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Obama's half brother arrested on charge of marijuana possession
CNN ^
| January 31, 2009
| David McKenzie
Posted on 01/31/2009 4:38:14 AM PST by BulletBobCo
NAIROBI, Kenya (CNN) -- George Obama, the half brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has been arrested by Kenyan police on a charge of possession of marijuana, police said Saturday.
Inspector Augustine Mutembei, the officer in charge, said Obama was arrested on charges of possession of cannabis, known in Kenya as Bhang, and resisting arrest. He is scheduled to appear in court Monday, Mutembei said.
He is being held at Huruma police post in the capital of Nairobi.
CNN Correspondent David McKenzie talked with George Obama at the jail where he is being held. Speaking from behind bars, Obama denied the allegations.
"They took me from my home," he said, "I don't know why they are charging me."
George Obama and the president barely know each other, though they have met before. George Obama was one of the president's few close relatives who did not go to the inauguration in Washington last week.
In his memoir, "Dreams from My Father," Barack Obama describes meeting George as a "painful affair." Barack Obama's trip to Kenya meant meeting family he had never known.
McKenzie tracked down George Obama in August 2008 and found him at a small house in Huruma, a Nairobi slum, where he lives with his mother's extended family. His birth certificate shows he is Barack Obama's half brother.
The two men share the same Kenyan father. In the memoir, Barack Obama struggles to reconcile with his father after he left him and his mother when he was just a child.
Barack Obama Sr. died in a car accident when George was just 6 months old. Like his half brother, George hardly knew his father.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: georgeobama; obamafamily
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To: BulletBobCo
Lets see if the Press will give as much attention to this story as they did when one of the Bush girls got drunk.
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:40:49 AM PST
by
svxdave
(Life is too short to wear a fake Rolex.)
To: BulletBobCo
Now he knows what living in the spotlight is all about.
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:40:50 AM PST
by
philman_36
(Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
To: BulletBobCo
Shades of Bill Clinton having family in JAIL.....Clintons half sister and brother, not Roger, were in PRISON ..IIRC.
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:41:21 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience)
To: BulletBobCo
Like his half brother, George hardly knew his father. Must resist multiple cheap shots.
Cheers!
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:42:32 AM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: STARWISE
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:42:36 AM PST
by
maggief
To: BulletBobCo
Nobody is Barack Obama’s brother...
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:42:57 AM PST
by
NewLand
(What does 0bama know and when did he know it?)
To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:43:07 AM PST
by
LRS
(Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
To: BulletBobCo
Like I said, Obama is the country's first black
Jimmy Dhimmi Carter.
Cheers!
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:43:18 AM PST
by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:43:36 AM PST
by
hadaclueonce
(< Patching a tire ....)
To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:43:42 AM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: BulletBobCo
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:43:44 AM PST
by
dforest
(life is now good again....he has been inaugurated)
To: BulletBobCo
"His birth certificate shows he is Barack Obama's half brother"Funny that we can get his brother's BC but not his. LOL
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:44:07 AM PST
by
WHBates
To: BulletBobCo
To: BulletBobCo
If I were Barry’s half-brother, I’d probably stay baked too.
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:45:09 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: svxdave
"Lets see if the Press will give as much attention to this story as they did when one of the Bush girls got drunk"
To: Ann Archy
My first thought was of the Clintons (both of them) as well. Geez, 0 IS bringing us a 3rd Clinton term: same personnel, same headlines....
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:47:02 AM PST
by
hoosier_RW_conspirator
("Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes." -- Benj. Disraeli)
To: All
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:47:53 AM PST
by
maggief
To: BulletBobCo
It's strange that the MSM would report on Obama’s brother having some weed but wouldn't report that Obama himself admitted to doing cocaine multiple times.
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:48:08 AM PST
by
tobyhill
(Obama gets no free pass from Free Republic!)
To: BulletBobCo
His birth certificate shows he is Barack Obama's half brother.
And he is happy to show it to you,too.
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posted on
01/31/2009 4:50:50 AM PST
by
usmcobra
(Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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