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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 demonstrations as the police responded by shooting ...
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 ...
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; signed into law the "Appropriations Bill 2024 ...
Protests continue in Kenya as some are now calling for the president to step down. NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Protests continued in Kenya's capital and elsewhere Tuesday over a finance bill that ...
Heavy rains and flooding ravaged parts of Kenya on Friday, sweeping away homes and livestock and destroying roads and electric transmission lines, authorities said. One of the victims died after a ...
KTN News is a news channel owned and operated by the Standard Group as a news and current affairs subsidiary of Kenya Television Network. KTN News associates with current events and affairs facing Kenya.
Kenya’s police boss resigned Friday, the latest attempt by the country's president to respond to growing concerns of police brutality in response to protests triggered by a proposed tax hike ...
Beatrice Waithera Maina is a Kenyan journalist and human advocate who participates in street demonstrations to fight for human rights [1] She has also participated in protests about corrupt leaders in Kenya. [2] In 2019 she was named a heroine by one of the Kenyan political leaders for leading demonstration to end corruption in public ...