When news came through the airwaves that President Barack Obama would make his first-ever visit as the president of the United States of America, the question of a Kenyan journalist interviewing him was bound to pop up.
Scores of Kenyans on social media staked their money on either Hussein Mohamed or Jeff Koinange doing the job.
The bet on the two was an idle one; both journalists were on the crest of their careers, doing extremely well having carved themselves a reputation for exemplary interviewing skills.
It would come as a shock to the punters when President Obama 'snubbed' the two journalists and settled on the then little-known Olive Burrows.
In a video shared on YouTube by Capital FM on the behind the scenes prior to the Obama's interview, Michael Mumo, the editorial director, said that he had been approached by Olive Burrows who wanted the radio station to ask for an interview with the then US head of state.
"Soon after the announcement that Barack Obama would be coming to Kenya in July, I recall one evening my colleague Olive Burrows came to my desk and said, "Why can't we get an interview with the US president." So I immediately said to myself, "Why not?" Mumo said. (0:28-0:44)
He noted that after listening to Burrows' pitch, he asked the female journalist to start thinking through the issues that she would like to grill Obama about.
An email was written to the U.S Embassy in Nairobi.
The embassy did not immediately respond forcing Mumo to ask the public affairs person at the embassy and was told that the request for the interview had been sent to Washington.
Days to Obama's eagerly-awaited arrival, Capital FM was told that it had been granted the coveted interview.
Butterflies in her stomach, Olive Burrows took a deep breath and waited for the day Obama would sit across her for an interview.