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Kenya faces protests and unrest over tax proposals despite President Ruto's reversal, sparking demands for change.

Protests continue across Kenya despite the government’s dramatic U-turn on legislation that would have raised taxes.

President William Ruto has withdrawn a controversial tax bill, but protesters and their families say it’s too late.

Police in Kenya brace for more protests as calls for Ruto’s resignation grows

Kenyan demonstrators prepared to resume protests Thursday, a day after President William Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew contentious tax hikes following deadly rallies earlier in the week.

Kenyan demonstrators prepared to resume protests Thursday, a day after President William Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew contentious tax hikes following deadly rallies earlier in the week.

Kenya's President William Ruto has announced that the government’s controversial tax bill will be withdrawn. It comes after at least 22 people were killed in protests against the bill on Tuesday, according to Kenya’s Human Rights Commission. The organisation has said that the death toll is likely to rise as…

Western pressure likely made Ruto backtrack after deadly violence, but his credibility has been badly hit, say analysts.

In a move that shocked observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on 26 June he was withdrawing his government’s highly controversial finance bill. This followed two days in which tens of thousands of mostly young protesters took to the streets in nationwide rallies against the proposals contained in the country’s…

Kenyan President Ruto's decision not to sign the Finance Bill 2024 following protests and fatalities highlights the delicate balance between fiscal policie...

Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would "be withdrawn" following massive protests in which at least 20 people died. But protesters say they will keep up the pressure to have the bill scrapped.