Former US President Barrack Obama's sister Auma Obama was on Tuesday teargassed as police battled anti-finance bill protesters in Nairobi.
Auma was being interviewed by CNN's Larry Madowo live on air when police fired teargas straight into her.
Auma had joined thousands of protesting Kenyans who swarmed into the streets in Nairobi as MPs considered the Finance Bill, 2024.
The former US president's sister was helped by a group of protesters to turn back to avoid being choked by the smoke.
"I am here because of what is happening, young Kenyans are protesting for their rights. They are demonstrating with placards and banners,'' Auma said.
"I cannot see any more,'' she said, coughing as tear gas smoke appeared to choke her.
Auma is a sociologist, community activist and Kenyan writer.
She leads her non-profit organization helping orphans and young Kenyan people struggling with poverty.
She is the daughter of Barack Obama Sr. and his first wife, Kezia and was born in 1960, one year before Barack Obama, in Nairobi Kenya.
She studied at Germany's Heidelberg University and graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Bayreuth.
Auma also studied at the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin.
