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Kenyan to Chelsea: Marry Me, Get Free Livestock

Man renews dowry offer first made in 2000

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 9, 2009 11:15 AM CDT

(Newser) – Hoping for Chelsea Clinton’s hand in marriage, a Kenyan man offered a dowry of 40 goats and 20 cows in 2000. Now, he's renewing the offer and America's top diplomat mom has gotten involved: “She's very independent," responded Hillary Clinton, asked about the offer, at a Nairobi town hall meeting. "So I will convey this very kind offer." Godwin Kipkemoi Chepkurgor notes that he already has a wife, but she “has no problem with this.”

Chepkurgor says of Chelsea: "Of course I have never met her, but I like her family and how they stick together. I've waited for a long time. I'm still waiting to meet her and express my love for her."

Former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton, right, look on during a ceremonial swearing-in for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009.
Former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton, right, look on during a ceremonial swearing-in for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009.   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during a press conference at the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 6 2009, where she met with Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, during a press conference at the US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, Thursday, Aug. 6 2009, where she met with Somali president Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed.
Hillary Rodham Clinton poses with daughter Chelsea Clinton on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.
Hillary Rodham Clinton poses with daughter Chelsea Clinton on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009.   (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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riffran
Aug 10, 2009 5:51 AM CDT
well hell she already has two jackasses for parents....she should start a farm
doingtherightthing
Aug 9, 2009 11:50 AM CDT
nah, she's only worth 1 goat maybe two if she's a virgin drean on Hilary........
Timinator2K
Aug 9, 2009 8:17 AM CDT
GEORGE OBAMA?! GO FOR IT, G.O.!

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