In Kenya, discontent over the cost-of-living crisis and corruption had been brewing for long. Here’s how clips on TikTok birthed a strong popular movement in the country Protesters scatter as Kenya police spray water canon at them during a protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance bill in downtown Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, June. File image/AP Kenya’s recent tax protests …
People run for cover in Nairobi on Tuesday, after tear gas fired by police exploded during a demonstration. LUIS TATO/AFP Thousands of people marched on the streets in major cities in Kenya on Thursday to protest against what they termed as punitive taxes introduced by the government in a recent national budget proposal. Robinson Makau, an Uber taxi driver and …
NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 200 protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill that is due to be tabled in parliament. AP AUDIO: More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports. Kenya Law Society President Faith …
The latest round of anti-government protests in Kenya has been scheduled after tax hikes add to soaring cost of living. The latest demonstrations are against tax hikes and follow two previous sets of protests this year against the soaring cost of living in East Africa’s economic hub and alleged malpractice in last year’s presidential election, which Odinga lost. Odinga announced …
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