George Obama, the half-brother of U.S. President Barack Obama, has been arrested by Kenyan police on a charge of possession of marijuana, police said Saturday. According to the Inspector Augustine Mutembei, the officer in charge, said Obama was arrested on charges of possession of cannabis, known in Kenya as Bhang, and resisting arrest. He is scheduled to appear in court Monday, Mutembei said.He is being held at Huruma police post in the capital of Nairobi. Speaking from behind bars, Obama denied the allegations.George Obama and the president barely know each other, though they have met. George Obama was one of the president’s few close relatives who did not go to the inauguration in Washington last week.In his memoir, “Dreams from My Father,” Barack Obama describes meeting George as a “painful affair.” Barack Obama’s trip to Kenya meant meeting family he had never known.McKenzie tracked down George Obama in August and found him at a small house in Huruma, a Nairobi slum, where he lives with his mother’s extended family. His birth certificate shows that he is Barack Obama’s half-brother.The two men share a Kenyan father. In the memoir, Barack Obama struggles to reconcile with his father after he left him and his mother when he was just a child. Barack Obama Sr. died in a car accident when George was just 6 months old. Like his half-brother, George hardly knew his father. George was his father’s last child and had not been aware of his famous half-brother growing up.Unlike his grandmother in Kogelo, in western Kenya, George Obama had received little attention from the media until reports about him surfaced in August. The reports sprung from an Italian Vanity Fair article saying George Obama lived in a shack and was “earning less than a dollar a day.” Those reports left George Obama angry.Obama, who is in his mid-20s, said at the time that he was learning to become a mechanic and was active in youth groups in Huruma. He said he tried to help the community as much as he can.Remember you can book your trip to the land of Obama! Get there and see the ancestral home of the US president! 

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World cup is nigh! Let’s all go to Africa, the proud host of the Football World Cup 2010.  You can already start making arrangements. Get your shoes and jerseys ready to cheer your favorite team. Remember to use this opportunity to get all the best Africa has got to offer. Make a stop over in East Africa and see what beauty of nature means. Stop ant tour Tanzania and have life long memories of the great African adventure.

Remember to do your booking for the best travel and tour operator to ensure the best of your trip. South Africa is all waiting for the whole world for this fascinating soccer event. Tanzania and East Africa in general is one of the areas you have to visit before or after the world cup in the south. It’s such a good idea to start planning now for your trip to the first ever African World Cup. Africa will therefore host thousands of international visitors for the world cup event.

The World Cup is the biggest sporting event of all time and you have a situation in which masses of people are going to be struggling to make bookings on a limited number of flights, accommodation, tickets and much more. Be wise, do your bookings early enough to avoid last hour panicking. Remember to get your insurance coverage for this World Cup trip because you never know what may happen to you. Think more than twice, see you in Africa!!

Getting there  

These days there are many ways to travel to Tanzania. Overland railways connect the country, the roads are easy to navigate and well-maintained, cruise ships and passenger liners stop frequently at the ports, and international air carriers arrive and depart daily from the many airports located around the country. Travel to Tanzania is easier and more convenient than it has ever been before. World-class airport facilities and on-the-ground assistance make sure that your visit to the country is perfect from the first moment of arrival.

Whether you’re traveling independently or with a tour operator, be sure to book your ticket well in advance and make sure your return flights are confirmed. Travel agents in major cities can assist you in making any last-minute changes to your itinerary and flights.

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