More than 200 arrested in Kenya protests over proposed tax hikes in finance bill

Police teargas schoolgirls as Kenyans in Mombasa protest tax hikes in Finance Bill

Mombasa Area police boss Peter Mugambi said protests were illegal, police took measures to maintain law, order - Anadolu Ajansı

Kenya police arrest demonstrators as hundreds protest new tax hikes

Kenyan police fired tear gas and arrested at least a dozen demonstrators Tuesday as hundreds of people gathered near parliament to protest tax hikes, according to AFP journalists at the scene. The East African economic powerhouse has struggled with a cost-of-living crisis, which critics say will only worsen under the levies laid out in a bill due to be debated in parliament on Tuesday afternoon. ALSO READ: Kenyan climber dies on Everest, Nepali …

Kenya dispatch: police teargas protesters and arrest hundreds opposing government Finance Bill on Nairobi streets

Aynsley Genga is JURIST’s senior Kenya correspondent. She files this from Nairobi. What is democracy? At its core, democracy embodies the will of the people. While definitions may vary, democracy is fundamentally a system of governance where the people’s voices are not only heard, but honored. In a true democracy, laws are crafted to serve the collective good, ensuring that the interests of the many prevail over those of a privileged few. On Tue…

Kenya police arrest demonstrators as hundreds protest tax hikes

NAIROBI: Kenyan police fired tear gas and arrested at least a dozen demonstrators on Tuesday as hundreds of people gathered near parliament to protest tax hikes, according to journalists at the scene. The East African economic powerhouse has struggled with a cost-of-living crisis, which critics say will only worsen under the levies laid out in a bill due to be debated in parliament on Tuesday afternoon. Kenya’s government on Tuesday walked bac…

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Mass arrests in Nairobi as tax hike protests continue

Over 200 protesters were arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, during protests against proposed tax hikes in a finance bill.