Obama's Cousin, Terrorist Odinga is expected to attend both of the Kenya-sponsored Inauguration Celebrations

[Lisa Karres]

Raila Odinga To Lead Delegation To D.C. To Celebrate Inauguration

Raila Odinga is a violent, dangerous man . This is Barack Hussein Obama's cousin who pledged to impose Sharia to get the Muslim vote and whose son is named Fidel Castro Odinga. He named his first-born son after Fidel Castro.
He’s the one that Barack Obama was in constant contact during the New Hampshire primary campaign.

Daily Nation

Prime Minister Raila Odinga is to lead a government delegation to host two celebrations on January 20 in honour of US President-elect Barack Obama in Washington DC before his inauguration.

The black-tie dinner and ball are scheduled to take place on the night of the inauguration at posh Marriott Gateway Hotel.

It is said to be a pan-African gala in honour of the first US president of African descent.

Kenya’s ambassador in Washington Peter Ogego said he hopes the new president and the First Lady will include the event in their round of inaugural balls.

Invitations are also being sent to incoming Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN ambassador Susan Rice, Mr Ogego added.

Mr Odinga is expected to attend both of the Kenya-sponsored inauguration celebrations.

The National Democratic Institute, a non-governmental democracy-promotion group, has invited him to take part in the Martin Luther King Jnr Day celebrations in Washington on January 18.

On the inauguration day, the Kenya mission will hold a reception at Washington Plaza Hotel near the route of the parade leading to President Obama’s swearing in on the steps of the US Capitol.

The inaugural ball is being hosted by the African Ambassadors Group in Washington, along with the US Corporate Council on Africa and the World Bank-IMF African Society.

Tickets are priced at almost ($200) Sh16,000 per person for an event that Mr Ogego estimates will cost $200,000 (Sh15.8 million)

The envoy said also that the afternoon reception will be open to all and free of charge. However, the embassy will spend about $40,000 (Sh3.1million) on organising it.

“Everyone at the embassy in Washington is excited at the prospect of a US president with ties to Kenya,” Mr Ogego said, adding that Mr Obama’s election offers to Kenya lessons and potential benefits.
“The US has demonstrated we can all move beyond artificial barriers — be it race, class or ethnicity,” he said.
Tangible gains for Kenya can already be felt, the envoy added and cited the uptick in US tourism to Kenya along with the international media attention that the country is receiving.

Additional benefits will come in time, Mr Ogego said, and pointed out, for example, that Bill Richardson, Mr Obama’s designee as secretary of commerce, has visited Kenya on three occasions and regards himself as a good friend of the country.
President-elect Obama’s convincing victory in the November poll over Republican John McCain triggered celebrations all over Kenya.

In his father’s birth place of Kogelo, several bulls were slaughtered.

Reports said at the time that Mr Odinga joined the the celebrations as he, through an aide, provided more bulls.

After the US elections, Kogelo was on the spotlight as people from as far as Tanzania and Uganda drove to the village, with some bearing gifts for President Obama’s extended family.

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