Known as the family's matriarch, Sarah Obama was at least 99 years old and promoted education for girls and orphans in her rural Kogelo village. "My family and I are mourning the loss of our beloved grandmother, Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama, affectionately known to many as 'Mama Sarah' but known to us as 'Dani' or Granny," he said. Sarah Obama, affectionately known as Mama Sarah, was being treated at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral hospital in Kisumu, according to her daughter Marsat Onyango. "The passing away of Mama Sarah is a big blow to our nation. We've lost a strong, virtuous woman, a matriarch who held together the Obama family and was an icon of family values," Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said.

Source: Fox News March 29, 2021 13:59 UTC