“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children.
Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.”
Is this true?
That’s from his website or factcheck, and
that last paragraph doesn’t comport with the
understanding we have of the paternal citizenship
status passed onto his progeny, conveyed at
the moment of birth.
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“When Barack Obama Jr. was born on Aug. 4,1961, in Honolulu, Kenya was a British colony, still part of the United Kingdom’s dwindling empire. As a Kenyan native, Barack Obama Sr. was a British subject whose citizenship status was governed by The British Nationality Act of 1948. That same act governed the status of Obama Sr.‘s children. Since Sen. Obama has neither renounced his U.S. citizenship nor sworn an oath of allegiance to Kenya, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on Aug. 4,1982.” Is this true? Yes, in reading and interpreting the Kenyan Constitution, if he is OUT of country, his Kenyan citizenship automatically expired on the day he turned 21. See the Constitution of Kenya, Chapter 6 (Citizenship): http://kenya.rcbowen.com/constitution/chap6.html#87 However, his status as a British subject stays intact until the day he dies. |
That depends on:
1. Where he was actually born (HI or Kenya)
2. Whether his parents HI marriage was legal in Kenya
If he was born in Kenya, his Kenya citizenship hasn't expired and he may not be a US citizen.
If his parents marriage was bigamous, then the British Nationality Act of 1948 explicitly did not apply to any illegitimate children of BHO Sr. and would not make BHO II a dual citizen subject of the Queen, but only a unitary USA citizen of a single mother. Note that the clever statement released by Obama said that the BNA of 1948 “governed the status” of his children. The BNA of 1948 itself says it includes only legitimate children at birth as UK subjects.
A woman, Kezia in Kenya, claims to have been the first tribal wife of BHO Sr. Tribal marriages are legal in Kenya and bigamy was not, at least under the UK Kenya Colony law even for Muslims per Kenya Marriage Act 1902.