Kenya Finance Bill protests

When

18 Jun 2024 – 8 Aug 2024

Kind

Protest

Coordinates

0.10° N, 38.00° E

Description

2024 decentralized mass protests in Kenya

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

2024 anti-tax protests in Kenya

A series of decentralized mass protests took place in Kenya in response to tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president William Ruto reportedly rejected the Bill on 28 June; signed into law the "Appropriations Bill 2024" to address the budget shortfall caused by the rejection.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ongoing – One person is killed while at least 200 others are injured and more than 200 are arrested during nationwide protests against proposed tax increases”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page