I guess we are all waiting to see. Apparently if you go to his new site http://www.change.gov, he and his cabinet are taking suggestions……..

Ok,

@Mwangi: It’s not so much as us resting on our laurels now that we have “our own” in the White House, and waiting for the dollars to waft in our direction, as it is the fact that our continent which has been viewed as obscure, dark and savage has given the world a leader. So I agree with the points you have laid out.
Second point: I keep on repeating this, like I’m a broken record, “This is the 21st century, we live in a shrunken interconnected world. The world is ‘smaller’ than ever. Some trouble in one part of the world has the ability to affect a region, and ultimately the world. Example: The Rwanda Genocide (14 years ago) spilled beyond Rwanda. Burundi, Uganda and Congo were affected; this was the Great Lakes Crisis, which in reality has never ended, and is rearing it’s ugly head currently in Congo. Number two, the U.S sneezes and the free market economies catch cold; the credit crunch that begun there is affecting banks all over, Iceland has felt the biggest blow (I stand corrected.)

@ Acolyte: The U.S of A is a superpower in crisis. Facing troubled times all at one go, but still a superpower. China, India and Russia are barging through, granted. In my view, China is the newest kid on the ‘World Bloc’ with Superpower status. For a Superpower to be, the sum-total factor has to come into consideration; military, economic, political and cultural might. In many respects, China is a formidable power, in many others that power has it’s limitations. The world’s currency is still pegged to the dollar, and not to the Yuan. Another issue, for a country to be the Superpower, she has to have the ability to dictate foreign policy to other nations. I don’t foresee any power nudging the U.S off her Superpower pedestal anytime soon. A big possibility is that the ‘New World Order’ is headed to a place where it is multipolar where influence over other nations is shared by a few nations as opposed to unipolar where a singular power calls the shots.

@Owour: I wish you would look at the bigger picture. I don’t think Kenya is an embarrassment to Obama, if it were, he wouldn’t have bothered to make trips there. Obama has visited Kenya three times, the first in 1987 when he met with his extended family for the first time, and more recently in 2006. I think he has been very clear in his recognition of his Kenyan roots, a factor that has been included in his book ´Dreams from my father.´ One journalist commented that his visits to Kenya were more of ´beefing up´ his foreign policy credentials than a homecoming, but I beg to differ, his first visit was way before he even thought of entering politics.

My point: I reckon for now the most urgent thing on Obama’s plate is the U.S economy. I think as many commentators note “he needs to hit the ground running” and deal with several issues at a go. While his focus is on the U.S at the moment, the African Union needs to intervene in the Congo crisis. I’m outta here…still recovering from an “Obama victory bash.”

Yes well observed. Now the excitement has died let see real obama from electioneering obama. He would come to conclusion that bush is not the problem but the system that allows him to declare war only for it interest, Yet while we watch broken little children dying in congo. Which reminds all the bravado of US military they are spineless lot who can only fight for oil while devalue human life. Mankind need a much high being to deal with injustice visited in our continent.

Go Obama!

BTW, yes Mwangi, today was a holiday, I kinda wished it was tomorrow but well… rumour is that Uganda have 3 public holidays. Trust our leaders to be so shallow, but enjoy we did.