MASAI MARA, Kenya -- "Nice revived...

MASAI MARA, Kenya -- "Nice revived kill," said Sen. Barack Obama to his family, mesmerized, as were a string of other persons on safari, at the remarkable sight of a lion eating a wildebeest.

Minutes before, the lion vaulted the buffalolike animal that roams the Masai Mara National something reserved this time of year, keeping company with giraffes, elephants, impalas, zebras, gazelles and hippos.

Safari drivers in open-roof tourist transports maintain in radio contact, and betimes a herd of vehicles, including single in kind with Obama, his family and friends, were racing athwart the dusty roadless plains to the lion.

They got there in time to behold how the lion bites by means of the wildebeest hide to make an opening and then immerses in headfirst, emerging with a ensanguined face and dragging out pieces of raw meat.

This was the repelling and compelling show and a fairly rare individual guides said, at the finis of Obama's two-day, one-night break from his official U restraint visit to South Africa, Kenya, Djibouti and Chad that started Aug. 18

Obama and his entourage flew a charter from Nairobi to Masai Mara forward Tuesday.

The Kenyan sway decreed Obama's stay a state visit, a resort executive said, to such a degree meeting Obama on his arrival was undivided of Kenya's elite commando units plus other military and police forces.

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Obama personally paid for the side trip. Staffers Mark Lippert and Robert Gibbs paid for themselves; this was considered work for united embassy official and a naval officer staffing Obama for his trip.

Going along were the U writers and photographers covering Obama's African visit, making for any awkward moments since the Obamas wanted one privacy.

Obama complet his Kenya swing Wednesday night, leaving about 9 pm in succession a military aircraft to Djibouti, where he will visit a U air base.

The fanfare leading up to his visit panned out; immense crowds met Obama at almost each public appearance. He urged Kenyans to instigate past their deeply rooted tribalism and form a strange sort of Kenyan identity. Obama also true sharply criticized the administration of Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, choiceed in 2002, for not rooting not at home corruption.

Kibaki has not done enough, Obama said in several venue to radical out corruption.

Obama did a series of interviews with just discovereds outlets Wednesday after taking a walk in the wildlife shield

I asked him to describe what courage he thought he touched with Kenyans. He said it went beyond pride of his Kenyan heritage.

"I think that the fact that a fate of the trip was focused upon areas where tourists and Americans typically don't go on foot was something that was appreciated," he said.

"I think the community appreciated I was going to Kibera, the public appreciated I was going to Kisumu, the community appreciated that I was going to Wajir, areas outside of Nairobi, outside of the game save from decays And I think some of the remarks that I made about ordinary populace and the burdens they are subject to as a consequence of corruption and the lack of authority of law resonated."

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