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27/06/2024

Kenya finance bill live: More protests expected despite Ruto U-turn

A man suspected to be a protestor is detained by police in plain clothes ahead of a planned demonstration over police killings of people protesting against Kenya's proposed finance bill
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By Mersiha Gadzo
Published On 27 Jun 2024
27 Jun 2024
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Kenyan police put up roadblocks on streets leading to the presidential palace ahead of calls for protests.
Developments come a day after President Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew contentious tax hikes.
Deadly protests were sparked last week by the 2024 finance bill as the initially peaceful rallies gathered momentum across the country.
On Tuesday, Parliament was partly set ablaze and at least 22 people were reported killed across the country.
On Wednesday, Ruto said he would not sign the bill, and “it shall subsequently be withdrawn”.
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7m ago (08:40 GMT)
Photos: Nairobi prepares for planned protests
A man walks past police officers ahead of a planned demonstration over police killings of people protesting against Kenya's proposed finance bill
A man walks past police officers ahead of a planned demonstration [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
A woman walks on Parliament Road ahead of a planned demonstration over police killings of people protesting against Kenya's proposed finance bill
Parliament Road ahead of a planned demonstration over police killings of people protesting against Kenya’s proposed finance bill [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
A man suspected to be a protestor is detained by police in plain clothes ahead of a planned demonstration over police killings of people protesting against Kenya's proposed finance bill
A man suspected to be a protestor is detained by police in plain clothes [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]
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17m ago (08:30 GMT)
High Court to hear challenge on army deployment
Today, Kenya’s High Court will hear a challenge to a government order to deploy the army to the capital.

On Tuesday, President Ruto had announced that the military would support police following the nationwide deadly protests against tax rises.

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27m ago (08:20 GMT)
WATCH: ‘I concede,’ says President Ruto
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37m ago (08:10 GMT)
Wounded protester questions police’s use of live bullets
At the Coast General Teaching and Referral Hospital in Mombasa, Jonah Shikoli, 21, a beautician and cosmetologist, is waiting to be taken back to the operating theatre to have a bullet removed from his body after he was shot in the back during Tuesday’s protests.

An underwater seal chest drain helps to remove fluids that have accumulated near his lungs to help him breathe. Shikoli is among at least 200 people who have been injured this week.

“I cannot explain why police officers were using live bullets on peaceful demonstrators. I only pray for peace in Kenya,” he was quoted as saying by the Nation media outlet.

He said another young man was with him in the ambulance en route to the hospital, but was pronounced dead on arrival.

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47m ago (08:00 GMT)
Many believe bill will still be passed and Ruto’s speech ‘just a distraction’
Malcolm Webb
Malcolm Webb
Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya

Some of the responses from social media users show there’s still a great deal of scepticism about what Ruto is saying.

One of the things people have been pointing out is that if the president doesn’t sign the bill into law, if he doesn’t ascend it, then it automatically becomes law within three weeks anyway.

The only way that it can be retracted is if parliament retracted the bill. That’s what Ruto said his MPs had agreed to do.

The parliament has gone into recess now and it’s expected to be in recess until late July, which would pass that 21-day limit.

People on social media are saying they think this is just a distraction and the bill will still be automatically passed by that constitutional parliamentary process.

It points to a deep lack of trust in what the president is saying. People who have been demonstrating on the streets and the critics on social media feel they’ve been lied to so many times before and clearly, that sentiment still persists among many.

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57m ago (07:50 GMT)
Kenyan police set up roadblocks on streets leading to State House
Kenyan police have put up roadblocks on streets leading to the presidential palace.

Reuters reported an army vehicle in the capital’s central business district, the site of the bulk of Tuesday’s protests, after the government deployed the military to help police control the situation.

The Standard reported there is “beefed up [security] in the central business district, other parts of the country as officers patrol major highways”.

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1h ago (07:40 GMT)
Protesters pledge to ‘occupy State House’
Protesters have pledged to “occupy State House”, but lacking a formal leadership structure, supporters seem to be divided on how far to carry the demonstrations.

“Let’s not be foolish as we fight for a better Kenya,” Boniface Mwangi, a prominent social justice activist, said in an Instagram post.

He voiced support for demonstrations but opposed calls to invade the State House, the president’s formal offices and residence, a move that he said could spur more violence and be used to justify a crackdown.

Although some protest supporters said they would not demonstrate as the finance bill had been scrapped, others pledged to press on, saying only Ruto’s resignation would satisfy them.

