Obama's late father, Barack Obama Senior, was a Kenyan economist who married Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, in 1961. constitution, which limits presidents to two terms in office. The Democrat was barred from running again by the U.S. on Friday, marking the formal end of Obama's eight years in power. 'We are going to visit Mama Sarah next week to find out how she is coping with news of her grandson's exit from the White House,' said Sawe, Standard Digital reported Monday.ĭonald Trump was inaugurated as the 45th president of the United States in Washington, D.C. The deputy county commissioner of a local constituency, Joseph Sawe, said that government officials would be checking on the Obama matriarch. The county's police commandant Ben Abuga said that the security measures-which include a constant police presence outside her compound and vetting of visitors-would be retained for the time being, according to Kenya's Standard Digital news site. presidential election in 2008, Kenyan security forces secured his grandmother's compound, which previously had no fence or gate around it and lacked electricity. She lives in the village of Nyang'oma Kogelo, around 30 miles outside the western Kenyan city of Kisumu in Siaya County.Īfter Obama won the U.S.

Sarah Onyango Obama, who is in her 90s, is one of the wives of Obama's paternal grandfather, though she is not a blood relative of the former president. president Barack Obama despite his exit from office, the country's government has said. Kenyan police will continue to provide round-the-clock security for the step-grandmother of former U.S.

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