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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 761630" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Shame%20of%20Obama%20aunt%20asylum%20files/-/1056/980744/-/h2x28sz/-/index.html" target="_blank">(Daily Nation)</a> — An&nbsp; aunt of President Barack Obama was allowed to stay in the United States&nbsp; on the shocking grounds that she would be persecuted by Kenyan leaders&nbsp; if she was forced to return to the country.&nbsp;And on Wednesday, the government reacted angrily to the US&nbsp; Immigration court’s apparent endorsement of claims by Ms Zeituni Onyango&nbsp; — the half-sister of the American President’s Kenyan father — that she&nbsp; would be persecuted if she was deported.&nbsp;Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Mutula Kilonzo described the claims as “ridiculous and an insult to Kenyans”.&nbsp;Zeituni convinced a US judge three months ago that she feared&nbsp; “persecution by some members of the Kenyan government” and was allowed&nbsp; to stay in the US although she had been classified as an illegal&nbsp; immigrant after her visa expired.&nbsp;Said Mr Kilonzo: “The insinuation about Kenya’s inability to protect&nbsp; Ms Obama is outrageous, misplaced and an insult to the Kenyan state.&nbsp;“President Obama’s grandmother is here and she is treated&nbsp; like a royalty. It is unfortunate because Kenya enjoys cordial relations&nbsp; with the United States.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 761630, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.nation.co.ke/News/Shame%20of%20Obama%20aunt%20asylum%20files/-/1056/980744/-/h2x28sz/-/index.html"](Daily Nation)[/URL] — [B]An aunt of President Barack Obama was allowed to stay in the United States on the shocking grounds that she would be persecuted by Kenyan leaders if she was forced to return to the country.[/B] And on Wednesday, the government reacted angrily to the US Immigration court’s apparent endorsement of claims by Ms Zeituni Onyango — the half-sister of the American President’s Kenyan father — that she would be persecuted if she was deported. Justice and Constitutional Affairs minister Mutula Kilonzo described the claims as “ridiculous and an insult to Kenyans”. Zeituni convinced a US judge three months ago that she feared “persecution by some members of the Kenyan government” and was allowed to stay in the US although she had been classified as an illegal immigrant after her visa expired. Said Mr Kilonzo: “The insinuation about Kenya’s inability to protect Ms Obama is outrageous, misplaced and an insult to the Kenyan state. [B]“President Obama’s grandmother is here and she is treated like a royalty. It is unfortunate because Kenya enjoys cordial relations with the United States.”[/B] [/QUOTE]

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