Following a clash between Kenyan protesters and security forces, angry anti-tax protesters breached parliament barricades on Tuesday and entered the complex where lawmakers were debating President William Ruto’s contentious Finance Bill 2024.
The tax hike proposals sparked widespread anger, AFP journalists confirmed, as police fired live rounds at demonstrators.
Police fired live rounds at protesters leaving many wounded outside the parliament, according to Amnesty International in Kenya. Several dissatisfied protesters broke through boundaries erected by the police around the parliament in the capital Nairobi. A police vehicle was set on fire outside the parliament.
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