Mama Sarah Obama Weighs in on Barack Obama Birthplace Debate

Mama Sarah Obama has lashed out at Malik Obama for suggesting that his half-brother, former US President Barack Obama was born in Kenya.

Malik shared on Twitter a birth certificate indicating that Barack was born at the Coast General Hospital in Mombasa on August 4th, 1961.

Malik appeared to imply that he had found evidence of Barack’s actual birthplace contrary to the fact that he was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.

A reverse search of the document tweeted by Malik showed it was issued by the Australian Registration of Birth to one David Bomford, who was born in South Africa in 1959.

Barack’s half-sister Auma Obama led Kenyans online in castigating Malik for uploading the fake birth certificate.

Auma tweeted: “So blindly consumed by jealousy and bitterness that you will go to any length to slander your younger brother’s name – literally! Just because he has outshone you in EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of his life. Seek relevance elsewhere big brother!”

She added: “Long before he even knew he would be president my little brother visited his fatherland and was embraced by all!!! Malik you took centre stage in welcoming him!!!” 

On Tuesday, Mama Sarah—who is Barack’s grandmother—confirmed the former US president was indeed born in the US and accused Malik of hating on him over his success.

“Malik has always been jealous of his younger brother, Barack. I think his jealousy is driven by Barack’s success story. I would like to tell Malik that his renewed hatred towards his brother is uncalled for. Barack completed his term as the 44th US President, and, therefore, there’s no need for Malik to try and malign him,” Mama Sarah, 98, told K24 Digital.

The debate on Barack’s place of birth was put to rest in 2016 when US authorities confirmed that he was born in Hawaii.