“Right now is not about just the finance bill but about ,” Davis Tafari told Reuters in a text message. “As political activists we have to make sure that Ruto and his MPs have resigned and fresh elections are held.

“We occupy State House for dignity and justice.”

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1h ago (07:30 GMT)
Why are young Kenyans so aggrieved?
President Ruto has dramatically reversed course on the government’s controversial finance bill after deadly protests.

But why are young Kenyans so aggrieved?

From taxes on basics, to road maintenance levies, to high prices and unemployment, these are some of the main issues that led to the recent unrest.

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1h ago (07:20 GMT)
Why do Kenyans feel betrayed by President Ruto?
In his presidential campaign, Ruto called himself the anti-establishment candidate and promised to implement policies to put more money in Kenyans’ pockets.

But his supporters were dismayed when his government removed crucial fuel and maize flour subsidies. Many Kenyans saw it as a betrayal.

Ruto frequently urges Kenyans to tighten their belts. But his state visit to the US in May created controversy when he chartered a luxury private jet instead of using the presidential jet or Kenya’s national carrier.

Ruto later said the chartered jet had been paid for by friends he did not name.

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1h ago (07:10 GMT)
‘Police lobbed tear gas at us’
In Mombasa, Emmanuel Giggs Tata, 20, was among the thousands who took part in the demonstrations, but never made it home, Kenya’s news outlet Nation reported.

Samson Mwasa Nzamba said his cousin was about to return home when a tear gas canister exploded near Tata. He inhaled the smoke and struggled to breathe.

“Police officers lobbed tear gas canisters from both sides after having us cornered. Giggs could no longer walk and told me that he had difficulties breathing.”

According to the state-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, the death toll stood at 22 on Wednesday, with 19 of those reported in the capital, Nairobi.

Meanwhile, the Police Reforms Working Group said at least 30 deaths were recorded in Githurai alone, outside Nairobi, according to the report.

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Clashes also took place in other cities and towns, with many calling for President Ruto to quit.

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Kenya police beat a protester during a protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance bill in downtown Nairobi, Kenya
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Kenya’s Ruto says finance bill to be withdrawn after deadly protests
President William Ruto says he rejects a finance bill that contained a series of tax hikes after nationwide protests.

Published On 26 Jun 2024
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Protesters carry the body of a man who was shot during a protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance bill in downtown Nairobi
‘The people have spoken’: Why did Kenya’s Ruto reject tax bill he pushed?
Western pressure likely made Ruto backtrack after deadly violence, but his credibility has been badly hit, say analysts.

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DAKAR, March 25 (Reuters) - Senegal opposition candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye was set to be declared the country's next president after his rival from the ruling coalition called him on Monday to concede defeat.
Results trickling in since polls closed on Sunday evening in the first round of a delayed presidential election rapidly suggested Faye, 44, may have clinched an outright majority. The trends announced on local media sparked street celebrations by his supporters in the capital Dakar.
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01/11/2023

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Rising Gospel Crooner Involved In A Road Accident

By John Mutsengi

"Tumirai mweya - mutsvene nemoto - kana ndonamata - minamato yangu inzwike....". This is one popular line from the chartbusting song by Givemore Mutemaringa, a Kwekwe -based budding artist who entered the musical arena in 2019.
Such is a prophetic message and surely as much busier our Heavenly Father may always be He made sure his child would not die a premature death, not when he has just started his musical missionary work.

It was on Thursday around 5PM when Mutemaringa was traveling from Harare to Kwekwe, just after Norton, that a drunken and sleepy Honda Fit driver who was coming from a funeral encroached on to their lane and in a bid to avoid a head-on collision the driver of the vehicle in which Mutemaringa was tried to swerve it but was hit from behind and the vehicle skidded and overturned thrice. Mutemaringa suffered injuries to his hand while the driver complained of back pains whereas the other two female passengers sustained head injuries. The Honda Fit driver managed to halt his car just before it nose-dived into the river at the bridge, got out of the car and fled the scene.

Unfortunately they had to endure almost four painful hours before they could get any help. That was until a Good Samaritan stopped by and offered to help. He sped off to Halfway to pick some police officers and came back with one police officer. There was no significant help he could render the accident victims for he had not brought the required papers/forms. The Good Samaritan had to carry Mutemaringa and the others to Kadoma from where Mutemaringa had to proceed home to Kwekwe and got there around 2AM.

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