Obama's half brother arrested on charge of marijuana possession

[bijou]

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. ...

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On the one hand one can hardly blame Obama for his relatives' actions, on the other hand imagine the sport there would have been with this if it had been President Bush's half-brother.  Didn't Jimmy Carter have a dodgy brother too?

[JohnnyReb]

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Didn't Jimmy Carter have a dodgy brother too?

Yes he did .....name was Billy....smarter than people gave him credit for being.

Billy Carter, "I don't trust no S.O.B. that drinks Scotch....and my brother drinks Scotch."

[Texacon]

Isn't 'O' a *ahem* half brother?

 

KC

[JohnnyReb]

Isn't 'O' a *ahem* half brother?

 

KC

...and the other half is white.......unfortunately.