Nairobi (AFP) - 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 champagne
would be shunned in favour 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.

Source: yahoo news

Personally, i think the guy is just another attention seeker like the numerous trekkers we have in Nigeria.