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Kenya protesters call for President Ruto’s removal after tax bill dropped

Protesters in Kenya are angry over the government's economic policies [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

Police in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, have fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators who rallied in another day of protests sparked by a controversial bill that would have raised taxes on essential goods.

Hundreds of people on Thursday took to the streets to call for President William Ruto’s removal, a day after he caved into young protesters’ demands to withdraw the deeply unpopular tax hike bill.

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