Sure, his dreams can be achieved if he works hard like his brother. His new found fame can help catapault him as a football player or politician.

In November 2008, I stood in a bar in Kenya watching Barack Obama give his victory speech. From the wild cheering of the crowd on TV, and his repeated appeals to them personally—"You said," "You heard," "You called"—I felt as if the people of America knew this man far better than I, even though we shared the same father. If there was a leading light in the Obama clan, he was it; and if there was a shadowed place that no one liked to talk about, then that, I guess, was me.

After a relatively privileged childhood, I crashed and burned in my teenage years. I had migrated from the plush suburbs of Nairobi, Kenya, to the wild chaos of the ghetto. I lost myself in drink and drugs and became a gun-toting gangster. In my early 20s, I spent a year in a Nairobi prison on robbery charges. My imprisonment included a starvation diet and 24/7 lockdowns in overcrowded, airless cells. But I came out a different man, resolved to turn my life around and find a different path.

Along with some fellow slum dwellers, I set up a youth group for ghetto kids. My passion was football (soccer), which is followed religiously throughout Africa. When we first established the Huruma Centre Football Club, none of our kids had so much as a pair of football boots, let alone any uniform. Some were so hungry when they turned up that they had no energy to play. At other times, the team had to trek for miles to matches because we couldn't afford any transportation. In spite of all that, our players were passionate, and we started winning. Then, as my brother's profile grew in America and around the world, the media came looking for his African relatives.

Eventually the press found me in my slum. My new notoriety was a blessing and a curse. Many people presume I have a direct line to the White House, but I don't. I've only met my big brother twice and have spoken to him just once since the election, to say congratulations. Still, because of our connection, I managed to pull in funds from philanthropists to support the work of the youth group. I raised enough money to buy the team gold and green uniforms—with their own numbers on the back. Last fall, Obama's Champs won the Nairobi Super League—a feat that, just a couple of years back, would have been unthinkable for a team from the slums. With the sponsorship I've attracted because of my last name, we can now afford to take buses all across Kenya for matches.

I still live in one of Africa's biggest slums, along with some 4.5 million others. We have little or no access to health care, no welfare, and no free schooling. The average income is less than $5 a day—and that's for those who find work as servants, taxi drivers, or garbage collectors. For the rest, there is nothing. My brother has risen to be the leader of the most powerful country in the world. In Kenya I hope to be a leader among the poorest, most powerless people on earth—the people of the ghetto.

Hope—it's an idea my brother talked about a lot. But it was only recently that I learned again what it means to feel the true spirit of that word. Here, a little goes a long way.

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Guys, please for the safety of your hard earned money, RUN RUN RUN FROM ATM IN NIGERIA,

The last time i was in Nigeria, i went ro redraw some money and the guy at the bank tried as much as he could to encourage me to get an ATM card,i rejected saying i have seen victims of ATM fraud and swore never to allow that happen to me, instead i'll get up early,queue and afford to loose lil change on redraw charges if made in person.

I believe bank workers have a question to answer on this ATM fraud,

I think i'm a better person with all the spanks, but i hate to see kids cry,i don't think i will ever spank mine, i'll talk and relate to them well enough to bring out the best in them.Spanking didnt bring out the best in me,it created fear and a lost feeling!

Now they have conived to fool us by saying Yar'adua is hale and healthy-we have nothing to do than watch as he tries against his will and God's will to rule in pain. I'm not against him continuing his tenure but its so obvious, how will AFRICA'S GREATEST NATION NUMBER ONE MAN present himself to the outside world looking frail and pale,

haha, fhemmy, was it your househelp that spanked you! You got me thinking, LOL

Yar'adua and his carcaus still got unfinished funds to siphon, but God in HIS mysterous ways,is telling them to end it all or face the consequences,

Abacha was stubborn,now Yar'adua, GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, PRESIDENCY NO BE UR BIRTHRIGHT, KIA!

smile4kenn please answer the question posted by kobojunkie!

Seun, thanks for your advice! i have no kids yet and i don't think i will treat them the same way i was treated,i love kids so much and hate to see them cry.

When someone commits an atrocity in America, they blame his/her actions on poor parenting or childhood.Most of them say they were spanked as kids and never had a childhood.

Were you spanked as a kid, if yes/no, has it affected your life in anyway.

I was spanked as a kid and was always locked in doors when my parents were away, it came to a point that i ran away from home, now i feel theres no much connection to me and my home cos i don't like to stay in, i always have somewhere in mind to go,just to avoid sitting in that house.Now i'm trying to relate it with my upbringing, is there a connection?

According to Sunnews, a group of Nigerians numbering 56 wants him to quit office.

Prominent on the list were former Senate President Ken Nnamani, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Bello Masari, and former Kaduna State governor and chairman of the conference of Nigeria Political Parties CNPP, Alhaji Balarabe Musa.

Former Kaduna State Military governor Col Abubakar Uman (retd), former Edo State governor, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, former presidential aspirants, Chief Olu Falae, Dr Tunji Braithwaite, Lt Gen. Alani Akinrinade (retd) and Pat Utomi also made the list.
The group said that the president’s physical condition has had a negative impact on his ability to discharge his duties.

Nairaland; lets join this list and make it 5 600 000

Depilot, your president is not stable enough, he can't live up to his expectations as a leader!

Well,have you got reasons to back your choice?

This was really helpful, thanks all

Thanks Oje, I'll take a look!

With intelligent and smart intellectuals on Nairaland,i think our voice might be heard!

Support our great country president's resignation or not?

Drop your views or comments.

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Homosexuality, gross!

@nethacker

Congrats,your replies proved you really worked hard!

i once had this opportunity, if u see as i take run!!

If given a chance to serve this country,i doubt if any one will reject such offers, hmmm

I don't think he will,this is someone trying to survive in America,if you live here you understand what i mean, its OYO(On Your Own) for everyone,so i guess he won't mess up if given an opportunity.

Not at all, someone needs help, relations nowadays dont help in such cases.If you cant offer an advise ,simply stay quiet!

Nairalanders: I need your help,

A friend of mine just arrived the usa on a student visa and fortnately he just got his ssn and trying to apply for a job here but you know all jobs require experience and we've tried to get people to help him as reference;should incase the office calls to verify his experience.Frankly he has no experience but the job is something every dick and harry can do, taking care of disabled and elderly people.This is not CNA/HNA.

If you've got ideas or suggestions,please drop a line and we'll forever be grateful,i've read success stories on nairaland and i just thought of asking help from wise and experienced members like y'all!We need someone who would send in details so he can fill as reference on his application form and when the company calls,the reference corresponds.

Thanks-

Things turned around in my family at age 16 immediately after my high school and i had to do jobs on the street to survive,i hlped mom run her poultry farm,later owned mine,helped bricklayers in building,(kpom kpom),owned a fone booth.I later travelled to Malaysia,there i saw hell,but with God,all things are possible.I survived and later transfered to the States,after few months,i got a job as a reporter with my campus media resOurce center.I give thanks to God for my journey so far as to where am at right now and i know He still wacthes over us,will never let down those that put there trust on him.WHATS YOUR SURVIVAL STORY AND HOW HAS IT BEEN SO FAR?

Nethacker is right


check for the required documents online, and Just compose yourself for the interview

Fhemmmy:

Weed is yet to be legalized, almost everyone's eyes are red like light bulbs, the men are messed up, wives are craizy, the university kids are all killing one another, the cops are trigger happy, so what will happen after the canabis are legalized?

Once weed is legal, all the problems you listed above will be solved, that's d only solution.

We should be talking about legalizing weed and not Homo

We should be talking about legalizing weed and not Homo