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Protocol hitch unites Uhuru, Obama at mass

The van carrying the body of the late Nelson Mandela goes through Madiba Street.  INSET: People in Pretoria queue to board buses to take them to to view Mandela’s body at Union Building. [PHOTOS:MAXWELL AGWANDA/STANDARD]
          The van carrying the body of the late Nelson Mandela goes through Madiba Street.  INSET: People in Pretoria queue to board buses to take them to to view Mandela’s body at Union Building. [PHOTOS:MAXWELL AGWANDA/STANDARD]

By STANDARD REPORTER

South Africa: President Uhuru Kenyatta was kept waiting in his hotel room along with his entourage for close to an hour for the police escort to take him to the late Nelson Mandela’s memorial service in Johannesburg, according to a knowledgeable source.

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