Kenyan home of Obama’s grandmother broken into

SUSPECTED robbers have broken into the home of US presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s grandmother in a Kenyan village, local media said on yesterday.

“These are just people... who think that Obama has been sending me a lot of money,” said Sarah Obama, the Illinois senator’s 85-year-old step-grandmother.

Nothing was stolen during the raid early on Wednesday, but senior police commanders and local officials visited the modest homestead in Kogelo village to investigate.