{"id":81032,"date":"2024-06-25T17:54:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/obamas-half-sister-is-among-those-tear-gassed-during-protests-in-kenya\/"},"modified":"2024-06-25T17:54:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-25T17:54:08","slug":"obamas-half-sister-is-among-those-tear-gassed-during-protests-in-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/25\/obamas-half-sister-is-among-those-tear-gassed-during-protests-in-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama\u2019s Half Sister Is Among Those Tear-Gassed During Protests in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Auma Obama, an older half sister of former President Barack Obama, was tear-gassed on Tuesday while being interviewed live on CNN during protests in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. The protests were against the passage of a finance bill that raises taxes on many basic goods.<\/p>\n

Ms. Obama was with a group of protesters carrying placards when a CNN reporter approached her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am here because \u2014 look at what\u2019s happening,\u201d she told the interviewer. \u201cYoung Kenyans are demonstrating for their rights. They are demonstrating with flags and banners.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Obama then began choking in a spreading cloud of tear gas lobbed by the police.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t even see anymore,\u201d she said. \u201cWe are being tear-gassed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms. Obama grew up in Kenya<\/a> and returned there as a community activist after studying and living in Germany and the United Kingdom. Her foundation in Kenya, Sauti Kuu, or Powerful Voices, serves children and young people, particularly from urban slums and rural communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n