By ANTONY KARANJA in DALLAS, TEXAS
The Kenyan Government is having some fun of its own at the expense of Sarah Palin’s Tea Party Movement with an event at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Tuesday, April 27.
Kenya’s deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta will be attending the event dubbed “Real Tea Party” which is aimed at promoting Kenya as the world’s premier tea exporter.
A Kenyan Embassy representative confirmed to jambonewspot.com about the impending event and referred the website editor to Chlopak Leonard Schechter and Associates (CLS), a corporate communications and public affairs firm based in Washington, DC which is organizing the event in conjunction with the Kenyan Government. CLS also has the governments of Spain, Mexico, Peru and Portugal as clients.
In what seems like an apparent swipe at the Tea Party Movement rallies being held in the US mainly by conservatives, the invite sent out to the public reads “Find Out What a Real Tea Party is All About.” and “Capitol Hill is finally having a tea party that actually serves tea!”
Further the invites read, “The Government of Kenya, the world’s #1 tea exporter, cordially invites you to a proper Kenyan Tea Party on Capitol Hill (one without a political agenda). Please join Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister, the Honorable Uhuru Kenyatta, at Kenya’s tea tasting event, complete with food pairings and tea leaf readings.”
The “Real Tea Party” event is in apparent contrast to the rowdy tea parties that have been held all over the country in fierce opposition to US President Barack Obama’s policies and who apparently still believe that the US President is a citizen of Kenya.
On April 15 which is Tax day in the US, some protesters from the Tea Party Movement held signs reading “A village in Kenya is missing its idiot” and “Go back to Kenya”
Here is one of the invites
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