Protesters in Kenya have launched nationwide demonstrations amid increasing anger over the government’s plans to raise more than $2bn in new taxes.
The rallies started on Tuesday as lawmakers held a final vote on President William Ruto’s finance bill, which seeks to tax a range of items from bread to sanitary pads. The move, which follows a string of other levies in the previous budget, has particularly angered young Kenyans who are organising on social media.
East Africa’s most advanced economy has been hit by a wave of protests over the past week — spearheaded by young people, many of them jobless. Two demonstrators were killed by security forces, according to human rights groups, with hundreds injured.
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