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Moody's Cuts Kenya Debt Rating Further Into Junk

Moody's has downgraded Kenya's debt rating further into junk territory and warned the outlook was negative after a wave of protests led the government to abandon proposed tax hikes.

International Business Times

What do the IMF and foreign debt have to do with Kenya’s current crisis?

What do the IMF and foreign debt have to do with Kenya’s current crisis?

Critics say IMF provides loans to desperate African countries on stringent terms, disproportionately affecting the poor.

Kenya’s protests are different this time: 3 things that make it harder for government to crush them

Kenya’s protests are different this time: 3 things that make it harder for government to crush them

On 25 June 2024, a youth-led protest primarily composed of Gen Zs, as they are popularly referred to, stormed Kenya’s parliament. Legislators voted to pass the Finance Bill 2024 in its third and last reading ahead of presidential assent. This was the second countrywide protest over the proposed taxes in…

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Kenya rights groups decry abductions as government cracks down on protests

Kenyan police have arrested more than 270 people who, they said, were masquerading as protesters and suspected of going on a criminal rampage during anti-government rallies in the country. Human rights organisations denounced what they say is "excessive repression".

Radio France Internationale

Under-fire Kenya Govt Says To Review State Salary Hikes

The Kenyan presidency said Wednesday it had ordered a review of salary increases for public servants in an apparent move to defuse tensions after a wave of sometimes deadly anti-government protests.

International Business Times

More than 270 people arrested in antigovernment rallies in Kenya

Police say protests were co-opted by ‘suspects’ engaging in ‘criminal activities’.

Kenya unrest: Ruto awakened class politics that now threatens to engulf him

Many of the grievances of Kenya’s Gen-Z, young people who took to the streets in late June, have been palpable for years.

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Kenya Police Say Over 270 Arrested For Criminal Acts During Tuesday Protests

Kenya Police Say Over 270 Arrested For Criminal Acts During Tuesday Protests

Kenyan police said they have arrested more than 270 people masquerading as protesters who are suspected of going on a criminal rampage during anti-government rallies on Tuesday.

International Business Times

Kenya police clash with protesters as tax bill unrest continues

Kenya police clash with protesters as tax bill unrest continues

Protesters condemn police brutality amid deadly demonstrations over withdrawn tax bill, call for president to resign.

The world is scrambling to understand Kenya’s historic protests – this is what too many are missing

The world is scrambling to understand Kenya’s historic protests – this is what too many are missing

A finance bill was the trigger, but the backdrop is government debt and blinkered interventions from western institutions, says Kenyan political analyst Nanjala Nyabola

The Guardian - UK

Violence is the language of the Kenyan state: 5 strategies it uses to control citizens

Violence is the language of the Kenyan state: 5 strategies it uses to control citizens

Since the early 2000s, Kenya has come up with legislative changes and thrown a tremendous amount of funding at a range of reforms to improve the relationship between police and citizens. Specifically, these reforms have been aimed at addressing impunity and human rights abuses.

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Kenya’s youth-driven protest movement at crossroads as it considers future

Kenya’s youth-driven protest movement at crossroads as it considers future

President’s decision to drop finance bill after deadly violence leaves protesters divided over how to achieve broader goals

The Guardian - UK

Kenya protests simmer after deadly week of anti-finance bill demonstrations

Kenya protests simmer after deadly week of anti-finance bill demonstrations

High Court rules in favour of a petition demanding a halt to the use of potentially deadly weaponry by police.

Kenya unrest: the deep economic roots that brought Gen-Z onto the streets

Kenya unrest: the deep economic roots that brought Gen-Z onto the streets

The generation of Kenyans born between 1997 and 2012 – the Gen-Zs – have borne the brunt of the country’s slow economic growth. If a country has slow economic growth, it typically experiences higher unemployment rates, reduced income levels and decreased investments. It leads to an overall lower living standard.

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Kenyan Protests Escalate Despite President's Tax Plan Reversal

Kenya faces protests and unrest over tax proposals despite President Ruto's reversal, sparking demands for change.

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

Protests continue across Kenya despite the government’s dramatic U-turn on legislation that would have raised taxes.

‘Not afraid to die’: Kenya tax protests inspire broader demand for change

President William Ruto has withdrawn a controversial tax bill, but protesters and their families say it’s too late.

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Kenyan president withdraws tax bill after violent protests leave 23 dead

Police in Kenya brace for more protests as calls for Ruto’s resignation grows

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'For A Better Kenya': Protesters Ready For New March Despite Ruto U-turn

Kenyan demonstrators prepared to resume protests Thursday, a day after President William Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew contentious tax hikes following deadly rallies earlier in the week.

Radio France Internationale

'For a better Kenya': protesters ready for new march despite Ruto U-turn

Kenyan demonstrators prepared to resume protests Thursday, a day after President William Ruto made a dramatic U-turn and withdrew contentious tax hikes following deadly rallies earlier in the week.

Kenya's Ruto withdraws tax bill after deadly protests

Kenya's President William Ruto has announced that the government’s controversial tax bill will be withdrawn. It comes after at least 22 people were killed in protests against the bill on Tuesday, according to Kenya’s Human Rights Commission. The organisation has said that the death toll is likely to rise as…

‘The people have spoken’: Why did Kenya’s Ruto reject tax bill he pushed?

Western pressure likely made Ruto backtrack after deadly violence, but his credibility has been badly hit, say analysts.

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Kenya protests: Ruto pulling the finance bill is unlikely to satisfy angry young protesters – here’s why

In a move that shocked observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on 26 June he was withdrawing his government’s highly controversial finance bill. This followed two days in which tens of thousands of mostly young protesters took to the streets in nationwide rallies against the proposals contained in the country’s…

Kenyan President William Ruto Backs Down On Controversial Finance Bill

Kenyan President Ruto's decision not to sign the Finance Bill 2024 following protests and fatalities highlights the delicate balance between fiscal policie...

Radio France Internationale

Kenya's Ruto withdraws finance bill after anti-tax protest deaths

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.

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