Relatives and Muslim faithful carry body of U.S. President Obama’s aunt Onyango for burial at the Sunni Muslim cemetery in the Kenyan western city of Kisumu.
President Barack Obama’s aunt was buried May 6th, 2014 in her birth nation of Kenya, family members said, after her death last month in the United States.
Zeituni Onyango, half-sister of Obama’s father, died aged 61 from cancer and respiratory problems, according to her family.
Obama called Onyango “Auntie Zeituni” in his memoir, “Dreams from My Father”, where he wrote about having met her in Kenya in 1998.
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President Obama’s aunt buried in Kenya (PHOTOS)
African Spotlight
By : Web Master
5/6/2014
Excerpt:
President Barack Obama’s aunt was buried Tuesday in her birth nation of Kenya, family members said, after her death last month in the United States.
Zeituni Onyango, half-sister of Obama’s father, died aged 61 from cancer and respiratory problems, according to her family.
Obama called Onyango “Auntie Zeituni” in his memoir, “Dreams from My Father”, where he wrote about having met her in Kenya in 1998.
She was granted asylum in the United States in 2010 after years fighting legal battles against deportation back to Kenya.
She was laid to rest in a Muslim cemetery in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu, on the shores of Lake Victoria.
Her mother, Obama’s step-grandmother Sarah Obama — known as “Mama Sarah” — paid her last respects, but did not accompany the body to the graveside.
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View the complete article, including four photos, at:
http://africanspotlight.com/2014/05/06/president-obamas-aunt-buried-kenya-photos/
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Obama’s US-based aunt given Islamic burial in Kenya
Turkish Press
Yassin Juma
5/7/2014
Excerpt:
KISUMU, Kenya – The recently deceased aunt of U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday was given an Islamic burial in her home country of Kenya shortly after her body was flown back from the U.S.
“We have buried the late Zeitun Onyango in accordance with the regulations of Islam,” Sheikh Musa Ismail, a Muslim cleric who led the funeral prayers, told Anadolu Agency at the Sunni Muslim cemetery in the port city of Kisumu.
Her body was washed and wrapped in accordance with Islamic tradition.
Onyango was buried in the lakeside city hours after her body arrived from the U.S. earlier Tuesday.
“We had to find the body a resting place as soon as possible, as it has been weeks since she died,” Sheikh Ismail said.
“It is the right of the Muslim dead to be buried as soon as possible, without delay.”
Onyango died at a Boston rehabilitation center recently.
Despite being the aunt of the U.S. president, Onyango had to fight a legal battle to save her from being deported for being in the U.S. illegally.
She was mentioned in Obama’s autobiography, “Dreams from My Father,” which recounts Obama’s quest to know his Kenyan roots.
President Obama is the son of a Kenyan father, Hussein Obama, and an American white woman, Ann Dunham.
-Tight Security-
There was tight security at the cemetery for fear that Ebel Mboya Okoko, a Christian man claiming he was Onyango’s husband, might try to disrupt the burial.
Okoko went to court last week demanding custody of Onyango and the right to bury her.
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http://www.turkishpress.com/news/404831/
Family requests Barrack Obama to attend burial for his aunt Zeituni
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April 10th 2014