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The day I served Baba Malia ‘omena’

Obama with his daughter Malia

It was in August of 2006 when I met Obama for the first time, and I am not sure there would be a second time. Meeting such people is a rarity in this world,” says Mutuku Maingi then Senior Maitr’d, or the Head Waiter, at Allan Bobbes Bistro, then located off Riverside Drive, Chiromo.

“It was on the day of his lecture at UoN, when he also planted a commemorative tree at Uhuru Park. On the eve of the day, we received communication that the hotel would be fully booked for lunch the following day, from 10am to 2pm. We were asked to carry our name tags, which we were required to produce at the entrance,” says Maingi, now the Operations Manager at the 160-bed Three Steers Hotel, in Meru County.

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