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A priest holds a banner while marching against the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi on June 23, 2024. - Protesters organized an outside prayer march calling on the Church to support them against the Finance Bill 2024. Kenya has been experiencing nationwide protests against a controversial bill seeking to increase taxes. (Photo by Patrick Meinhardt / AFP)

Kenya withdraws controversial finance bill after protesters’ death

Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would “be withdrawn”, dramatically reversing course after more than 20 people died and parliament was ransacked by protesters opposed
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Timi Frank has called on the ICC to investigate the Kenyan protest killings.
Protesters gather during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. - Kenyan police shot dead one protester near the country's parliament Tuesday, a rights watchdog said as demonstrators angry over proposed tax hikes breached barricades and entered the government complex, where a fire erupted. The mainly Gen-Z-led rallies, which began last week, have taken President William Ruto's government by surprise, with the Kenyan leader saying over the weekend that he was ready to speak to the protesters. (Photo by Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP)

What’s next after Kenya’s deadly protests?

Kenya found itself plunged into uncertainty on Wednesday following an unprecedented day of chaos and deadly violence, and after lawmakers passed deeply unpopular tax hikes that prompted demonstrators to ransack parliament. How
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