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The car in which Barack Obama Sr died

The car that killed Barack Obama Senior. [Photo: Gardy Chacha/Standard]

In 2000, at the dawn of the new millennium, Joseph Owili Ongei bought a green Chevrolet LUV KB20 model, chasis number 9583320.

What he did not know, however, was that he had become the new owner of the car that claimed the life of Barack Obama Sr, the father of US President Barack Obama.

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