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Mama Sarah Obama

The late Mama Sarah Obama.

| Jemal Countess | AFP

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The silent fight Mama Sarah Obama left behind

By  Rushdie Oudia

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

At the burial of Mama Sarah Ogwel Onyango Obama on Tuesday, one thing was clear -- leaders and her relatives wanted the family united.

They all called for unity, saying it was the wish of the family matriarch, who died aged 99 years, a few days shy of her 100th birthday.

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