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Barack Obama step-grandmother buried in Kenya

Sarah Obama was the second wife of President Obama’s grandfather and helped raise his father, Barack Sr.

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U.S. former President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother Sarah has been buried at her home in western Kenya in accordance to Muslim rites.

Obama died on Monday after a short undisclosed illness.

Former President Obama while eulogising her said she was a “bridge to the past” and that her stories helped “fill a void”.

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