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Another Obama hits campaign trail

NAIROBI -- A politician named Obama who is running for a governorship in Kenya can boast of one big claim to fame on the campaign trail: blood relations with the president of the United States.

Malik Obama is using his half-brother's 2008 message of "Change" to woo voters in western Kenya.

Malik Obama — a half-brother of Barack Obama — is seeking a post in the nationwide elections on Monday, though he said he's not sure what impact his relationship to the American president has on his campaign.

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