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Sarah Onyango Obama, 99, former president's Kenyan step-grandmother
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Mar 29, 2021, 9:13:48 AM3/29/21
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Sarah Obama, matriarch of Obama family branch in Kenya, has died. She was at least 99
MARCH 29, 2021 / 6:40 AM / AP
Nairobi, Kenya — Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former President Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old.
Mama Sarah, as Mr. Obama's step-grandmother was fondly called, promoted education for girls and orphans in her rural Kogelo village. She passed away around 4 a.m. local time while being treated at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral hospital in Kisumu, Kenya's third-largest city, according to her daughter, Marsat Onyango.
"She died this morning. We are devastated," Onyango told The Associated Press on a phone call.
"Mama was sick with normal diseases. She did not die of COVID-19," family spokesman Sheik Musa Ismail said, adding that she had tested negative for the disease. He said she had been ill for a week before being taken to the hospital.
Mr. Obama was informed of the death and sent his condolences, Ismail said.
She will be buried Tuesday before midday and the funeral will be held under Islamic rites.
Sarah Obama, matriarch of Obama family branch in Kenya, has died. She was at least 99
MARCH 29, 2021 / 6:40 AM / AP
Nairobi, Kenya — Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former President Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old.
Mama Sarah, as Mr. Obama's step-grandmother was fondly called, promoted education for girls and orphans in her rural Kogelo village. She passed away around 4 a.m. local time while being treated at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral hospital in Kisumu, Kenya's third-largest city, according to her daughter, Marsat Onyango.
"She died this morning. We are devastated," Onyango told The Associated Press on a phone call.
"Mama was sick with normal diseases. She did not die of COVID-19," family spokesman Sheik Musa Ismail said, adding that she had tested negative for the disease. He said she had been ill for a week before being taken to the hospital.
Mr. Obama was informed of the death and sent his condolences, Ismail said.
She will be buried Tuesday before midday and the funeral will be held under Islamic rites.
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