Kogelo, Kenya (CNN) -- Four years ago this village was the center of "Obama mania." The celebration of 2008 "was exceptional, it is something not any of us would have imagined to have happened because we were at the brink of history being made," said village resident Malik Obama, half-brother of the president. In 2008, Malik Obama peered into a tiny TV with a flickering CNN signal for an all-night vigil watching results come in. After a rain-soaked night that stranded more than a few reporters who had come to the village, Malik Obama emerged bleary-eyed but dancing. A crowd of supporters chanted his name.
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The village of Kogelo was the birthplace of President Obama's father
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In 2008 the village celebrated "Obama mania"
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Barack Obama's win put Kogelo on the map
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Now, with a close election looming, many are nervous
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