Obama's Granny gets a day out with envoys and top politicians.
No, not the one who raised him when his no-account Moslem father was off doing his thing and his self-centered mother was off being a commie. No, it wasn't the one he threw under the bus, sillies. Not the typical white person, the one that blazed a feminist trail in Hawaiian banking circles.
No, it's Mama Sarah, the one in Kenya, Obama's Moslem step-grandmother twice removed. The one he has to talk to through an interpreter.
Sarah Obama was the third wife of Obama’s paternal grandfather, Hussein Onyango Obama. She was just 16 years old when she married Obama’s grandfather, an older man who was her father’s friend.
Obama granny’s day out with envoys and top politicians
Her dimpled face radiated happiness as she slowly and gracefully strolled towards the garden at the US ambassador’s residence in Nairobi, eliciting excitement among guests.
Initially, many thought that it was a joke when it was announced that Mrs Sarah Onyango Obama, the step grandmother of US Senator Barack Obama, the 2008 Democratic Presidential candidate would grace the event — America’s Independence Day celebrations. 
Who was in attendance?
...she mingled freely with many dignitaries, who included Prime Minister Raila Odinga and Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka, Mama Obama, who was with her grand-daughter, Dr Auma Obama, engaged her new found friends in hearty conversations.
Lincoln Bedroom - batten down the hatches. Here comes Mama Sarah.
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