Tributes are pouring in for SARAH OBAMA - the matriarch of THE OBAMA family. She was the step-grandmother of former United States President, BARRACK OBAMA.

She died this morning at a hospital in western Kenya after a short undisclosed illness.

Kenya’s President, UHURU KENYATTA has eulogized her as a virtuous woman and an icon of family values.

Former Kenyan Prime Minister, RAILA ODINGA also hailed the late SARAH OBAMA for her leadership after her husband's death.