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Auma Obama, the half-sister of former United States President Barack Obama, has been teargassed by police during an interview with CNN live on air, while protesting Kenya’s controversial finance bill Tuesday.

Obama, a Kenyan-British activist, was speaking to CNN’s Larry Madowo alongside a group of young protestors when the group was teargassed in Nairobi.

“I can’t even see anymore, we’re being teargassed,” Obama said in dramatic footage captured by a CNN team on the ground.

Kenya is in the grip of nationwide protests against proposed tax hikes, culminating in a planned “total shutdown” of the country.

The demonstrations, sparked by the Finance Bill 2024, have seen citizens rally under the banner of “7 Days of Rage,” as the nation faces more days of upheaval.

“I’m here because look at what’s happening. Young Kenyans are demonstrating for their rights. They are demonstrating with flags and banners,” Obama said.

President William Ruto has said he wants to have dialogue with the protesters and that he is “proud” of them. However, security forces have been accused of abducting prominent Kenyans, particularly those who have large social media followings.

Amnesty International Kenya says it is investigating the whereabouts of up to 12 people who were “abducted in the middle of night” ahead of Tuesday’s planned protests.

The list includes bloggers, content creators, human rights defenders, a doctor, and a parliamentary staffer, Amnesty Kenya executive director Irũngũ Houghton told CNN.

We are horrified by some of the testimonies we have heard over the last 24 hours. We have about 12 people unaccounted for who have been picked up, in many cases, by people who are uniformed or not uniformed,” Houghton said, adding that that they had not received legal assistance and their families didn’t know their whereabouts.

“We are now seeing not just abductions but disappearances,” he said.

CNN has reached out to the Kenyan police for comment.

The protests come as Kenya’s standing gains global prominence as US President Joe Biden designated the country a “major non-NATO ally” on Monday, marking the first time a sub-Saharan African nation has received this status.

In May, Biden announced his decision to elevate Kenya to this designation while hosting President Ruto at the White House for a grand state visit, celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

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This is very bad and disrespectful behavior from the Kenyan police.

I see a united country speaking in one voice against bad government policies, it's a different story in Nigeria

Kenya's End Sars version

Tsunami in Kenya

The Kenya people are tired of William Ruto. He should swallow his pride and cancel the finance bill.

Anything goes in Africa.

Kenyans protesting against bad government while some supposed born-thrown-away in Nigeria are defending bad government

Dd

This is Africa, no be USA

🤔

She collect

Kenya youths are protesting against evil government.

Naa Tinubu idiot youths dey support for Nigeria

Crisis everywhere

Okay.

Presido no punish Kenyan government.

I luv my kantry no B 4 mouth

If na Naija all Obama's family's village people would have relocated to USA te te

Protest like these won't be successful in Nigeria cause at the end of it all, one tribe will be singled out and tagged enemy of Nigeria

God1000:
What is Kenya turning into, this is very bad and disrespectful behavior

What Nigeria couldn't do is what they are doing.

OK?

It's Kenya not America so what do you expect? Even Obama will be tear gassed in Kenya

😀😀😀😀

Same Kenyan’s that were celebrating the emergence of Ruto 😀😀😀😀

In any part of the world, never trust politicians!

Interestingly this is the original nation of a former American president. For those who as so good at abortion and born and throw away. You don't no what that child will grow to become.

Noted.

Male wetin come happen

maybe na sins of ein bros

God1000:
What is Kenya turning into, this is very bad and disrespectful behavior

They said nothing when when young Nigerians were being killed in 2020

This same faith should happen to obituary supporters too, this LP supporters are too evil

ZUBY77:
They said nothing when when young Nigerians were being killed in 2020

this is not true