Teargas and Water Cannons During Kenya's Finance Bill Protests

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The police used teargas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered near the parliament to protest against the proposed Finance Bill that included new taxes and levies President William Ruto has agreed to make some concessions after hundreds of protesters and police clashed with Nairobi police.

The police used teargas and water cannons to disperse hundreds of protesters who gathered near the parliament to protest against the proposed Finance Bill that included new taxes and levies

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has urged Nairobi residents to register with the new health insurance under the Social Health Insurance Fund , as the city transitions from… The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights , through the Country Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Republic of Kenya, Honorable Commissioner Solomon…

 

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