In Nairobi, true popular acclaim comes in the form of your image on the rear window of a matatu -- the 14-seater minibuses that are the backbone of the urban transportation network. U.S. President Barack Obama is starting to show up on more and more of them. With his Kenyan roots, Obama is an aspirational figure here...especially as frustration grows with the current Grand Coalition government, which has failed to stem corruption or undertake needed reforms.
