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Kenya is in the grip of nationwide protests against proposed tax hikes, culminating in Tuesday’s “total shutdown” of the country, which quickly turned violent as police used tear gas and ...
But his state visit to the United States in May created controversy when he chartered a luxury private jet instead of using the presidential jet or Kenya's national carrier. Ruto later said the ...
Protests have erupted in parts of Kenya, with hundreds detained by police as citizens rejected planned tax hikes in the East African nation already grappling with escalating living costs.
They appealed for prayers and public understanding of the bill's implications. Kenyan Catholic Bishops supported the youth, condemning the bill's punitive taxes and urging the government to address protesters' concerns thoughtfully and peacefully. [45] Kenyans in Dallas, led by the Roots Party leader, George Wajackoyah protested against the ...
Protesters tried to storm the State House in Nakuru. Protests also occurred in Mombasa, Eldoret, Kisumu and Nyeri. In Embu, the offices of the ruling United Democratic Alliance were set on fire. [4] [7] Looting was reported in Nairobi, while several buildings in Eldoret were also set on fire. [10]
2 July – Protests against the controversial rejected Kenyan finance bill and President Ruto continue in major cities, with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights reporting at least 39 people killed and 361 injured in the protests. [22] 8 July – A Kenyan court rules that the 2022 killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif by police ...
As John Aron headed out to join the protests raging outside parliament, he felt something huge had already shifted in Kenyan politics, jolting it away from its decades of dominance by party ...
The Kenyan government sent a letter to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, William Hague, insisting that the UK government was legally liable for the atrocities. [298] The Foreign Office, however, reaffirmed its position that it was not, in fact, liable for colonial atrocities, [ 298 ] and argued that the documents had ...