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Malik speaks of ‘frustration’ with Obama, his half brother

He had little kind words for his brother.

“It is kind of hypocritical of him,” Malik said, “Everybody knows he is from Kenya, there is nothing to hide that he must wait until he is out of White House to associate more with Kenya. He shouldn’t fear at all to support his family.”

President Obama was in Kenya in July 2015, the first ever visit as president but he did not come with his family, an issue that seems to bother Malik to date.

“You see he goes to Hawaii, even now he is in Hawaii and he goes with his family but when he comes to Kenya he does not come here with them,” he wondered, “you see he also went to dine with the Queen and he went with his family, but they can’t come to Kenya with them.”

Malik wonders why Obama made it a big deal that he has roots in Kenya during the Democratic Convention when he was seeking votes, but has turned his back to the third world country where his father was born and is buried.

“His father comes from here and that is a fact,” he said, “You remember during the Democratic convention, he made it a big deal about Kenya, but when he became president he went quiet.”

Malik told of how the family was excited when Obama was declared President of the United States, but yet they have nothing to show for it, or talk about.

“We were excited that our brother is the President of the United States of America but now we are at the end of the queue,” he said of Obama’s assurance that he can only associate more with the family once he is out of office.

And we asked him if he has shared the concerns with the US President who is on his final term, he said: “I don’t fear him. I told him you should not think you are God because you are the President of the United States. Think of us also. That is what I told him.”

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And he says he did get a response for this from the world’s most powerful man.

“He just said he is the President of the United States and that those issues are dealt with by the Department of State which cannot just give him a visa.

I didn’t understand when he said he can’t get special treatment from the Department of State. That is a big no.”

Malik who has previously visited Obama at the Oval office in White House said he does not see any reason why the US President should not support them.

“I know they get favours, you see the other day I received a cheque of $100,000 from a guy he (Obama) nominated to the board of trustees for the Kennedy Centre for the Performing Arts. It was sent to my foundation yet it was meant to go before the Barack Obama Foundation in Chicago. I had to send it back,” he claimed, “So you see they do favours for each other. It is kind of hypocritical that he can’t support us.”

Malik still wonders why Obama did not support his bid to become Governor for Siaya County in the 2013 General Election.

“That is what brothers are for, but he didn’t support me when I was vying to be a Governor,” he said, “I am sad and heartbroken that things have turned out this way.”

On what he thinks of the entire scenario and Obama’s decision not to support them, he said, “I am older than him, but I can say power has corrupted him.”

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