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The ‘correct’ spelling for the first name of the Hospital Chief Administrator ‘identified’ as having certified the copy of the ‘Lucas Daniel Smith, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate’, has been a subject of great controversy and discussion.
Articles and references available in the literature show that the doctor has been identified alternatively as either ‘Helton’ Maganga or ‘Heltan’ Maganga. As a result, a case can be easily made that BOTH spellings for Dr. Maganga’s first name are correct. Many valid examples in the literature can be found for both name spellings.
Consider just the following two excerpted articles, both written in June 2009:
'Helton' Maganga
'Heltan' Maganga
It is totally irrational to attempt to discredit the CPGH BC due to the name spelling of the Chief Administrator, Dr. Helton (Heltan) Maganga, who is recorded as certifying the copy of the BC obtained by Lucas Smith on February 19, 2009.
One certainly does not need to travel to Kenya to find variations in name spellings for individuals. For example, many people right here in the USA, formally named ‘William’ at birth, often choose to call themselves at various times in their lives either, Will, Willie, Willy, Bill or Billy. Former President John F. Kennedy, was often referred to by his alternative first name ‘Jack’.
The article, titled “Gaddafi? Kadafi? Qaddafi? What’s The Correct Spelling?”, which is excerpted below, demonstrates conclusively the wide variation in name spelling that can occur, especially in foreign cultures. The article was written by Eoin O’Carroll and posted 2/22/2011 in the 'Christian Science Monitor'.
Article Link: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2011/...rrect-spelling
Excerpt:
“Each time Libya appears in the news, scores of newspaper editors go bananas. Once possessed of faculties that could detect a breaking story as readily as a dangling participle, these poor souls are now reduced to a jabbering stupor, as though they had gazed into the tentacled maw of Cthulhu himself.”
“Blame it on the name of the country’s head of state, Colonel Gaddafi. Wait, no, that’s Kaddafi.
Or maybe it’s Qadhafi. …”
“Part of the problem here is that there’s no universally accepted authority for transliterating Arabic names. Normally, news outlets will just go with whatever spelling the subject prefers, but this particular subject hasn’t settled on a single Roman orthography for his name.”
“Instead, Libya’s Brother Leader lets a hundred flowers bloom. The banner at the top of his official website spells it, “AL Gathafi.” But if you go deeper into the site, you’ll see it variously rendered as “Al Qaddafi,” “Algathafi,” and “Al-Gathafi.”
“And that’s just the surname. Variations on his given name include Muammar, Moammar, Mu’ammar, and Moamar, and many others. Once you’ve settled on how to spell his first and last names, you then have to decide whether you want to add the Arabic prefix “al-” before his last name. Which can also be spelled “el-.” And then you have to decide whether the prefix should be capitalized. “
“ABC News – which spells it "Moammar Gaddafi" – has posted a list of 112 variations on the English spelling of the Libyan strongman's name”
(bold emphasis added)
The authentic ‘Lucas Daniel Smith, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate’ can not rationally be discredited due to the spelling of Chief Hospital Administrator, Dr. Helton (Heltan) Maganga’s first name.
Articles and references available in the literature show that the doctor has been identified alternatively as either ‘Helton’ Maganga or ‘Heltan’ Maganga. As a result, a case can be easily made that BOTH spellings for Dr. Maganga’s first name are correct. Many valid examples in the literature can be found for both name spellings.
Consider just the following two excerpted articles, both written in June 2009:
'Helton' Maganga
KENYA: Acute watery diarrhoea kills eight in Coast Province
IRIN
6/18/2009
"We are still receiving more patients from various parts of the province who have been diagnosed with the ailment. However, we are doing everything possible to provide the necessary treatment needed," Helton Maganga, chief administrator at the Coast Provincial General Hospital, the largest referral hospital in the province, told IRIN on 18 June."
(bold and underline emphasis added)
Article Link: http://www.irinnews.org/Report/84901...Coast-Province
IRIN
6/18/2009
"We are still receiving more patients from various parts of the province who have been diagnosed with the ailment. However, we are doing everything possible to provide the necessary treatment needed," Helton Maganga, chief administrator at the Coast Provincial General Hospital, the largest referral hospital in the province, told IRIN on 18 June."
(bold and underline emphasis added)
Article Link: http://www.irinnews.org/Report/84901...Coast-Province
'Heltan' Maganga
More Die In Kenya Cholera Outbreak
Breaking News Kenya
Alphonce Oladipoh
6/19/2009
“… speaking to a local radio station in Mombasa, Radio Salaam, the Coast Provincial General Hospital chief administrator, Dr. Heltan Maganga, termed dirty water and sanitation as the cause of the outbreak.”
(bold and underline emphasis added)
Article Link: http://www.breakingnewskenya.com/200...lera-outbreak/
Breaking News Kenya
Alphonce Oladipoh
6/19/2009
“… speaking to a local radio station in Mombasa, Radio Salaam, the Coast Provincial General Hospital chief administrator, Dr. Heltan Maganga, termed dirty water and sanitation as the cause of the outbreak.”
(bold and underline emphasis added)
Article Link: http://www.breakingnewskenya.com/200...lera-outbreak/
It is totally irrational to attempt to discredit the CPGH BC due to the name spelling of the Chief Administrator, Dr. Helton (Heltan) Maganga, who is recorded as certifying the copy of the BC obtained by Lucas Smith on February 19, 2009.
One certainly does not need to travel to Kenya to find variations in name spellings for individuals. For example, many people right here in the USA, formally named ‘William’ at birth, often choose to call themselves at various times in their lives either, Will, Willie, Willy, Bill or Billy. Former President John F. Kennedy, was often referred to by his alternative first name ‘Jack’.
The article, titled “Gaddafi? Kadafi? Qaddafi? What’s The Correct Spelling?”, which is excerpted below, demonstrates conclusively the wide variation in name spelling that can occur, especially in foreign cultures. The article was written by Eoin O’Carroll and posted 2/22/2011 in the 'Christian Science Monitor'.
Article Link: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/2011/...rrect-spelling
Excerpt:
“Each time Libya appears in the news, scores of newspaper editors go bananas. Once possessed of faculties that could detect a breaking story as readily as a dangling participle, these poor souls are now reduced to a jabbering stupor, as though they had gazed into the tentacled maw of Cthulhu himself.”
“Blame it on the name of the country’s head of state, Colonel Gaddafi. Wait, no, that’s Kaddafi.
Or maybe it’s Qadhafi. …”
“Part of the problem here is that there’s no universally accepted authority for transliterating Arabic names. Normally, news outlets will just go with whatever spelling the subject prefers, but this particular subject hasn’t settled on a single Roman orthography for his name.”
“Instead, Libya’s Brother Leader lets a hundred flowers bloom. The banner at the top of his official website spells it, “AL Gathafi.” But if you go deeper into the site, you’ll see it variously rendered as “Al Qaddafi,” “Algathafi,” and “Al-Gathafi.”
“And that’s just the surname. Variations on his given name include Muammar, Moammar, Mu’ammar, and Moamar, and many others. Once you’ve settled on how to spell his first and last names, you then have to decide whether you want to add the Arabic prefix “al-” before his last name. Which can also be spelled “el-.” And then you have to decide whether the prefix should be capitalized. “
“ABC News – which spells it "Moammar Gaddafi" – has posted a list of 112 variations on the English spelling of the Libyan strongman's name”
(bold emphasis added)
The authentic ‘Lucas Daniel Smith, Obama Kenyan Birth Certificate’ can not rationally be discredited due to the spelling of Chief Hospital Administrator, Dr. Helton (Heltan) Maganga’s first name.
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