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Have you, like Malik Obama, ever been in your brother or sister's shadow? Have you, like Malik Obama, ever been in your brother or sister's shadow?
(7 months later)
No he couldn't, it seems. Malik Obama, Barack's half-brother has been trounced in Kenya's election. Receiving just 2,792 votes in his bid to be a governor – a few less than Barack's 118m in the US – Malik has failed to mimic his younger sibling's popularity.No he couldn't, it seems. Malik Obama, Barack's half-brother has been trounced in Kenya's election. Receiving just 2,792 votes in his bid to be a governor – a few less than Barack's 118m in the US – Malik has failed to mimic his younger sibling's popularity.
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