not only support his policies, his world view and his focus, but we support the significance of his election as a black person, an African-American. All of us will walk with our heads lifted higher and with warmer hearts because truly, Yes, We Can!

The Government and People of Kenya are proud to be associated with a man whose heritage rises from our own soil. A man we consider our son, brother, friend and who has proven to the world that if you put your mind to something and you work on it and you mean well, you will triumph.

It is in this spirit that President Mwai Kibaki has declared tomorrow a Public Holiday so that we can celebrate as a nation the victory of one who shares our heritage. Although he is an American, Obama’s victory has made us even prouder to be Kenyan and earned us respect all over the world.

We encourage all Kenyans to take time off Kujienjoy and to learn from this great victory that proves, that we, too as Kenyans, Yes we Can!



Dr. Alfred N. Mutua, EBS
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS SECRETARY &
GOVERNMENT SPOKESPERSON

5th November, 2008