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April 30th 2021 at 12:00:00 GMT +0300 After her death in the United Kingdom on April 13th 2021, Keziah Obama’s body is expected back in Kenya any time from today. Without giving much details, her eldest son Malik, confirmed the family intends to bury their mother at her home in Kogelo, Alego Siaya County. Critics and admirers will keenly follow the ceremonies to be carried out in Keziah’s honour. Many religious, cultural and casual observers want to see how her burial will be conducted. Will the Muslims conduct the rites or will it be led by the local Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church in a predominantly Muslim following homestead? Or will the ceremony be inter-denominational?
Standard Digital’s multiple interviews with neighbours suggested Aoko was highly cherished in Kogello. It remains unclear whether the deceased, who is a Muslim, will be buried later Wednesday, April 14 in the UK in compliance with Islamic tradition. “We, however, wish her remains can be transported to Kenya so that she can be interred at her ancestral home in Siaya,” said a relative. The Obama family tree. [File, Standard] Kenya and the UK have recently had a diplomatic row, with either country issuing travel restrictions against the other. This development raises doubt on the possibility of Aoko being laid to rest in Kenya, especially after KQ suspended flights to the UK.
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senate that would authorize new sanctions against iran. so where does all of this stand? i know the obama administration strongly opposes this administration. >> they do. i spoke to a senior administration official who had the impression they had successfully headed this off, but now 13 democrats, 13 republicans, bipartisan, a real show the support for these sanctions, and they're tough. they would apply in effect a global oil embargo on iran. oil is the only way iran has to make money, in effect. i've been told that the iranian government is under severe pressure now to lose more of that revenue would be destabilizing for that government. what's interesting about this, wolf, is that it has a 12-year timeline on it. in effect it gives the president 12 years to negotiate. six months to -- six months for the interim deal and another six months, but at any point during that deal, they believe or the president believes that the iranians are cheating.
the united states, in fact, all over the world, in fact inmate prison population is not going down proportionate to the reduction in crime. crime is costing us a fortune in terms of imprisonment. we're not getting bang for our buck, we're not getting justice, and i think it's a good beginning by the president. there's a lot more to go. i think he should be pardoning and commuting more people. the pardon power is one of the most important powers given a president by the framers of our constitution. it was intended to be used broadly to bring about justice, and bring about equal treatment. it hasn't been used. we've seen some. commutation -- i hope that jonathan pollard will have his sentence commuted. he's been in for 28 years after
of state, are asking you to do? just hold off, be patient and give these negotiations a chance? >> the fact is, we have been strung along by the iranians before. they have strung us out and the fact is i think it's important to have this in place now so that after six months, there could be a question are they in compliance or not and then it could be harder to get it through. the president, it would put the iranians in stronger position. i think right now, we should deal from strength. our position of strength right now is to put these sanctions in and saying if iran does not comply, the sanctions come into effect. the president should show strength and say he's standing with congress and not allow iran to distort the meaning of the agreement. >> you're chairman of the house homeland security subcommittee on counterterrorism and intelligence. what do you think of those 46 recommendations made to the president yesterday to reform the nsa surveillance programs? >> wolf, i am really opposed to them. first of all, there is no nsa scandal. to me, this is -- this
moved to authorize new sanctions on iran if, if it breaches that agreement. joining us now, republican congressman peter king of new york, who has already indicated he's running for president potentially in 2016. we'll talk about politics in a little while but let's talk about sanctions first, congressman. what do you think, these senators, democrats and republicans, they say that if there's no deal, if it doesn't work out, they are going to give the president in effect a year to reach an agreement, but if iran cheats, doesn't do the deal, then they are going to tighten the sanctions. i assume you would vote for this, right? >> wolf, absolutely i would definitely support these sanctions. the fact is that if iran is serious about the agreement, they should have no problem with the sanctions, because the sanctions only kick in if they don't comply with the agreement. secondly, the president should want these sanctions as a weapon to hold over the iranians so i don't see why the president is so opposed to these sanctions. i don't understand why the iranians, i can understand why