Kenyan lawyer offers livestock to marry Obama's daughter
(MENAFN- Arab News) NAIROBI: A Kenyan lawyer has offered US President Barack Obama 50 cows and other assorted livestock in exchange for his 16-year old daughter Malia's hand in marriage a report said Tuesday.
Felix Kiprono said he was willing to pay 50 cows 70 sheep and 30 goats in order to fulfil his dream of marrying the first daughter.
'I got interested in her in 2008' Kiprono said in an interview with The Nairobian newspaper.
At that time President Obama was running for office for the first time and Malia was a 10-year-old.
'As a matter of fact I haven't dated anyone since and promise to be faithful to her. I have shared this with my family and they are willing to help me raise the bride price' he said.
Kiprono said he intended to put his offer of marriage to Obama and hopes the president will bring his daughter with him when he makes his first presidential visit to Kenya the country where his father was born in July.
Obama's Kenyan grandmother who is in her early 90s still lives in Kogelo in western Kenya home to a number of the president's relatives.
'I am currently drafting a letter to Obama asking him to please have Malia accompany him for this trip. I hope the embassy will pass the letter to him' he said.
Kiprono dismissed the notion he might be a gold-digger.
'People might say I am after the family's money which is not the case. My love is real' he insisted.
The young lawyer whose age was not revealed said he had already planned his proposal which would be made on a hill near his rural village and the wedding at which drink would be shunned in favor of a traditional sour milk called 'mursik.'
Kiprono said that as a couple he and the young Obama would lead 'a simple life.'
'I will teach Malia how to milk a cow cook ugali (maize porridge) and prepare mursik like any other Kalenjin woman' he said.
Felix Kiprono said he was willing to pay 50 cows 70 sheep and 30 goats in order to fulfil his dream of marrying the first daughter.
'I got interested in her in 2008' Kiprono said in an interview with The Nairobian newspaper.
At that time President Obama was running for office for the first time and Malia was a 10-year-old.
'As a matter of fact I haven't dated anyone since and promise to be faithful to her. I have shared this with my family and they are willing to help me raise the bride price' he said.
Kiprono said he intended to put his offer of marriage to Obama and hopes the president will bring his daughter with him when he makes his first presidential visit to Kenya the country where his father was born in July.
Obama's Kenyan grandmother who is in her early 90s still lives in Kogelo in western Kenya home to a number of the president's relatives.
'I am currently drafting a letter to Obama asking him to please have Malia accompany him for this trip. I hope the embassy will pass the letter to him' he said.
Kiprono dismissed the notion he might be a gold-digger.
'People might say I am after the family's money which is not the case. My love is real' he insisted.
The young lawyer whose age was not revealed said he had already planned his proposal which would be made on a hill near his rural village and the wedding at which drink would be shunned in favor of a traditional sour milk called 'mursik.'
Kiprono said that as a couple he and the young Obama would lead 'a simple life.'
'I will teach Malia how to milk a cow cook ugali (maize porridge) and prepare mursik like any other Kalenjin woman' he said.
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