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| Barack Obama's half-brother Malik runs for office in Kenya | Barack Obama's half-brother Malik runs for office in Kenya |
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| A politician named Obama who is running for governor in Kenya can boast of one big claim to fame on the campaign trail: blood relations with the president of the United States. | A politician named Obama who is running for governor in Kenya can boast of one big claim to fame on the campaign trail: blood relations with the president of the United States. |
| Malik Obama, 54, a half-brother of Barack Obama, is running for a governor's position in the country's nationwide elections on Monday. He said he was not sure what impact his relationship to the US president had on his campaign. | Malik Obama, 54, a half-brother of Barack Obama, is running for a governor's position in the country's nationwide elections on Monday. He said he was not sure what impact his relationship to the US president had on his campaign. |
| "I'm going into it as Malik Obama," he said in a phone interview from western Kenya. "I can't run away from my name and association with my brother, but I have the feeling that people somewhat want to see who the brother of Obama is." | "I'm going into it as Malik Obama," he said in a phone interview from western Kenya. "I can't run away from my name and association with my brother, but I have the feeling that people somewhat want to see who the brother of Obama is." |
| He has invoked the message that Barack Obama leaned on during his 2008 presidential campaign: change. Malik Obama says his platform is poverty eradication, infrastructure development and industrialisation. | He has invoked the message that Barack Obama leaned on during his 2008 presidential campaign: change. Malik Obama says his platform is poverty eradication, infrastructure development and industrialisation. |
| "I hope that you all out there will support me and vote for me for this important position so that we can bring change to the county of Siaya," he said at a recent campaign stop. | "I hope that you all out there will support me and vote for me for this important position so that we can bring change to the county of Siaya," he said at a recent campaign stop. |
| It is Kenya's first nationwide election since 2007, when tribal violence killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 600,000 from their homes. Kenya's 2010 constitution created 47 new political divisions known as counties, to be headed by governors, and Malik Obama hopes to become the first governor of Siaya. | It is Kenya's first nationwide election since 2007, when tribal violence killed more than 1,000 people and displaced 600,000 from their homes. Kenya's 2010 constitution created 47 new political divisions known as counties, to be headed by governors, and Malik Obama hopes to become the first governor of Siaya. |
| He is running as an independent, competing against candidates from well-funded parties, and he may be in need of campaign cash. He asked an AP Television News freelance cameraman to contribute to his campaign. No contribution was given. Obama said he was asking for the individual, not AP, to contribute. | He is running as an independent, competing against candidates from well-funded parties, and he may be in need of campaign cash. He asked an AP Television News freelance cameraman to contribute to his campaign. No contribution was given. Obama said he was asking for the individual, not AP, to contribute. |
| Barack Obama's father was from Kenya and the US president has several relatives in the country. Malik and Barack Obama have the same father but different mothers. | Barack Obama's father was from Kenya and the US president has several relatives in the country. Malik and Barack Obama have the same father but different mothers. |
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