Writes Leo Odera Omolo In Kisumu City
For defiantly ignoring the advice of the authorities and illegally hoisting both Unite States of America and Kenyan national flags on the rooftop of a private business premises.
Malik Abong’o Obama, the Kenyan based eldest step-brother of the US President Barack Obama has now found himself in big trouble with the Kenyan police.
The Kenyan police in Siaya County were earlier this week alarmed when they saw the two national flags of the United States of America and that of Kenya flying high side by side on the rooftop of a private business premises.
The incident took place at Nyang’oma Trading Center in Alego Kogelo village in Siaya County about 80 kilometers west of Kisumu City.
The flags were flying high at Barack Hussein Obama Recreation and Rest House. This was so despite the fact that the laws in Kenya forbade the hoisting of the Kenyan national flag on private premises, business building or private homes. But the flags can only be hoisted on top of a public facility such as schools, government offices, colleges, chief’s camps and other public institutions.
Malik Abong’o Obama shared one father with the US President Barack Obama, and their Recreation and Rest {Guest} House he has established near he Obama village home is named in the memory of their late father Barak Hussein Obama. Malik is the eldest or first born of the late Obama with his Kenyan wife Kezia Grace Obama.
The tough talking Malim Obama is being rumored to be eyeing the Alego / Usonga parliamentary seat in Siaya district in the forthcoming general election in Kenya. He ha world wide connection with international Muslim Organizations in the Arab world which said to be funding some of his NGOs development projects and activities within the locality and has constructed a Muslim Mosque right in the middle of the Nyang’oma village whose majority of inhabitant are Christians.
A local police boss Stephen Cheteka reiterated that it was illegal for Malik Obama to fly the two nation’s national flags on a private enterprise.
“We have politely asked him to remove the flags, but he I defiant an adamant forcing the police to take a stern measure against him,”said the police chief.
Malik Obama, however, claimed the order from the police was aimed at harassing him and infringing on his constitutional rights “ as a patriotic Kenyan who is at liberty to poses a Kenyan flag.
He threatened to write a protest letter to the Office of the President of Kenya over what he termed “protracted war’ with the law enforcers in Siaya County.”Is it not my right top fly the flag on the premises? He posed, adding this is a new Kenya under a new constitution.’
The hoisting and flying of the US national flag on the premises has elicited mixed reaction from many American citizens visiting the area as tourists.
In Kenya both US and Kenya national flags are at time being subjected to abuse with the two flags at time being recklessly flown over Boda Boda motorbikes and bicycle taxis with impunity
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kenya police must stop harashing this getleman for heis excersing his constitutional right in full swing -OPADO
We kenyans at time should give our kenyan laws respect so as to be seen as mature and law abiding citizens.when the law states that the kenyan flag should only be hoisted on public premises, it should be that. Although the American president has roots in kenya, he is lawfully American citizen, so it is an offense for an individual whether a brother or any other from the roots to assume that kenya and America are one in two.kenya is sovereign from any other country be it a neighboring country.