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Auma’s moments with US President Barack Obama during Kenyan trip

In 2004, when her brother Barack Obama captured the imagination of Americans and the rest of the World, the sign was clear that he was the rising star when he gave that speech at the Democratic Congress, then as a Junior Senator from Chicago South Side.

Over ten years later, it was Dr Auma Obama who was the rising star. On Sunday, she was the only speaker before President Barack Obama, who addressed a packed Safaricom arena with Kenyans from all walks of life including

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