{"id":29728,"date":"2016-10-26T02:57:37","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T02:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/uhuru-kenyatta-and-hillary-rodham-clinton-may\/"},"modified":"2016-10-26T02:57:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T02:57:35","slug":"uhuru-kenyatta-and-hillary-rodham-clinton-may","status":"publish","type":"opinion","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/opinion\/uhuru-kenyatta-and-hillary-rodham-clinton-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Uhuru Kenyatta and Hillary Rodham Clinton may have&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>{If you\u2019ve what parapsychologists call a \u2018dirty mind,\u2019 you might read something untoward into the headline to this Lucubration&#8230; Well, DON\u2019T! (Perhaps) the only thing that Hillary Rodham Clinton (69) and Uhuru Kenyatta (55) may have in common with each other is that they share the same date and month of birth: October 26 \u2013 albeit in different years.}<\/p>\n<p>Born October 26, 1947, Mama Clinton (nee Diane Rodham) is an American Lawyer and Politician who married another American lawyer and politician in 1975, Bill Jefferson Clinton, the 44th US President (January 20, 1993-January 20, 2001).<\/p>\n<p>She served as Junior US Senator representing New York State (2001-2009) \u2013 after which she became the 67th State Secretary (equivalent to Foreign Affairs Minister in other nation-states) from January 21, 2009 to February 1, 2013 under the first-ever Black US President (2009\u2014), Barack Hussein Obama.<\/p>\n<p>Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta was also born on October 26, 1961. Born to the founder of Kenyan Nationalism and Kenya\u2019s first President, Jomo \u2018Johnson Kamau\u2019 Kenyatta (1891-1978), Uhuru went on to also become the Kenyan President as well: 2013 todate! In a manner of speaking, the only denominator here\u2019d be that Hillary and Uhuru (and their loved ones) are celebrating their birthday today, somewhere in Kenya and the United States as far apart as the Atlantic can keep them out of each other\u2019s hair, so to say!<\/p>\n<p>Oh, oh, oh&#8230; nitty-gritters are already at it here, saying Hillary and Uhuru also have something common \u2013 elections anyway! In support of that argumentation, they note that Mama Clinton is already well-entrenched on the Election Route \u2013 while Uhuru could be contesting for reelection next year!<\/p>\n<p>Clinton\u2019s electoral efforts are directed not only at becoming the 45th US President in the series come the swearing-into the Oval Office at the legendary White House on January 20, 2017&#8230; And, in doing so, she also sets the record as the First-ever Female President of the self-styled \u2018Land of the Free and Home of the Brave&#8230;\u2019 Boy!<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, there\u2019re a bazillion other historic and historical events that took place on October 26 down the years&#8230; &#8230; Such as the facts that today is celebrated (?) as \u2018Intersex Awareness Day\u2019&#8230; And that \u2018Alfred the Great,King of Wessex (871- 899CE), died at 50 on Oct. 26, 899CE&#8230;\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The self-styled \u2018King of the Anglo-Saxons\u2019 became famous partly \u2018for successfully defending his Kingdom against the Viking attempt at conquest \u2013 and had become the dominant ruler in England by the time he died!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Alfred had a reputation as a learned and merciful man of a gracious and level-headed nature who encouraged Education, and improved his Kingdom\u2019s Legal System, Military Structure and the People\u2019s Quality of Life&#8230;\u2019 And \u2018Intersex Awareness Day\u2019 is \u2018an international day of grassroots action to end shame, secrecy and unwanted genital cosmetic surgeries on intersex children.<\/p>\n<p>The day provides an opportunity for reflection and political action on October 26 when intersex organizations bring attention to the challenges intersex individuals face, culminating in the Intersex Day of Remembrance\/Intersex Solidarity Day on the birthday of Herculine Barbin (Oct. 26, 1838-1868). Barbin was a French intersex person who was regarded as a female at birth \u2013 but was later redesigned a male after an affair and physical examination!<\/p>\n<p>Get that? I don\u2019t&#8230; Anyway, now that you know, let\u2019s get back to our Hillary and Uhuru&#8230; Hillary is famous for several \u2018Firsts&#8230;\u2019 Apart from being the First Lady of Arkansas State during her hubby\u2019s Governorships( 1979-1981, and again 1983-1992), Hillary was also (but of course!) the US First Lady during Bill Clinton\u2019s Presidency (1993- 2001). The gal was appointed the First Female Chairman of the Legal Services Corporation in 1978 \u2013 and became the First Woman Partner at the Rose Law Firm the following year.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she was elected the First Female Senator from New York in Year-2000, America\u2019s only First Lady to\u2019ve ever sought elective office! In her various positions, she was squarely behind some noble developments.<\/p>\n<p>Examples are: she cofounded Arkansas Advocates for Children &#038; Families in 1977, served on several State Corporate Boards \u2013 and led a Task Force whose recommendations helped reform Arkansas\u2019s Public Schools.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997 and 1999, she helped create the State Children\u2019s Health Insurance Programme, even as she tackled the problems of adoption, family safety and foster care. An aggressively enterprising \u2018Go-Getter,\u2019 would you say? C\u2019mon&#8230; But, our Hillary also had murky moments&#8230; Like when, at the 1995 UN Conference on Women in Beijing, Mama Clinton stated that \u2018Human Rights are Women\u2019s Rights; and Women\u2019s Rights are Human Rights&#8230;\u2019 Well? Sheesh! As for Uhuru Kenyatta, he&#8230; Sorry, I\u2019ve run out of editorial space here&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Cheeeeeeerio!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-15937 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/jpg\/karlyimo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{If you\u2019ve what parapsychologists call a \u2018dirty mind,\u2019 you might read something untoward into the headline to this Lucubration&#8230; Well, DON\u2019T! (Perhaps) the only thing that Hillary Rodham Clinton (69) and Uhuru Kenyatta (55) may have in common with each other is that they share the same date and month of birth: October 26 \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[99],"byline":[2461],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-29728","opinion","type-opinion","status-publish","hentry","category-opinions","tag-greatlakesnews","byline-daily-nation"],"bylines":[{"id":2461,"name":"Daily Nation","slug":"daily-nation","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":2461,"name":"Daily Nation","slug":"daily-nation","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion\/29728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/opinion"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/opinion\/29728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29728"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=29728"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=29728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}