A protester kicks a tear gas canister while demonstrating during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. Kenyan police fired tear gas at crowds of young protesters in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, according to AFP reporters, as demonstrators rallied across the country against the government’s proposed tax hikes.
But the Gen-Z-led protests spiralled into violence Tuesday when police fired live bullets at the crowds outside parliament, leaving the complex ransacked and partly ablaze.Steinhoff Ex-CFO released on R150k bail months after CEO’s death Referring to his comments the previous night, she said on X: “He made that speech trying to intimidate us and he saw it won’t work hence the PR.”Ahead of Ruto’s about-turn, protesters had called for fresh rallies on Thursday.“You cannot kill all of us.”
Ruto said Wednesday that withdrawing the bill would mean a significant hole in funding for development programmes to help farmers and schoolteachers, among others. “This is the largest number of deaths a single day protest,” she said, saying 300 people were injured across the country.