Kenya Detains U.S. Author Critical of Obama

Kenya Detains U.S. Author Critical of Obama

The New York Times - October 7, 2008

Mr. Obama's father, who died more than 20 years ago, was a member of the Luo ethnic group, the same long-marginalized group as Kenya's prime minister, Raila Odinga. Mr. Kibaki is a member of another large ethnic group, the Kikuyu, Kenya's traditional ruling class. Mr. Odinga nearly unseated Mr. Kibaki in an election last December that was tainted by widespread allegations of vote rigging by Mr. Kibaki's party. Violence exploded afterwards, and the fighting between Kikuyus and Luos, among others, killed more than 1,000 people and shook Kenya like nothing else has since independence in 1963.

Mr. Corsi was looking forward to presenting evidence of close ties between Mr. Obama and Mr. Odinga, Mr. Corsi's aides said, and some suggested that this may have been what led Mr. Corsi to the door. Kenya's minister of immigration, for one, is a political ally of Mr. Odinga. Read More.