Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would "be withdrawn" following massive protests in which at least 20 people died.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.
Ruto warned that the withdrawal of the finance bill would mean a significant shortfall in funding for development programmes designed to help farmers and schoolteachers, among others, as the East African nation struggles to lower its foreign debt burden.
