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Kenyan protesters have taken to the streets in their thousands – what the law says about their rights

Across Kenya, thousands of mostly young citizens are protesting against tax proposals tabled by President William Ruto’s administration in its annual budget legislation. Using hashtags like #RejectFinanceBill2024 and #OccupyParliament, protesters have held demonstrations against the finance bill since 18 June 2024. They believe its proposals burden salaried Kenyans, entrepreneurs and…

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Kenya's Ruto Ready For 'Conversation' With Protesters

Kenya's President William Ruto said Sunday that he was ready for "a conversation" with thousands of "peaceful" young protesters who held nationwide demonstrations this week to oppose proposed tax increases.

International Business Times

Kenya protests: Gen Z shows the power of digital activism - driving change from screens to the streets

Nationwide demonstrations have erupted in Kenya over a controversial tax bill. The Finance Bill 2024, initially presented to parliament in May, has sparked discontent with an increase in an array of taxes and levies for Kenyans.

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Two Dead In Kenya Youth Protests

A 21-year-old man has died after being hit by a tear gas canister during protests in Kenya this week, a human rights official and the victim's relative said Saturday, in the second fatality resulting from the youth-led demonstrations.

International Business Times

Do elephants really call to each other by name?

Research conducted in Kenya has revealed that elephants use individual names.

Al Jazeera

Kenyan Youth Protest Against New Tax Proposals

Kenyan protests against new taxes proposed by President Ruto's administration spark nationwide demonstrations and clashes with riot police.

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One Killed In Kenya Protests Amid Calls For National Strike

A man died on the sidelines of mass demonstrations by Kenyan youth against proposed tax hikes, police said Friday, with protesters calling for a national strike in the coming week.

International Business Times

Khat in Kenya: why efforts to ban this popular stimulant are unlikely to work

Khat – the stimulant leaves and twigs of the plant Catha edulis – seemed to have secure legal status in Kenya despite being illegal elsewhere. It had been declared an official cash crop in 2016, and efforts were under way to formalise its mostly informal production and trade.

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Probe begins into police conduct during Kenya's anti-government protests

Kenya's police watchdog says it has begun an investigation into police conduct during protests against a government plan to impose new taxes

The Independent UK

At least 200 injured, 100 arrested in Kenya tax protests: Rights groups

Local media reported an unidentified man died from a gunshot wound to his thigh during riot police crackdown in Nairobi.

Al Jazeera

Kenya probes deadly violence that erupted during tax hike protests

Kenyan police are to investigate violence that broke out on Thursday during protests against planned tax hikes. One person was killed and 100 people arrested, with rights groups accusing security forces of using live rounds to quell the rallies.

Radio France Internationale

South Sudan's vice president expresses concern over ongoing peace talks

South Sudan’s vice president says peace talks in neighboring Kenya have failed to acknowledge the country’s peace agreement established in 2018, alleging a new draft agreement is aimed at replacing the original peace deal

The Independent UK

Thousands Of Young Kenyans Protest Tax Hikes

Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets across Kenya on Thursday to protest tax hikes, blowing whistles and chanting slogans in a vivid show of anger by Gen-Z protesters against the government.

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Al Jazeera

Kenya police use tear gas, water cannon as hundreds protest over tax hikes

Parliament debates controversial but watered-down finance bill that many fear will up cost of living.

The Independent UK

It's hard to find treatment for snakebites in Kenya. Thousands of people are dying every year

Antivenom for snakebites can be hard to find in Kenya, where about 4,000 snakebite victims die every year

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Protests In Kenya Over Tax Hikes Lead To Arrests

Protests in Kenya over tax hikes lead to arrests and government amendments, sparking criticism from civil society groups and Amnesty International.

Latin Times

Haitian and Kenyan police chiefs meet as deployment of international force seemingly makes progress

According to The Associated Press, the arrival is now expected by late June

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France 24

Kenya scraps tax hikes after protests

In tonight's edition: Kenya's government has scrapped some proposed taxes in this year's controversial finance bill, including a 16 percent levy on bread, following a public outcry.

International Business Times

Kenya Police Arrest Demonstrators As Hundreds Protest New Tax Hikes

Kenyan police fired tear gas and arrested at least a dozen demonstrators Tuesday as hundreds of people gathered near parliament to protest tax hikes, according to AFP journalists at the scene.

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Research reveals that East Africans are fastest runners in 50k ultras

Analysis of over one million race records shows runners from East African countries as the fastest in 50km ultra marathons

The Conversation

AI can make African elections more efficient – but trust must be built and proper rules put in place

Time magazine has dubbed 2024 a “super election year”. An astonishing 4 billion people are eligible to vote in countries across the world this year. Many are on the African continent, where presidential, parliamentary and general elections have already been held or are set for the latter half of the…

The Guardian - UK

Kenya’s first nuclear plant: why plans face fierce opposition in country’s coastal paradise

Unease and anger are rising over proposals to build country’s first facility on Kilifi coast, home to white sand beaches, coral reefs and mangrove swamps

Reason

Kenya Survey: "AI Clerk's Influence on Legal Outcomes Is Seen as No Less Legitimate" Than Human Clerk's

From Brian Flanagan, Guilherme Almeida, Daniel Chen & Angela Gitahi, The Rule of Law or the Rule of Robots? Nationally Representative Survey Evidence from Kenya: We explore the legitimacy of chatbot law clerks by conducting a nationally representative survey experiment of Kenya, a society whose views on such matters have…

France 24

Ukraine seeks path to a ‘just peace’ at Swiss summit

President Volodymyr Zelensky said he hoped to find paths to a "just peace" as soon as possible, as a first international summit on pathways to end Russia's war in Ukraine opened Saturday.

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