Maybe this could also shed some light on things:

Kenya has declared Thursday a National holiday to celebrate the election of Barack Obama to the US presidency.

Nov 5, 2008 ... Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki declared Thursday a public holiday. ... At the Kenya National Theater this week

See Sources below:

Century 1, Quatrain 50
From the three water signs will be born a man
who will celebrate Thursday as his feast day.
His renown, praise, rule and power will grow
on land and sea, bringing trouble to the East.


Sources from:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...