Reports Leo Odera Omolo in Kisumu City
US President Barack Obama’ 88 year old grand mother, Mama Sarah Obama sustained bodily an facial bruises during a road accident which occurred last Saturday near the lakeside City of Kisumu.
The road mishap which left the 88 year old grandma shocked and shaken occurred near Otonglo Market, which is located about six kilometers in the outskirt of Kisumu City on the main Kisumu –Maseno -Busia road.
It appear as if Mama Sarah Obama was traveling to her rural home in Nyang’oma,Alego Kogelo in Siaya district in the evening. The police have confirmed that the accident took place at about 9.pm.
The accident occurred after the driver of the car in which the grandma and three others were travelling in lost control of the vehicle while trying to overtake another vehicle which was heading for the same direction.
According to an eye witness Jane Atieno who was among the few people from the nearby villages who rushed to the scene of the accident on hearing the heavy bang on the vehicle hit the ground, on impact,” the bang attracted many people from the surrounding villages.
After realizing that a vehicle had rolled and was resting on its rooftop the crowd milled around trying to figure it out as to who was involved. Their attention was raised by the arrival a good number of policemen who quickly came to the scene making the villagers to realize that mishap might have involved someone very important in the country.
The Kisumu OCPD confirmed tat Mama Obama was raveling to her home in Siaya about 80 kilometers to the west when the accident occurred. The five occupants of the car were immediately whisked away and taken to hospital for treatment. Two of the occupants were said to be her security details.
A spokesman at the Aga Khan hospital where rushed to for medical attention told this writer that all of the five sustained miner injuries. They were treated and discharged. Mama Obama had sustained bruises and was in shock when brought o the hospital for treatment.
Many resident of Kisumu expressed their sympathy and wished the popular and much loved grandma quick and full recovery.
MAMA Sarah Obama came to world fame immediately her step grand son President Barack Obama Jnr won the US presidency sparking a great influx of both foreign and local people into her well guarded home. She ha since received foreign and local dignitaries who visited her homestead where Barack Hussein Obama Snr, the biological father of the US President barck Obama Jnr is buried together with his father Hussein Onyango Obama.
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