World | Barack Obama Kenyan Robbers Raid Grandma Obama's Home They fail to remove solar panel on house in African village By Mary Papenfuss Posted Sep 11, 2008 4:20 AM CDT Copied Sarah Obama, 86, grandmother of Barack Obama, sits in the courtyard of a school named after her grandson in her home town of Kogelo, western Kenya, earlier this year. (AP Photo/Riccardo Gangale) A band of thieves broke into the Kenyan home of Barack Obama's 85-year-old step grandmother yesterday, Reuters reports. "These are just people who think that Obama has been sending me a lot of money," said Sarah Obama. Nothing was stolen from the home in tiny Kogelo village. The burglars tried in vain to remove a rooftop solar panel and found nothing worth taking after they broke into a small outbuilding, police said. Read These Next 200 images of the Idaho murder scene have been released. Ivanka and Jared are making headlines again. Montana has fugitive in custody. Hegseth admires pastors with some eyebrow-raising thoughts on women. Report an error