NAIROBI, Kenya  -- Kenyans have long watched the U.S. presidential election with special interest and, in many cases, a special sense of pride.

Barak Obama is the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas.

"I'm excited ... because he's a Kenyan. He's a half Kenyan," a smiling woman said in a Nairobi neighborhood.

More than a few hangovers were expected Wednesday as many Kenyans celebrated the presumptive Democratic nominee's latest primary election win and him surpassing the delegate total needed to win the party's nomination.

Video from across the country showed Kenyans dancing and swilling Senator Keg Lager, which has picked up the nickname "Obama Beer" in honor of the junior senator from Illinois.

Obama is popular across many parts of the country, especially in western Kenya where many of his relatives live.