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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 ...
June 27, 2024 at 8:04 AM. By Aaron Ross and Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo. NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police fired teargas at dozens of protesters and blocked off streets leading to the presidential ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
George Wajackoyah. George Luchiri Wajackoyah is a legal practitioner based in Nairobi, Kenya, and an independent political campaigner. Wajackoyah was also a presidential candidate in Kenya's 2022 general election held on 9 August 2022. He ran under the Roots Party of Kenya, which supports the legalisation of bhang in Kenya.
NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday mostly named holdovers from the cabinet he sacked last week to a new government meant to respond to the grievances of young protesters.
The presidency of Uhuru Kenyatta began on 9 April 2013 after being sworn in as 4th president of Kenya and ended on 13 September 2022 after handing over to William Ruto. He succeeded Mwai Kibaki. During his inaugural speech Uhuru promised economic transformation by 2030 [clarification needed], unity among all Kenyans, free maternal care and that ...