Police fire water cannons and tear gas at Kenyans protesting tax hikes

Thousands of mostly young demonstrators took to the streets in cities 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.
Police in the capital, Nairobi, fired tear gas and water cannon against groups of protesters near parliament, but apart from isolated scuffles earlier in the day, the action - dubbed "Occupy Parliament" - remained mostly peaceful.
The demonstrations began in Nairobi Tuesday before spreading nationwide on Thursday.
The protests have galvanized widespread discontent over President William Ruto's economic policies in a country already grappling with a cost-of-living crisis.
On Tuesday, the cash-strapped government agreed to make concessions, rolling back several of the tax hikes laid out in a new bill.
But the government still intends to go ahead with some tax increases, defending the them as necessary for filling its coffers and cutting reliance on external borrowing.
(AFP)

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