[bannie]

At that historic homecoming in August 2006 Obama was greeted as a hero with thousands lining the dirt streets of Kogelo. He visited the Senator Obama Kogelo Secondary School built on land donated by his paternal grandfather. After addressing the pupils, a third of whom are orphans, and dancing with them as they sang songs in his honour, he was shown a school with four dilapidated classrooms that lacked even basic resources such as water, sanitation and electricity.

He told the assembled press, local politicians (who included current Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga), and students: "Hopefully I can provide some assistance in the future to this school and all that it can be." He then turned to the school's principal, Yuanita Obiero, and assured her and her teachers: "I know you are working very hard and struggling to bring up this school, but I have said I will assist the school and I will do so."

...

But the Evening Standard has heard that the promises he made to help the school as well as a local orphanage appear to have been empty.

...

MUCH MORE AT THE SITE.

WHADDA' GUY!

[library user]

Guess he couldn’t find someone else’s money to pay for this.

[LongElegantLegs]

Hmm...You know what would be cool? A Limbaugh fundraiser to benefit this little school.

[flyfree]

I think this is related:

Obama Talks About Lifting a Child In Bangladesh From Poverty... John McCain Did It

http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/07/obama-talks-about-lifting-child-in.html

[kalee]

After reading the Daily Mail story and now this one, I don’t think they were too impressed with Obama in England.

[LibertyRocks]

Is it any surprise? Seriously, if I had relatives living in obscure poverty and I had the funds Obama had I would NOT allow them to keep living like that. He talks a good game, but when it comes down to it - how can anyone believe a man who says he wants to end poverty when he can’t even sacrifice enough of his own wealth to “free” his OWN FAMILY??? What a hypocrite... The news of the broken promises just solidifies my thoughts on this - thoughts I’ve held since I first saw the pictures of his family and how they live. Compare that to the home he lives in himself and it’s astounding, really. It’s all a typical commie/socialist ploy of the ‘ruling party’. Take everyone else’s money and give it to others, but never take them down from THEIR station in life. After all, they are ‘special’.

[BallyBill]

President Obama hates Black People!

[The Worthless Miracle]

Meanwhile, Michelle’s screaming her head off at the servants and buying $600 earrings.

[flyfree]

His dad was married already when he married Obama’s mom.

[Chode]

[ncfool]

Ah! your wrong about Barack and his band of DemoRats!

Here is his plan!

Obama is running for President of the USA or the World.

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN02433:@@@L&summ2=m&

Below is information on the only bill that Barack Obama sponsored in the Senate.S. 2433, The Global Poverty Act of 2007

It’s a very costly bill giving away our Tax dollars to other nations so that we can equalize them with our standard of living.

Barack’s Idea should be used here at home on the Southside of Chicago.

Being the Good community organizer he should focus on Our community and the US.

But instead he is flying around telling the world that American’s need to scrafice at home and dial back our thermostat’s to 80 degrees and drive smaller cars, That we need to eat less.

Yes, Barack we hear your message and need to repent our sins of being a successful nation by seeing that your Worldwide Welfare bill S.2433 is passed. So You can help they villge in Kenya. You promised the Kogelo Kids.

After all we are American’s and should equalize our wealth with the have not nations of the world.

S.2433

Title: A bill to require the President to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to further the United States foreign policy objective of promoting the reduction of global poverty, the elimination of extreme global poverty, and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal of reducing by one-half the proportion of people worldwide, between 1990 and 2015, who live on less than $1 per day.

Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack [IL] (introduced 12/7/2007)

Cosponsors (29)

Related Bills: H.R.1302

Latest Major Action: 4/24/2008 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 718.

COSPONSORS(29), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Sen Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [DE] - 2/12/2008

Sen Bingaman, Jeff [NM] - 5/22/2008 Sen Boxer, Barbara [CA] - 6/12/2008

Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 5/8/2008 Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 12/7/2007

Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 7/15/2008

Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] - 6/2/2008

Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 7/15/2008

Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 5/13/2008

Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 2/12/2008

Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 2/7/2008

Sen Feingold, Russell D. [WI] - 2/13/2008

Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 1/23/2008

Vice President Canidate:Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] - 12/7/2007

Sen Harkin, Tom [IA] - 2/28/2008

Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 2/29/2008

Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 4/1/2008

Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] - 7/15/2008

Sen Lautenberg, Frank R. [NJ] - 7/16/2008

Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] - 2/5/2008

Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] - 2/11/2008

Sen Mikulski, Barbara A. [MD] - 5/13/2008

Sen Murray, Patty [WA] - 2/27/2008

Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 6/17/2008

Sen Smith, Gordon H. [OR] - 3/10/2008

Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 2/25/2008

Sen Stabenow, Debbie [MI] - 7/24/2008

Sen Webb, Jim [VA] - 7/24/2008

Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] - 6/23/2008

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN02433:@@@L&summ2=m&

[Wil H]

Seems that the school is doing just as well as the projects he supported in Chicago are doing...

[gridlock]

This village is a Preview of Coming Attractions for the rest of us. Barack Obama is making a lot of promises these days. They will be as realized as the promises he made to this broken down school.

It’s all about the “O”. These people are a stepping stone.

[keepitreal]

The market is where we head next to speak to villagers about their hopes for an Obama victory in November and what it might do for their village. Mary Manasse, 40, who runs the Mama Siste Mini Shop selling staples such as bread and cow’s milk (packaged in old Coke bottles) says she has a photograph of Obama shaking hands with her on his 2006 visit.

“Back then I was looking after 40 orphans at the orphan centre,” she recalls. “We faced a desperate shortage of money and Obama told us that he especially liked special, dedicated projects like ours and wanted to help. We thought he would give funds to help our project but we got nothing. A few months later we were forced to shut down the orphan centre because of lack of funds. Just a million Kenyan shillings [£6,000] would have kept us going another year. I feel disappointed that he did not come through.”