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World famous granny was humble

Mama Sarah Obama, 94, step-grandmother of outgoing US President Barack Obama, at her home in Nyang'oma, Kogelo, Siaya county. [AFP]

“She was a down-to-earth person,” these were the words of Hussein Obama Suleiman when asked to describe Mama Sarah Obama, who died on Monday.

When her grandson Barack Obama became the most powerful person in the world in 2009, it did not show on her face. In many instances, she wondered why people were kept away from her.

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