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Kenya's Court of Appeal on Wednesday declared the government's 2023 finance law unconstitutional, inflicting a new blow to the government of President William Ruto who withdrew this year's finance ...
After their stunning success forcing the government to shelve $2.7 billion in tax hikes, young Kenyan activists are setting their sights higher, taking aim at deeply ingrained corruption and ...
June 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM. By Humphrey Malalo. NAIROBI (Reuters) -A Kenyan parliamentary panel recommended on Tuesday that the government scrap some new taxes proposed as part of next year's ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
One Hezbollah militant is killed. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) Two Israeli soldiers are killed and eight others are injured in Hezbollah drone and anti-tank missile attacks on the Israel–Lebanon border. (The Times of Israel) Israel–Hamas war. Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war.
Police deployed heavily in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Wednesday ahead of expected countrywide protests called for by the main opposition leader against a raft of tax hikes. At least two people ...