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5 People Shot Dead, 13 Injured In Kenya During Protests Against Proposed Tax Hikes

9 months agoWed, 26 Jun 2024 07:55:57 GMT
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5 People Shot Dead, 13 Injured In Kenya During Protests Against Proposed Tax Hikes

Kenyan President William Ruto on Tuesday condemned the protests against a controversial finance bill, labelling the events – which saw the storming of parliament and the shooting deaths of at least five people – as “treasonous”.

According to CNN, citizens across the East African country are protesting against proposed tax hikes, culminating in Tuesday’s “total shutdown” of the country.

The demonstrations, sparked by the Finance Bill 2024, have seen citizens rally under the banner of “7 Days of Rage.

Last week, the government scrapped some tax increases, including a proposed 16% value-added tax on bread along with taxes on motor vehicles, vegetable oil and mobile money transfers.

However, the concessions have not been enough to end the protests amid the rising cost of living.

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A CNN team reported seeing two bodies lying motionless on the ground in Nairobi as the country’s parliament was breached.

Kenyan police were also seen beating and later arresting some paramedics who were helping injured protesters.

During a nationwide address after parliament was set on fire, Ruto said the events on Tuesday were a grave threat to “national security”.

He said the conversation around the bill had been “hijacked by dangerous people,” adding that democratic expression and crime must be isolated from one another. Said Ruto:

It is not in order, or even conceivable, that criminals pretending to be peaceful protesters can reign terror against the people, their elected representatives, and the institutions established under our Constitution and expect to go scot-free.

According to a joint statement by Amnesty International Kenya, the Kenya Medical Association, the Law Society of Kenya, and Police Reforms Working Group Kenya, at least five people were shot dead and around 31 were injured during Tuesday’s protests.

Of these, 13 were hit with live bullets, four with rubber bullets, and three with launcher canisters. The statement said:

The use of live bullets must now stop. Despite the assurance by the government that the right to assembly would be protected and facilitated, today’s protests have spiralled into violence. Human rights observers and medical officers have reported several incidents of human rights violations.

As the protests turned violent, government buildings were set on fire and a ceremonial mace was stolen from Parliament in the melee.

Kenyan lawmakers were evacuated from Parliament as police went up against protesters.

Internet monitoring site NetBlocks reported a “major disruption” to internet connectivity on Tuesday.

Nairobi’s City Hall, the office of the Governor of Nairobi, was also set on fire.

Vehicles parked at Kenya’s Supreme Court, which is close to the City Hall, were also set on fire.

Earlier on Tuesday, Auma Obama, the half-sister of former United States President Barack Obama, was teargassed by police during an interview with CNN live on air while protesting against the bill..

Obama, a Kenyan-British activist, was speaking to CNN alongside a group of young protesters when the group was teargassed in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital.

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29 Comments

lee · 8 months ago
ahh it's a Sade story 😭😭😭😭😭😭
Mbada family · 9 months ago
Haaaa ngavazviitire isum masoja ekuzimna vaone
🏃‍♀️ Chi baby Che Zanu 🌊 · 9 months ago
Munhu ngarakashwe
👀👀 · 9 months ago
we are not allowed to protest or demonstrate,muno muZim hatimbozvitraya,kunofiwa and kunofa nevasina mhosva,takambofamba netsoka kubva mutown tikazotakurwawo neimwe good Samaritan but taive tatoo paChinhamo,so kanganwai zvenyu coz matanker munoawona mu road musati mambotanga,regai vabe vadye
👀👀 · 9 months ago
peaceful demonstration haishande ,hapana kusiri kufa,vokwidza ma tax ne VAT ,zvinhu zvisina kumira mushe nechekare,vatungamiri vedu havana moyo,vanoda zvakavanakira ivo chete
Anonymous · 9 months ago
Vachashaya zvinhu zvacho semuno because panenge pasina Mari yekutenga. Salt will be like gold in Kenya very soon.
observer💯 · 9 months ago
peaceful protests are only found in Europe and America so long you are in Africa there's nothing called peaceful protests it's either you stay home or die for nothing
Anonymous · 9 months ago
Cowards will get nothing , only the brave will be rewarded Some will die while others will become immortalized and very rich That is the spoils of war All of the people who died for a select few to own the spoils of something that everyone fight
Anonymous · 9 months ago
Our friend's president defending himself.
Anonymous · 9 months ago
Justifying killings
Mukoma Oncemore · 9 months ago
ESAP in the making
Chibaba · 9 months ago
And in Zimbabwe we are waiting for SADC to intervene on the issue of disputed elections.
🥸 · 9 months ago
It pains to lose people in such way.We all must learn channeling anger and rage in a right way, better to play **** than lose soul's. MTSRIP
,,,,,dott · 9 months ago
Kenyas securite forces hav no choose but 2 shoot to kill , becoz e protest becomes threat to “national security”.
gaucho of pampas · 9 months ago
eish he was taught to shoot to kill at 45⁰ nevene but anywhere angangopabva
The Sultanate Of The Bhurunai · 9 months ago
Breaking News!!!! chachaya muZimbabwe the protesters have taken over several government building's including the parliament building and police headquarters 2 people have been reportedly shot dead and the president and other high ranking officials are nowhere to be found as exiled former politicians have put a bounty on his head
Putin 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺🐊🐊🐊 · 9 months ago
Chakauya ne ngarava (why can't we did it too),zvinonzi why can't we do it.Anywhere away from this madness this prophecy about Ruto will come to pass,is going to die soon, it was said pray for Ruto
· 9 months ago
It's not poor grammar. It's a pun on what Kenneth Kaunda said as Zambians clamoured for independence, and I quote, "They did it Ghana They did it in Kenya, They did it in Nigeria. Why can't we did it too?"
just e · 9 months ago
mabreak
Lord Castlereagh · 9 months ago
Ruto paakabva kuno ku Zimbabwe akabva audzirwa zvekunokwidza tax ku nyika kwake na Burwa. Manje ma Kenyans vazviramba
The Sultanate Of The Bhurunai · 9 months ago
14 killed several wounded not 5, poor reporting there pindula c'mon guys
king · 9 months ago
14 civilians shot by Kenyan soldiers during violent protest
mbocho · 9 months ago
kkkk ma radicals vanhu ava havana moyo
· 9 months ago
They did it in Kenya. Why can't we did it too?
The Sultanate Of The Bhurunai · 9 months ago
You can't do it because munofarira kubirwa
Cde Mabhunu muchapera · 9 months ago
Iweww Tanga ku protester ugoona kuti zvinopera BHO here usafurire vamwe

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