The Kenyan government has scrapped the 2024 Finance Bill, which included $2.3 billion in tax hikes, following widespread protests across the country. The demonstrations, led by young people known as Generation Z, resulted in property damage and dozens of deaths. President William Ruto initia...
NAIROBI —KenyanPresident William Rutosaid Wednesday he won’t sign into law a finance bill proposing new taxes, a day after protesters stormed parliament and several people were shot dead. It was the biggest assault on Kenya’s government in decades. The governme...
https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/kenyas-finance-bill-why-has-it-triggered-protests-2024-06-25/#:~:text=On%20Wednesday%2C%20he%20withdrew%20the,struggling%20to%20make%20ends%20meet. [6] Reuters. Religious, rights groups call for calm in Kenya's second week of protests https://ww...
The lawmakers on Tuesday morning passed the finance bill 2024 seeking to raise an additional 346.7 billion shillings (2.67 billion U.S. dollars), by such measures as increasing the railway development levy from 1.5 percent to 2.5 percent, and the import declaration fee from 2.5 percent to 3.5...
Earlier in the day, the Kenyan parliament announced it had passed a second reading of the contentious Finance Bill 2024.
Kenyan President William Ruto announced Wednesday afternoon from the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, that he is withdrawing the contentious 2024 Finance Bill. 7 months ago Multiple deaths reported as police clash with anti-tax protesters in Kenya ...
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President Ruto, who had promoted the Finance Bill as a necessary reform to secure IMF funding and avoid debt default, has said his government is considering alternative measures, including budget cuts for his office. Error loading media: File could not be playedYou...
Kenya’s president says he won’t sign finance bill that led protesters to storm parliament June 26, 2024 Thursday’s protests were at a smaller scale than Tuesday’s, and every attempt by demonstrators to congregate was met by pushback from the police. The military a...
Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that he will not sign the 2024 finance bill that had sparked deadly protests in the country and left at least five people dead.