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Kenya’s Anger Runs Deep: Ruto Pulling The Finance Bill Is Unlikely To Satisfy Angry Young Protesters – Here’s Why

By Kathleen Klaus In a move that shocked observers, Kenya’s President William Ruto announced on 26 June he was withdrawing his government’s highly controversial finance...

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Kenya’s Ruto Withdraws Finance Bill After Anti-tax Protest Deaths: ‘The People Have Spoken’

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Kenya’s president on Wednesday withdrew planned tax rises, bowing to pressure from protesters who had stormed parliament, launched demonstrations across the country and threatened more...

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Kenya Getting 16 Helicopters, 150 Armoured Vehicles From U.S. After Historic White House Meeting

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The United States has revealed plans to transfer eight UH-1 ‘Huey’ and eight MD500 helicopters to Kenya along with 150 armoured vehicles to improve regional...

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Protesters In Kenya Are Tired Of Double Standards, And It Will Take More Than Bullets To Stand Them Down

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By Yousra Elbagir, Sky News As protesters faced off against heavy-handed police in Kenya’s capital, members of parliament passed the tax bill that pushed them...

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Kenya’s President Calls Tax Protests ‘Hijacked’ And ‘Treasonous’ After Police Fire Live Rounds At Demonstrators As They Turn Violent

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Kenyan President William Ruto denounced protests on Tuesday that saw parliament stormed and at least five people shot dead as “treasonous” – but did not...

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Kenya Protests: Gen Z Shows The Power Of Digital Activism – Driving Change From Screens To The Streets

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By Job Mwaura Nationwide demonstrations have erupted in Kenya over a controversial tax bill. The Finance Bill 2024, initially presented to parliament in May, has...

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Details On How Chief of Kenya’s Defence Forces, General Francis Ogolla, 9 Others Died in Helicopter Crash

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Details have emerged on how General Francis Ogolla, Kenya’s Chief of Defence Forces and nine other military personnel were killed after the aircraft they were...

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Tanzania, Rwanda, Zimbabwe Join Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa In Recall Of Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N Children’s Cough Syrup

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Drug regulators in Tanzania, Rwanda and Zimbabwe have recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab children’s cough syrup as a precautionary...

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Kenya’s Mission to Haiti: How the 1,000-strong Force is Preparing for Planned Intervention

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By Oscar Gakuo Mwangi Kenya has temporarily halted controversial plans to send a specially trained contingent of 1,000 police officers to Haiti, where armed gang...

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Controversial UN Peacekeeping Mission: If Kenya Wants To Help Haiti, It Should Push For Colonial Reparations Not Send In The Police

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As the security situation in Haiti deteriorates, Kenya has offered to lead a new sort of UN mission to the country from 2024. In early...

Kenya’s Anger Runs Deep: Ruto Pulling The Finance Bill Is Unlikely To Satisfy Angry Young Protesters – Here’s Why

Kenya’s Ruto Withdraws Finance Bill After Anti-tax Protest Deaths: ‘The People Have Spoken’

Kenya Getting 16 Helicopters, 150 Armoured Vehicles From U.S. After Historic White House Meeting

Protesters In Kenya Are Tired Of Double Standards, And It Will Take More Than Bullets To Stand Them Down

Kenya’s President Calls Tax Protests ‘Hijacked’ And ‘Treasonous’ After Police Fire Live Rounds At Demonstrators As They Turn Violent

Kenya Protests: Gen Z Shows The Power Of Digital Activism – Driving Change From Screens To The Streets

Details On How Chief of Kenya’s Defence Forces, General Francis Ogolla, 9 Others Died in Helicopter Crash

Tanzania, Rwanda, Zimbabwe Join Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa In Recall Of Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N Children’s Cough Syrup

Kenya’s Mission to Haiti: How the 1,000-strong Force is Preparing for Planned Intervention

Controversial UN Peacekeeping Mission: If Kenya Wants To Help Haiti, It Should Push For Colonial Reparations Not Send In The Police

Zimbabwean Soldier, Mercenary Colonel Lionel Dyck Dies At 80

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