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« on: December 28, 2008, 12:50:35 PM »

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Nairobi — Dear Kenyans, I am grateful for your unwavering support
during my entire presidential campaigns, which reached its peak with
my victory.

During the campaigns, I consistently and fondly spoke of my Kenyan
roots. I am an American citizen and, on January 20, 2009, I will be
America's 44th president.

As a son of a Kenyan father, I know that Section 90 of your
constitution bestows upon me automatic citizenship. In the fullness
of time, who knows, Michelle and I may decide to come and retire in
the land of my father.

I know that most, if not all, Kenyans expect me to have a magic wand
to your problems and aspirations.

To avoid future misunderstandings, we need to agree at the outset on
my limitations. And I am making candid confessions only because of my
paternal heritage and the special place you hold in my life.

I was elected by 64 million Americans, comprising nearly 53 per cent
of the voters. Few presidents have passed the 50 per cent mark -- not
even the great Abraham Lincoln who came from my state of Illinois.

Such a clear mandate means that Americans voted for me because they
believed in my campaign promises. I promised that my priorities would
be to fix our education and public health sectors, manage fuel prices
and arrest or kill Osama bin Laden.

My country is the richest in the world, but you will find it
unbelievable that 46 million Americans cannot access proper
healthcare as they lack medical insurance.

Medical insurance in America is privately funded. We do not have
government hospitals as you do in your country. My key priority is to
resolve this uninsured large portion of the population.

In education, I am proud that American universities are the best in
the world. However, a crisis is brewing in high schools as we are
losing our competitive edge in maths and the sciences to other
developed countries. Unless we fix this anomaly now, we risk losing
our innovation and research leadership in the future. I will not
allow this to happen under my watch.

The USA is addicted to oil, and every American consumes about 8,000
litres a year. No other country uses as much oil. Increased oil
prices thus affect every American without exception.

Other than working with our key suppliers to stabilise the prices, I
promised Americans during my campaigns that I would work on new and
innovative sources of energy.

The same day that you declared a public holiday in my honour, I got
my first presidential daily briefings which will last as long as I am
America's president. These briefings let me into esoteric knowledge
of the challenges facing our country that no American has access to
other than the top heads of the various intelligence agencies. I will
share with you the broad outlines.

America as the pre-eminent democracy, military and economic power in
the world faces unique challenges which we are demanded of to resolve
or lead the way.

Since the attack on our country on September 11, 2001, we know that
Islamic terrorism is our existential threat. My predecessor
authorised the attacks in Iraq and Afghanistan to neutralise this
threat.

Though these wars are still on and at times look like we are in a
quagmire, I promised an honourable exit, but subject to the threat
having been removed. My first major task in January will be to
approve our defence budget which is about us$600 billion.

Also, part of our foreign policy is to ensure the safety and secure
borders of Israel, safe routes of our oil supplies and commitment to
our bilateral and multi-lateral allies. Kenya has always been our
friend, and these ties shall now be strengthened by my heritage.

Our relationship could be imperilled should your foreign policy be at
odds with ours. We will never dictate your foreign policy as you are
a sovereign state, but our relationship is dependent on your choices.

Before I forget, there is the issue of visas and immigration to
America. I know that most Kenyans, including the hundreds of
thousands who live or study in America, are now expecting
preferential treatment.

The US citizenship and immigration services are an independent
federal department that deals with issues of visa, immigration and
citizenship. I have no control over it completely.

The department has assured me that only Sarah, my grandmother, and
Auma, my sister, may get preferential treatment. All my other
relatives and other Kenyans have to follow the rules. I'm sorry.

When it comes to funding your projects, my hands are even more tied.
Our domestic and global spending is approved by Congress. In our
annual budget, we always allocate billions of dollars to countries
like Egypt and Israel for strategic reasons. Recently, we gave
billions to Georgia to rebuild itself after it was invaded by Russia.

Kenya may benefit if it makes certain strategic decisions. We are
looking for a base in Africa to build our AfriCom headquarters, and
Lamu is one of the likely locations.

In the event that you accept our request, we will make Lamu a deep-
sea port and build a railway line from there to Ethiopia, our other
strategic ally in the region. The choice again I say is yours.

As for visiting Kenya, it will depend on what my policy advisers say.
My relatives will even find it hard now to reach me as my security
and programme are in the hands of federal bureaucracy.

But I urge you to instill transparency and accountability in your
public systems, more so in the electoral process, political
leadership and public appointments.

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