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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Protests continued in Kenya's capital and elsewhere Tuesday over a finance bill that would raise the cost of living, even after the president said he would not sign it in ...
July 16, 2024 at 5:30 AM. By Thomas Mukoya and Monicah Mwangi. NAIROBI (Reuters) -At least one person was killed in renewed anti-government protests across Kenya on Tuesday, a Reuters reporter ...
Armed conflicts and attacks. Israel–Hezbollah conflict. 23 September 2024 Lebanon strikes. Over 492 people are killed and 1,645 others are wounded as the Israeli Air Force conducts over 1,400 airstrikes in Lebanon, targeting Hezbollah, the deadliest day of conflict since the 2006 Lebanon War.
On 25 June 2024, thousands of protesters stormed the Kenyan Parliament Building in Nairobi in response to the passing of the Kenya Finance Bill 2024, part of a larger series of protests against the proposed tax increases. The protest escalated when the protesters set part of the building on fire. [4] Nineteen people died in Nairobi during the ...
The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's police chief Japhet Koome resigned on Friday following intense criticism of officers' conduct during anti-government protests last month in which at least 39 people were ...
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenya's opposition on Thursday called for a third day of demonstrations against tax hikes on July 19, after previous protests saw several of Kenya's towns and cities witness ...
Tuko was established by Genesis Media Emerging Markets (GMEM) in 2015. [1] It is headquartered in Nairobi, Kenya. [2] The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism described Tuko's content as a "mix of celebrity, entertainment, and political news with a light touch", which has proven successful, [3] whileGMEM, which was renamed Legit in April 2023, also owns news websites such as Legit.ng ...