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...
Kenya Police officers and security personnel take position to protect the Kenyan Parliament as protesters try to storm the building during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. Luis Tato | Afp | Getty Images Photograp...
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...
Protesters who continued gather Thursday said they still don’t trust Ruto despite him sending the finance bill back to parliament with a vow to make budget cuts to replace the proposed new taxes and fees on a range of items and services, from egg imports to bank tra...
Protesters in the capital city of Nairobi broke into the parliament building and set part of it on fire Tuesday just after lawmakers voted to pass the controversial finance bill. The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights said at least 22 people were killed in the clashes, and ...
The 19-year-old Kamau was among thousands of protesters who stormed parliament while calling for legislators to vote against a finance bill that would increase taxes. Police opened fire and several people were killed on the spot. Recommended Videos Kamau had just completed high scho...
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 ...
Kenya's President William Ruto sent a finance bill with major tax hikes back to lawmakers a day after the parliament was besieged by furious protesters. Jun 26, 2024 Show More Trump greeted by Newsom as he lands in L.A. for Palisades Fire tour ...
At this point we have today seen passage of the Ruto Finance Bill on third reading in Parliament, breach of Parliament by protesters and the shooting deaths of several by Kenya’s police. Lots of teargas, attempts to intimidate media, and an apparent major internet slowdown. Fires at Nairobi...
Kenyan President William Ruto has said that the country will resort to more borrowing to plug a budget deficit after the rejection of the finance bill that would have increased tax revenue. He said the country will seek one trillion Shillings ($7.6 billi