Importantly for American taxpayers is that this center is being supported by U.S. dollars. We'll have to ask US Ambassador Michael Rannenberger how much this will cost us.
By Mangoa Mosota and George Olwenya
The Standard
August 12, 2010
The family of US President Barack Obama has agreed on a site to build a Sh100 million cultural centre in Kogelo, Siaya District.
After disagreements over the location where the facility is to be built, National Heritage Minister William Ntimama and US Ambassador Michael Ranneberger led a baraza that resolved the impasse.
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Yesterday, Ntimama said construction of the facility, which will have diverse artefacts, would start soon.
Ranneberger said the US would offer financial support for the facility, and also bring in tourists
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Shameful ... more US tax dollars being illegally donated to Obama's country of birth for a shrine to him and yet these cretins dwithhold ANY information about his origins and have even thrown investigative reporters seeking that information out of the country. Why should they benefit from such largese??
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ReplyDelete100 Million Kenyan Shillings are currently worth about 1.25 Million USD.