Mama Obama Disappointed by Inauguration Preparations
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Washington, DC – Sarah Obama has expressed her displeasure in the manner in which some of the ceremonial preparations for her grandson have been handled. Sitting somewhat comfortably in a plush hotel in D.C., she passionately shared the source of her angst.
“Ei!! It was terrible!” she cried. “As I was coming from Nairobi to here, they treated me so terrible at the customs office. In fact, I can barely talk about it, but the world must know!”
Madam Obama fervently narrated how prior to coming to the US, she stopped by a local roadside table to buy samaki wa kukaanga (fried fish) in large quantities to bring to the inauguration dinner. She was to serve the fish with ugali and chapatti as a surprise to her family. To her dismay, the custom officers seized all the fish and told her it could not be brought into the country.
“I mean, how? How could they do this?” she queried. “Don’t they know who my (step) grandson is?”
She is not so angry that they took the food she explained, as she is sure “all the customs agents gathered to eat it after work”. Rather, she is upset that she cannot keep her promise to her great-grandchildren, Sasha and Malia.
“They really seemed to enjoy our local foods when they came to visit us in Kenya last time,” she reminisced. “Do you remember? When they came to do an AIDS test in our town? Anyway, I made up there in my mind that when Barack became president, I would cook a big-big meal for the whole of America to enjoy.”
She squinted her eyes, as though upset by another thought.
“I told all the ladies in the village that I will be on CNN to proudly show my dishes, and the customs officers have made me out to be a liar!”
The grand lady finally calmed her heart to speak on one final matter of grave concern.
“Tell me. Why? Why is my Barack on a train riding from one part of the country to the next, when there is a whole Air Force One plane waiting to carry him quickly to the place he wants to go,” she wondered. “It is very disrespectful. I am sure customs did it. This is how commoners travel. Even me, I didn’t take a train from Kenya to here.”
