Article: Kenyans pick Obama as top name

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May 5, 2008
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KENYA

A CHILD-NAMING craze is sweeping across western Kenya, where parents are naming their babies after figures in the news.

A record number of boys are being named after Prime Minister Raila Odinga, and the former UN chief Kofi Annan who helped mediate an end to the violence.

Baby girls have been named after Graca Machel who also helped broker the recent powersharing agreement. US presidential hopefuls, Barack Obama, whose father was Kenyan, and Hillary Clinton, have also ...

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