Kenya’s President William Ruto on Wednesday declined to sign a highly contentious finance bill that has sparked nationwide deadly protests, and has sent it back to parliament for amendments, Kenya’s Star newspaper and KTN News reported.
Meanwhile, Kenyan protesters have vowed to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after police opened fire on crowds trying to storm Parliament, leaving at least 13 people dead and scores wounded.
One of the organizers, Hanifa Adan, posted on X that they would go to the streets on Thursday in memory of “our fallen people.” “You cannot kill all of us. Tomorrow we march peacefully again as we wear white, for all our fallen people,” adding: “You will not be forgotten!!!” Supporters of the protest movement took to X, using the hashtag #tutanethursday, or “see you on Thursday” in a mix of Swahili and English.
Kenyan President William Ruto has warned that his government would use all means at its disposal to prevent a repeat of the violence — “at whatever cost.”
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com
