Barack Obama yatangaje ko imbwa y’umuryango we yitwaga Sunny, yari imaze imyaka 13, yapfuye. Yavuze ko iyi mbwa yari imwe mu bagize umuryango we bakundaga cyane.
Sunny yari imbwa yo mu bwoko bwa Portuguese Water Dog, ikaba yari yarabaye mu muryango wa Obama kuva mu 2013, ubwo yari Perezida wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika.
Mu butumwa yanyujije ku rubuga rwa X ku wa Gatatu tariki ya 16 Nzeri 2026, Obama yasobanuye Sunny nk’imbwa yari ifite imbaraga n’imico yihariye, kandi yakundaga cyane kumarana umwanya n’abakobwa be babiri, Malia na Sasha.
Obama yavuze ko Sunny yari yarinjijwe mu muryango ku ntangiriro za manda ye ya kabiri muri White House, nyuma y’imyaka ine umuryango we wari umaze kugira indi mbwa yitwaga Bo.
Yagize ati: "Sunny yakundaga abakobwa be, ndetse nubwo rimwe na rimwe bamubangamiraga igihe yabaga asinziriye, yakomezaga kubakunda. Yavuze kandi ko yakundaga abakozi b’umuryango wa Obama, ndetse rimwe na rimwe akabakurikira mu kazi."
Obama kandi yavuze ko Sunny yari ifite umubano wihariye na Bo, "kuko yamurindaga cyane". Bo, wari inkuru nkuru kuri Sunny, yapfuye muri Gicurasi 2021.
Obama yavuze ko Sunny yakundaga abantu kurusha uko yakundaga izindi mbwa. Yanasobanuye ko yari imbwa ikunda kunywa amazi ku buryo bw’urusaku, kandi ko nubwo yari mu bwoko bw’imbwa zikunda amazi, yo ubwayo itakundaga gutota.
Ubuzima bwa Sunny muri White House bwagiye burangwa n’ibintu bitandukanye. Mu 2013, yigeze gukubita hasi umwana w’imyaka ibiri ubwo yari mu birori byo kureba imitako y’iminsi mikuru muri White House.
Mu minsi mike mbere y’uko umuryango wa Obama uva muri White House muri Mutarama 2017, Sunny na we yagize ikindi kibazo ubwo yarumaga mu maso umusore w’imyaka 18 wari inshuti y’umuryango. Uwo musore yakomeretse bikomeye ku buryo yakomejwe n’ubudozi.
Nubwo ibyo bibazo byabayeho, Sunny na Bo bari bazwi cyane muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Bakundaga kugaragara mu bikorwa byaberaga muri White House, birimo ibirori ngarukamwaka byo gushakisha amagi byitwaga White House Easter Egg Roll.
Aba mbwa kandi bajyaga kwakira abashyitsi, gusura abasirikare bakomeretse no gusura abana bari mu bitaro bari kumwe na Michelle Obama.
Mu 2016, Michelle Obama yabwiye Associated Press ko Sunny na Bo bari baramenyekanye cyane ku buryo abantu benshi bifuzaga kubabona no gufata amafoto yabo.
Sunny kandi yari yaragize uruhare mu bikorwa bitandukanye by’umuryango wa Obama, ku buryo abantu bari bamaze kumumenyera nk’umwe mu mbwa zabaga hafi y’umuryango wa Perezida.
Mu butumwa bwe bwo gutangaza urupfu rwa Sunny, Obama yavuze ko ku muryango we yari imbwa yari hafi yabo kandi ibakundira. Yavuze ko mu myaka 13 yamaze hamwe na bo, Sunny yakomeje kuba indahemuka, ikunda gutembera no gushakisha ibintu bishya.
Obama yashimangiye ko umuryango we uzamukumbura cyane, anavuga ko yizeye ko ubu Sunny ari kumwe na Bo, mukuru we, bakomeje kuba hamwe.
