Clinton Offered Wedding Goats

July 27, 2005

I sent my school fee donation via Western Union last week.

Today, the Boston papers carried this story: (smile)

Clinton offered wedding goats

24/07/2005 20:21 - (SA)

Nairobi - Former US president Bill Clinton, who was visiting Kenya on

Friday, will probably never hear about it but he's being offered 20 head of

cattle and 40 goats for the hand of his daughter, Chelsea, in marriage.

The 36-year-old bachelor, Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor, has waited five years

after writing to the president and vows to remain unmarried until he gets an

answer.

" I am ready to wait for as long as I can, " said Chepkurgor, who is a

municipal councillor in Kenya's Rift Valler town of Nakuru.

Chepkurgor's initial efforts to reach Clinton during his visit to Uganda in

2000 were thwarted by the Kenyan foreign ministry and the state security,

which failed to deliver his introduction letter.

Graduate

The electrical engineering graduate promised in the letter to pay his

would-be father-in-law 20 head of cattle and 40 goats in dowry, in

accordance with African traditions.

" I learnt a lot about the Clintons through the media and was impressed about

their staunch Christian values and their down-to-earth attitude, " he said.

" If I was given the opportunity at some stage I would tell him about my love

for his daughter. She was my first real love and she still is today. "

Chepkurgor is quick to brush off suggestions that he is a joker.

" My parents were ready to support me because they realised how serious I was

about this marriage, " he said.

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Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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