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- Obama's father, Barack Hussein Obama Senior, was from Kenya
- Obama's grandmother and several other relatives live in Kenya
- Obama spoke with Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on January 7, 2008
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On January 8, 2008, President Barack Obama attempted to contact Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki to ask him to enter negotiations with opposition leader Raila Odinga. Following the announcement of the results of the Kenyan election on December 30, 2007, violent conflicts broke out among supporters of the opposing parties.
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"Despite irregularities in the vote tabulation, now is not the time to throw that strong democracy away. Now is a time for President Kibaki, opposition leader Odinga, and all of Kenya's leaders to call for calm, to come together, and to start a political process to address peacefully the controversies that divide them. Now is the time for this terrible violence to end." - Barack Obama The New York Times Caucus: Obama Reaches Out to Kenyan Leaders (January 8, 2008)
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Barack Obama Mwai Kibaki Questions
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