CHELSEA COULD HAVE SCORED
It seems that Bill Clinton is against the idea of his daughter Chelsea marrying into politics. At least that's the message I read into an article in a recent edition of the Nairobi Nation, in which a Kenyan provincial city councillor says he is still waiting for a reply to a marriage offer he made more than five years ago to the then incumbent President Clinton.
Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor, a 36-year-old elected city councillor in Nakuru gave the paper a did-not-kiss-but-still-telling 'exclusive' in which he says he offered Bill Clinton 40 goats and 20 cows for his daughter's hand in marriage back in 2000- and is still waiting for an answer.
Nakuru, incidentally, lies north of Lake Naivasha in Kenya's safari-land: known for its hundreds of thousands of flamingos, the fourth largest town in Kenya was once dubbed 'the cleanest town in East-Africa.'
You would have thought that with the region's flamingo glut, Godwin would have thrown a couple of dozen birds into the dowry offer -- if only to add a romantic touch.
Go-for-it Godwin says he contacted Chelsea's dad during the then-president's visit to Kenya back in 2000. Apart from the animal dowry, the Kenyan would-be suitor also promised a massive wedding presided over by none other than South African Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Somebody who has had dealings with the White House protocol tells me that the offer would not have got past first base, and would have been put in the round bin long before it reached the Oval Office.
Maybe. Or was Bill holding out for 40 cows and 20 goats to give his blessing for his daughter to become Chelsea Chepkurgor? You have to admit, the name has a great alliterative ring to it.
Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor, a 36-year-old elected city councillor in Nakuru gave the paper a did-not-kiss-but-still-telling 'exclusive' in which he says he offered Bill Clinton 40 goats and 20 cows for his daughter's hand in marriage back in 2000- and is still waiting for an answer.
Nakuru, incidentally, lies north of Lake Naivasha in Kenya's safari-land: known for its hundreds of thousands of flamingos, the fourth largest town in Kenya was once dubbed 'the cleanest town in East-Africa.'
You would have thought that with the region's flamingo glut, Godwin would have thrown a couple of dozen birds into the dowry offer -- if only to add a romantic touch.
Go-for-it Godwin says he contacted Chelsea's dad during the then-president's visit to Kenya back in 2000. Apart from the animal dowry, the Kenyan would-be suitor also promised a massive wedding presided over by none other than South African Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
Somebody who has had dealings with the White House protocol tells me that the offer would not have got past first base, and would have been put in the round bin long before it reached the Oval Office.
Maybe. Or was Bill holding out for 40 cows and 20 goats to give his blessing for his daughter to become Chelsea Chepkurgor? You have to admit, the name has a great alliterative ring to it.
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