My Obama Moment that never was
It was a bright September morning and like the rest of the East Africa leaders participating in the Les Aspin Program in 2005, we were excited to finally meet the great man that we so much identified with, Barrack Obama, then a Senator in USA. We were to have a breakfast meeting and we could only be grateful to The director of Les Aspin program for managing to organize this meeting. There was an air of excitement, and nobody was late in boarding the train, actually it was one day that nobody minded leaving the Mariotte Residence Inn in a quorum,- quite a conspicuous quorum of about 17 people- coz we all needed to keep time! All in formal wear we waited at the exit of the train station for the coordinator to pick us for our great breakfast. We each had a lot in mind as to the issues to raise with this man that had become an epitome of hope for the Africa youth who formed 70% of this quorum. Some thought of the issues regarding the foreign policies affecting Africa while for others just