Showing posts with label kogelo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kogelo. Show all posts

Thursday, August 12, 2010

US $ To Support Sh100 Million "Cultural Center" Near Sarah Obama's Home

Well, well, well, look at this. A cultural center is to be built near Sarah Obama's home.  The center will have "diverse artefacts."  Just a wild guess on my part, but I wonder if some of the artefacts will be those returned to Africa through the Department of Justice's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative recently touted by Attorney General Eric Holder.  Alternatively, maybe they're creating a shrine to Barack Obama as they await his divine repatriation to Kenya.

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.

Obama family settle row over Sh100m centre's site
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

Read more . . .

Also see:
Kogelo's Grand Dream Turns Into a Graft File 
Kleptocrats - No More Cash and Kari
James Orengo, Kenyan Minister of Lands, Declares that Barack Obama was born in Kenya

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Sarah Obama Refers to Barack Obama as an Orphan Who Passed Through Her Hands!

On Monday, May 5, 2010, Mama Sarah Obama received an honorary doctorate from the Great Lakes University of Kisumu.  Officially they say she received the Ph.D. because of the help she gave to orphans and widows in her village of Kogelo, Kenya.  During her acceptance, Sarah Obama appealed to the public, saying she believes they, too, should help vulnerable people in their society.

Included in her words of thanks, Sarah Obama made the following statement, which could be interpreted in more than one way.  For example, is she telling us Barack Obama was actually an orphan whom she tended, or does she mean he passed through her hands at the moment of his birth, or could she be referring to something else?  What do you think she meant?

Obama's grandmother throws party
Daily Nation

“This is a show of blessing from God, since I have always dedicated my time to tend to the orphans. Even the US president passed through my hands.”

Kenya's search for Kings and Queens is endless
by Charles Onyango-Obbo
Daily Nation

US President Obama's grandmother is probably the world’s most famous granny right now. The other day, The Great Lakes University of Kisumu awarded the 87-year-old grandmother a doctorate.

Dr Sara Obama deserves her time in the limelight, because she is the only African and black woman ever to be a grandmother of an American president, the most powerful man on earth. But she also reveals something about Kenya. 
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Update:  Unlike his grandmother, Barack Obama failed to help the orphans of Kogelo.  This doesn't surprise Americans because as many who naively voted for him have discovered, Barack has become notorious for breaking promises.  Interestingly, the author of this article refers to Sarah Obama as Barack's "step-grandmother."  In our culture, that would only be true if Sarah and Barack were not related by blood. >>

Barack Obama's Broken Promise to Kogelo Village
by David Cohen
London Evening Standard, 7/25/08