A man sells tyre covers carrying the portrait of US President-elect Barack Obama, along Oginga Odinga Street in the Lakeside City of Kisumu, Kenya, Monday Jan. 19, 2009, in preparation for Obama's inauguration as the 44th President of the United States. One tyre cover was selling at for 5,000 Kenyan Shillings (US$70)

Ikiwa imebakia siku moja kwa Obama kushika madaraka, leo alikwenda kutembelea makaburi ya mashujaa wa vita kwenye mgari atakaokuwa anautumia wenye nambari 44.

A combination photograph shows U.S. President-elect Barack Obama (L) at a ceremony for his whistle stop train trip at the train station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 17, 2009 and Indonesian photographer Ilham Anas (R) chatting with his colleagues in his office in Jakarta January 17, 2009. Anas won't be at U.S. President Barack Obama's inauguration on Tuesday. Instead he'll be starring as an Obama look-alike on Indonesian TV. Anas, 34, who from some angles bears a resemblance to the new U.S. president, shot to fame in Jakarta after Obama, 47, won the election in November, and is now earning income as an Obama double.REUTERS

Huu ndio ulinzi ambao tayari anapewa Rais mteule Barack Obama. Hii ilikuwa ni jana alipoalikwa kwenye chakula cha jioni kwenye makazi ya raia mmoja huko Maryland.

Zikiwa zimebakia siku chache kwa bwana Obama kuapishwa kuwa Rais, leo alikuwa na kikao na mawaziri wake watarajiwa pamoja na washauri wengine katika malengo ya kujiandaa kushika madaraka na kuweka mambo sawa. Kuna kila shauku toka kila pande za nchi na dunia kwa ujumla kwa jamaa na kundi lake kuanza kazi. Wadau Bongo tungependa sana kusikia maoni na matarajio yenu kuhusu uongozi unaoingia!!

Jana (01/05/2009) ilikuwa ni siku ya watoto kurudi shule baada ya likizo za sikukuu, na familia ya Obama haikuwa tofauti na familia nyingine katika siku hii ya kwanza ya watoto kurudi shuleni. Pichani anaonekana Rais mtarajiwa na mkewe wakijiandaa kuwapeleka Sasha na Malia shule zao mpya mjini Washington, D.C.

Raisi mteule bwana Obama, yuko likizo fupi Honolulu, Hawaii akijiliwaza na hali nzuri ya hewa kabla ya kutawazwa rasmi Urais hapo Januari 20, 2009. Sehemu nyingine nyingi Marekani kwa sasa ni baridi na barafu la nguvu.

Ni tofauti sana na Marais wote waliopita...ANAELEWA!!

Rais mteule Barack Hussein Obama na familia yake, wakiwa wameelekeza macho na masikikio kwenye luninga usiku wa tarehe 4 Novemba. Mamillioni ya watu duniani kote walikuwa kama kina Obama katika siku hiyo ya kihistoria. Zimebakia siku chache kwa jamaa na familia yake kuingia Jumba Jeupe na matumaini ya walio wengi ni kumuona bwana Obama akiliongoza Taifa hili kurudia kwenye neema na maendeleo kwa watu wake pamoja na kulirudishia heshima duniani.

Kwa maoni ya walio wengi, Rais anayemaliza muda wake(bwana Kichaka), ametuyumbisha sana kwa kutuingiza kwenye mengi ya matatizo tunayokumbana nayo kwa sasa. Historia pekee ndiyo itakayo muhukumu bwana Kichaka kwa damu nyingi aliyoimwaga Iraq na mengi mengineyo.

Siku hii ya kihistoria tutaikumbuka kwa vizazi vingi vijavyo.

Hivyo ndivyo ilivyokuwa jana wakati Dunia nzima iliposhuhudia kutangazwa rasmi kwa ushindi wa bwana Obama na baadae kupata nafasi ya kumsikiliza akitoa hotuba katika siku hii kubwa ya kihistoria, kwa Marekani na Dunia kwa ujumla.

WASHINGTON – Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. "Change has come," he declared to a huge throng of cheering supporters.
The son of a black father from Kenya and a white mother from Kansas, the Democratic senator from Illinois sealed his historic triumph by defeating Republican Sen. John McCain in a string of wins in hard-fought battleground states — Ohio, Florida, Virginia, Iowa and more.
On a night for Democrats to savor, they not only elected Obama the nation's 44th president but padded their majorities in the House and Senate, and come January will control both the White House and Congress for the first time since 1994.
Obama's election capped a meteoric rise — from mere state senator to president-elect in four years.
In his first speech as victor, Obama catalogued the challenges ahead. "The greatest of a lifetime," he said, "two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century."
He added, "There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president, and we know that government can't solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face."
McCain called his former rival to concede defeat — and the end of his own 10-year quest for the White House. "The American people have spoken, and spoken clearly," McCain told disappointed supporters in Arizona.
President Bush added his congratulations from the White House.
In his speech, Obama invoked the words of Lincoln and echoed John F. Kennedy.
"So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder," he said.
He and his running mate, Sen. Joseph Biden of Delaware, will take their oaths of office as president and vice president on Jan. 20, 2009.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Barack Obama and John McCain uncorked massive get-out-the-vote operations in more than a dozen battleground states Sunday, millions of telephone calls, mailings and door-knockings in a frenzied, fitting climax to a record-shattering $1 billion campaign. Together, they'll spend about $8 per presidential vote.
With just two days to go, most national polls show Obama ahead of McCain. State surveys suggest the Democrat's path to the requisite 270 electoral votes — and perhaps far beyond — is much easier to navigate than McCain's.
Obama exuded confidence. "The last couple of days, I've been just feeling good," he told 80,000 gathered to hear him — and singer Bruce Springsteen — in Cleveland. "The crowds seem to grow and everybody's got a smile on their face. You start thinking that maybe we might be able to win an election on November 4th."
In Peterborough, N.H., McCain held his final town hall-style event in the state that put him on the national map in 2000 and launched his GOP primary comeback eight years later. "I come to the people of New Hampshire to ask them to let me go on one more mission," said McCain, who is looking for an upset victory against Obama.
Polls show the six closest states are Florida, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada and Ohio. All were won by Bush and made competitive by Obama's record-shattering fundraising. The campaigns also are running aggressive ground games elsewhere, including Iowa, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Colorado and Virginia.
All that's left now for the candidates is make sure people vote Tuesday — if they haven't already.

Siku zinakaribia na jamaa anaonekana anaelekea kwenye jumba jeupe.

Pamoja na ubaguzi mkali uliopo nchi hii, lakini wengi wa raia wa Marekani wameonyesha kumkubali bwana Obama. Tayari inadhihirisha wazi kwamba huyu bwana atakuwa rais
na kuingia kwenye vitabu vya historia kama mtu wa kwanza mweusi kuliongoza taifa hili kubwa lenye nguvu na utajiri mkubwa. Jambo hili linaleta matumaini makubwa ya kwamba kuna mambo mengi mazuri yanaweza kutokea Duniani. Thank you Dr. King, Mandela, Nnkruma, Nyerere na wengine wengi.

Obama (katikati) akiwa na babu na bibi kwa upande wa mama yake wakati akiwa bado mwanafunzi.