It’s Costing Taxpayers $7 Million for Summit to Talk About Entrepreneurs
Staging and production for a global summit in Kenya where President Barack Obama will speak are costing taxpayers $7 million.
Obama is making his first presidential visit to the African country to attend the sixth Global Entrepreneurship Summit, which is being held at the United Nations office near the U.S. embassy in Nairobi on Saturday and Sunday.
According to government contracts, staging, teleprompters, break out rooms, prayer rooms, and other logistics for the two-day event will cost $7 million.
A justification and approval document issued by the Department of State on Wednesday showed that the agency hired Hargrove Productions, a special events company based in Maryland, to run the event.
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