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Barack Obama: My first time in Kenya, I almost crapped in a matatu

When Barack Obama landed in Kenya for the first time in 1987 it was a 'retrace my roots' trip of mixed emotions.

While he encountered rude waiters, lost his bags at the airport, visited Mathare slums, had soda at the City Market, and shot basketball at University of Nairobi's Main Campus, the real adventure was waiting in his father's Nyang'oma village in Kogelo.

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