Demonstrations in Kenya against tax increases | News in brief

Demonstrations in Kenya against tax increases News in brief

The police have shot the demonstrators with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Protests have broken out in many Kenyan cities against the government’s proposed tax increases.

Young people in particular show their opinion.

The protests have been largely peaceful, what the president William Ruto has praised.

However, the police have started to react more and more harshly to the demonstrations. The police have fired rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowd of protesters. Two people have died and around 200 have been injured, human rights organizations say. Arrests have also been made.

The government justifies tax increases with the country’s large debt burden.

Source: AFP

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