Obama inspires brother to run for office in Kenya elections

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Half brother, but who's counting?

Obama, Sr. was in politics, but came to a sad end.

Obama inspires brother to run for office in Kenya elections

By Duncan Miriri

KOGELO, Kenya | Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:26am EST

(Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's message of hope and change has inspired his half-brother Malik to launch a political career of his own, with his eye on elections in Kenya in March.

"If my brother is doing great things for people in the United States, why can't I do great things for Kenyans here?" Malik Obama told Reuters in the village of Kogelo, President Obama's ancestral homeland.

Malik, 54, is running for governorship of the rural Siaya county as an independent candidate.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/18/us-kenya-election-obama-idUSBRE90H0R420130118


I heard Malik Obama was born in the U.S.

:evilgrin:


FYI: Malik is a tranliteration of the Arabic word for king.

[Enthusiast]

1. LOL. This proves it.

Obama ain't a real merican.

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2. Maybe I am not, either. I see I messed up "transliteration."

Or is that "exceptional" typing?

Well, I soitinly take exception to that typing.