{UAH} Kenya won't be getting the Obama presidential library

Kenya won't be getting the Obama presidential library

The Nairobi-based U.S. International University-Africa submitted a proposal in June to the Barack Obama Foundation for consideration as the site for the Obama library and museum but the 'submission was not responsive to the guidelines and is not under consideration,' the foundation says.

BY LESLIE LARSON  

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

 

Monday, June 30, 2014, 8:13 AM

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Obama's foundation has nixed a proposal from a Kenyan university to house Obama's presidential library.

The Nairobi-based U.S. International University-Africa submitted a proposal in June to the Barack Obama Foundation for consideration as the site for the Obama library and museum.

The school said the Africa site would shed light on Obama's heritage and would also help boost the "Obama tourism circuit."

But the "submission was not responsive to the guidelines and is not under consideration," the foundation told the Chicago Sun-Times.

The Kenyan proposal was among the 13 submissions received by the Barack Obama Foundation for the library site by the June 17 deadline.

The University of Chicago, Chicago State University and Columbia University were among the schools that confirmed they submitted proposals.

"We appreciate the time, effort, and planning that have gone into the 13 responses. ... These ideas will ultimately help us build a library that reflects President Obama's priorities and values," Martin (Marty) Nesbitt, chair of the Barack Obama Foundation, said in a statement on June 17.

"We will run a level and fair process to evaluate how well each response captures the vision and goals of the future Obama presidential library, and based on what we see, the foundation will identify a short-list of potential partners to receive a request for proposal later this summer," the statement said.

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