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To: Seizethecarp

Doesn’t Obama have a cousin or uncle in the government in Kenya?


125 posted on 05/17/2011 8:14:41 PM PDT by Texas Songwriter ( ma)
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To: Texas Songwriter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raila_Odinga

“Raila Amollo Odinga (born January 7, 1945), also popularly known to Kenyans as Agwambo, is a Kenyan politician, currently serving as the Prime Minister of Kenya in a coalition government. He has served as a Member of Parliament for Langata since 1992, was Minister of Energy from 2001 to 2002, and was Minister of Roads, Public Works and Housing from 2003 to 2005. He was the main opposition candidate in the disputed 2007 presidential election. Following a post-electoral crisis that resulted in the deaths of 1,500 people and the displacement of 600,000 more, Odinga took office as Prime Minister and served as a supervisor of a national unity coalition government, in April 2008.”

“In a January 2008 BBC interview, Odinga asserted that he was the first cousin of U.S. president Barack Obama through Obama’s father.[30] However, Barack Obama’s paternal uncle denied any direct relation to Odinga, stating “Odinga’s mother came from this area, so it is normal for us to talk about cousins. But he is not a blood relative.”[31] Obama’s father came from the same Luo community as Odinga.[30]”


134 posted on 05/17/2011 10:03:29 PM PDT by Seizethecarp
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