excerpt from fox..............................
Obama Fever Grips Kenya as Nation Prays for His Election
Pentecostals and pagans press for an Obama victory with prayers and sacrifices as the Illinois senator becomes an icon in the land of his father.
KISUMU, Kenya -- Believers across Kenya are praying for Barack Obama -- literally. They're making sacrificial offerings to help ensure his victory in a nation where the Illinois senator is considered a native son.
Minibuses festooned with Obama's image ply Kenya's roads, and his portrait is a fast-seller in marketplaces. But one prominent preacher is taking his fervor further, saying his church is engaged in "spiritual warfare" to ensure Obama is victorious.
Bishop Washington Ogonyo Ngede met Obama during the senator's high-profile 2006 visit to his father's village, Kogelo. Ngede, a Pentecostal leader, said a prayer in the village before Obama spoke and "laid hands upon" the Hawaii-born senator, who he believes is anointed by God for electoral victory.
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"I prayed for him. I said, 'God bless this young boy, and make him to become president of the United States of America.' I prayed openly, with a lot of force. And I felt the anointing when I was praying," said Ngede....end Excerpt
