PAGE 202 seems to make it clear that Kezia was working in Mobasa while the kenyan lived in Nairobi with Ruth. That's 400 miles of very bad roads or overcrowded trains to make a visit. But, as Kezia says, she didn't care who he married, she remained his first wife...
And any children she might have have had, as his first wife, would have been his, regardless of whether he visited her or not. But when the time came to inherit, it was only Ruth who could show that Mark was his son. Mark would have inherited the kenyan's personal possessions, which, judging by comments from the kenyan student's friends, would have been scanty. He had spent at least one year sleeping on the couch in the house of a friend.
The land belonging to Onyango, his father, is still the subject of bitter contest. There was an elder brother who attended the school at Maseno with the kenyan student, and it appears he still lives in the village. His mother is 'granny' Sarah. I gather that while he lives, she's like the Queen Mother. She recently threatened to have Malik evicted from the village.
All is apparently not sweetness and light in that Clan.
Wondering if only Kenyan citizens can inherit from their fathers estate.
Thank you for your informative post. I had kept out of the subject of the birth of Barack Obama Jr for some weeks. I have to say from the point of view of any family historian it is a fascinating subject. At the same time I believe much is at stake. My trepidation is not so much fixed on President Obama himself, but on the radical ideas and doctrines that he has within his soul. That he has been exposed to these ideas from an early age is found in the book "Dreams From My Father".
I went to Indigo/Chapters Books, a Canadian book supplier and was pleased to see available the book you quote from.
The Other Barack Obama:
The Bold and Reckless Life of President Obama's Father.
Sally Jacobs.
Australia.
Twenty dollars is quite reasonable. I do not wish to nay say, about the expectancy that the birth of the now president can be traced to Kenya. You will no doubt be aware of the concern attributed to Barack Hussein Obama Sr. regarding Kezia. Whether or not this is yet another false lead, I don't know.
It seems in his absence in America, Kezia was seeing men in night clubs. It may seem a bit fanciful, but a theory was that she did have a child (not his) in 1961. The explanation about a cover up, was that a high ranking official such as Barack Sr. would not want it known. It would diminish his stature with that kind of cultural outlook.
All this is just speculation and I - after much study and research are none the wiser. (chuckle).