Pictures show police clashing with protesters

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Pictures show police clashing with protesters

Photographs and news agency reports showed protesters clashing in the streets of Kenyan capital Nairobi on Tuesday, as the ******** state passed a controversial finance bill set to raise national taxes.

Earlier in the day, the Kenyan parliament

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it had passed a second reading of the contentious

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— which sets out to raise a swathe of levies trickling down to average consumers — with 195 in favor, 106 against, no abstentions and three spoilt votes.

The tax law was last week

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to exclude an initially proposed 16% value-added-tax on bread, transportation of sugar, financial services, foreign exchange transactions, along with a 2.5% Motor Vehicle Tax.

The bill has ignited nationwide protests in Kenya, which struggles with a cost-of-living crisis punctuated by inflation that

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. Kenya’s Human Rights Commission on Tuesday shared a video of officers ********* at protesters, calling for accountability.

At least 50 people were injured by gunfire during the latest demonstrations, Reuters reported, citing a local paramedic outside of the parliament. The news agency further said sections of the parliament building were set on *****, as the compound was stormed.

CNBC could not independently confirm the events and has reached out to the Kenyan Police Service and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs over the Tuesday incident.  

Blood has already been shed in similar protests, after two people ***** in separate demonstrations held last week,

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans as some of them climb a Kenya Police water cannon truck

Protesters chant anti-government slogans as some of them climb a Kenya Police water cannon truck.

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A protester kicks a tear gas canister while demonstrating

A protester kicks a tear gas canister while demonstrating during the nationwide strike

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Protesters run to take cover as a Kenya Police water cannon truck throws water

Protesters run to take cover as a Kenya Police water cannon truck throws water to them while demonstrating during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. 

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A protester holds up a sign during the demonstration against a proposed government tax bill

A protester holds up a sign during a demonstration against the proposed government tax bill in the Central Business District of Nairobi.

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Police monitor protesters against the proposed tax bill

Police monitor protesters against the proposed government tax bill

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People use their mobile phones to take pictures of demonstrators in Naoribi CBD

People use their mobile phones to take pictures of demonstrators in Naoribi CBD.

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Anti-government demonstrators called for a shutdown of the economy

Anti-government demonstrators have called for a shutdown of the economy over revenue-raising measures they say are pushing more of the nation’s 54 million people into ********.

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Protesters react after being pushed by Kenya Police officers while demonstrating

Protesters react after being pushed by Kenya Police officers while demonstrating.

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