A COMPARISON OF THE AFFIDAVITS OF RON MCRAE AND “KWELI SHUHUBIA”

AFFIDAVIT OF BISHOP RON McRAE

AsItalked to and questioned Ms. Obamapublicly over the open microphone of Mr. Shuhudia'sspeaker phone, theywould translate whatIsaid toherin Swahilipublicly,and thentheywould translate her Swahili responses tome publiclyin English. Ms. Obama can fluently speak Swahili inher native dialect, but cannot read or write.In the ensuing public conversation, Iasked Ms. Obama specifically, "Were you presentwhen your grandson Barack Obama was born inKenya?" This was asked to her in translation twice,and both times she specifically replied, "Yes!Yes she was! She was present when Obama wasborn". Though, some few younger relatives, includingMr. Ogombe, haveobviously been versed to counter such facts with thecommon

AFFIDAVIT OF “KWELI SHUHUBIA”

asBishop McRaetalked to and questioned Ms. Obama,wewould translate whatBishop McRaesaid toMs. Obamain Swahili,and thenwewould translate her Swahili responses toBishop McRaein English. Ms. Obama can fluently speak Swahili inher native dialect, but cannot read or write.Bishop McRaeasked Ms. Obama specifically, “Were you presentwhen your grandson Barack Obama was born inKenya?” This was asked to her in translation twice,and both times she specifically replied, “Yes”.It appeared Ms. Obama’s relatives and her grandson,handling the translating, hadobviously been versed to counter such facts with the