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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 2024 Finance Bill is the first in a series of tax reforms based on a Medium-Term Revenue Strategy (MTRS) devised and published by the Kenyan government in 2023 through the Ministry of National Treasury and Economic Planning. The MTRS aims to increase the tax-to-GDP ratio in Kenya from 13.5% to at least 20% from 2024 to 2027. [24]
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 the wake of the storming ...
July 12, 2024 at 1:30 PM. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s police boss resigned Friday, the latest attempt by the country's president to respond to growing concerns of police brutality in ...
The Kenya Finance Bill 2024 was a piece of legislation that proposed changes to the tax system of Kenya, [1] which involves tax increases. [2] The proposed bill aims to raise 346 billion Kenyan shillings (KSh) to pay off debt and fund development projects. [2][3] It was first introduced in May 2024 and has been controversial, [4] with some ...
Kenya's budget deficit is now projected at 4.6% of gross domestic product in the 2024/25 financial year, up from an earlier estimate of 3.3%, Ruto said. ... Elections 20 24. ABC News.
2024 Portugal wildfires. Three Portuguese firefighters die while fighting wildfires in the country's central and northern regions, bringing the death toll from the wildfires to seven people. (Reuters) At least 25 children are killed in Kaduna State, Nigeria, when a bus carrying Muslims celebrating Mawlid crashes.
General elections were held in Kenya on Tuesday, 9 August 2022. Voters elected the president, governors, senators, members of the National Assembly, and members of county assemblies. This was the third general election and the fourth presidential one since the promulgation of the 2010 constitution. Incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta was not ...