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| Kenya calls US 'swamp of graft' cable 'malicious' |
| 2010-11-30 |
| Kenya's government spokesman said Tuesday that a U.S. characterization of the country as a "swamp" of corruption in reports of leaked diplomatic memos is "malicious" if true. Alfred Mutua also said that the top U.S. diplomat for Africa called Kenya's prime minister on Monday to apologize for the leaked memos. U.S. Embassy spokesman John Haynes said senior State Department officials have called senior Kenyan government officials to inform them and to discuss their concerns. He did not elaborate. The Obama administration has undertaken a worldwide effort to contain damage done by the release of more than 250,000 U.S. diplomatic cables by the online clearinghouse WikiLeaks. The lead headline in Kenya's Daily Nation on Tuesday read: "U.S. envoys see Kenya as a 'swamp' of graft." The Daily Nation relied on a report from the German magazine Der Spiegel, which said Kenya is depicted as "a swamp of flourishing corruption" in one of the as-yet unreleased cables. Mutua said that if the reports are true, "then it is totally malicious and a total misrepresentation of our country and our leaders. We are surprised and shocked by these revelations." He said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnny Carson called Prime Minister Raila Odinga to offer an apology. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #3 Now that the heat is on Obama's cousin, Odinga does what any good muslim grafter would do; he undertakes a little bit of misdirection to keep the rubes focused elsewhere. Arrest gays, Kenyan PM orders |
| Posted by: tipper 2010-11-30 19:44 |
| #2 So...how |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-11-30 18:28 |
| #1 He said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnny Carson called Prime Minister Raila Odinga to offer an apology Johnny wha??? Lemme guess. His second in command is Ed McMahon, right? Isn't Odinga one of Obama's family's allied clans, or something like that? Cap'n Wonderful could have called him between holes of golf and smoothed it over personally. What a twit. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2010-11-30 18:02 |