Mama Sarah Obama, the grandmother to the retired US president Barack Obama will continue enjoying state protection.

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This is despite Obama's exit from office, after leading US for eight years.

"Visitors to the home will continue to be vetted at a police station outside her compound,'' reports the BBC.

 Acting Siaya County Commissioner, Joseph Sawe said they would be visiting Sarah Obama to see how she was coping.

He affirmed they were going to visit her as soon as possible, so as to find out how she was coping with news of her grandson's exit from the White House, January 20, as US 44th president.

When Obama became president, Kogelo village rose to limelight, as tourists visited the area to see where Obama's father, was from.