Malik Obama

Malik Obama (born March 1958 in Nairobi ) is a Kenyan entrepreneur and former politician. He is the son of Barack Obama Sr. and his first wife, Kezia Obama . He is the half-brother of the former US President Barack Obama .

Career and activities

Obama earned a degree in accounting from the University of Nairobi . Malik and Barack first met in 1985 when Barack was flying from Chicago to Washington, DC to visit Malik. Three years later, Barack brought his wife Michelle Obama to Kenya and saw Malik again while meeting many other relatives for the first time.

Malik lives in the tribal seat of the Obama family, Nyang'oma Kogelo , a village with several hundred inhabitants near Lake Victoria, and prefers slowness there to the city. He runs a small electronics shop a half hour drive outside of town. A frequent visitor to the United States, he works as a consultant in Washington, DC for several months each year. Malik has dual citizenship of Kenya and the United States.

During his brother's 2008 presidential campaign, Malik Obama was a spokesman for the extended Obama family in Kenya. It addressed security concerns arising from heightened press attention.

Malik ran for the 2013 independent candidate for governor of Siaya County . His election slogan was Obama here, Obama there , based on his half-brother, who served his second term as President of the United States. Malik received 2,792 votes, about 140,000 votes behind the eventual winner.

Malik later accused his half-brother of having largely abandoned his Kenyan family for political purposes to get elected. Before the 2016 presidential election in the United States, he declared that he supported Donald Trump , the Republican Party candidate . He attended the third presidential debate against Hillary Clinton as one of Trump's guests .

Web links

Web presence of the Barack H. Obama Foundation, which was founded by Malik Obama

Individual evidence

^ Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father . Ed .: Times Books. New York, ISBN 0-8129-2343-X .
↑ Obama's Brother Chooses Life in Slow Lane - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com. October 28, 2006, accessed February 10, 2020 .
↑ Obama's Step-Brother Will Seek Governorship of Kenyan County. In: Bloomberg. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .
^ President Obama's Brother Loses Election in Kenya. In: Observer. March 7, 2013, Retrieved February 10, 2020 (American English).
↑ Dreams from Obama's Different Fathers. May 4, 2015, accessed February 10, 2020 .
↑ Briana Seftel: Who Is Malik Obama? At Last Debate, Trump Supporter And Half-Brother Of The President To Be Guest Of Republican Nominee. October 19, 2016, accessed February 10, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Obama, Malik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Kenyan entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	March 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nairobi

[1] Barack Obama: Dreams from My Father . Ed .: Times Books. New York, ISBN 0-8129-2343-X .

[2] Obama's Brother Chooses Life in Slow Lane - MSNBC Wire Services - MSNBC.com. October 28, 2006, accessed February 10, 2020 .

[3] Obama's Step-Brother Will Seek Governorship of Kenyan County. In: Bloomberg. Retrieved February 10, 2020 .

[4] President Obama's Brother Loses Election in Kenya. In: Observer. March 7, 2013, Retrieved February 10, 2020 (American English).

[5] Dreams from Obama's Different Fathers. May 4, 2015, accessed February 10, 2020 .

[6] Briana Seftel: Who Is Malik Obama? At Last Debate, Trump Supporter And Half-Brother Of The President To Be Guest Of Republican Nominee. October 19, 2016, accessed February 10, 2020 .