She was a powerhouse in her community for promoting education as a way of empowering the less fortunate.
It was her death that made the former president take to social media to mourn her passing.
We will miss her dearly, but we’ll celebrate with gratitude her long and remarkable life."
He visited Kogelo at his grandmother’s request (viaDW).
She spent decades raising or helping orphans by giving them food and an education.
In a 2014 interview with NPR, Obama’s grandmother described her work.
For him, the loss is deeply personal.
But Sarah Obama’s philanthropic work through the Mama Sarah Obama Foundation marked Kenya profoundly.
Her death has been marked by many of Kenya’s most prominent politicians.
We’ve lost a strong, virtuous woman.
CNN reports that the Obama family matriarch will be buried immediately in accordance with Islamic rites.
