Businesses in 35 counties choke on tear gas, demos

Even before the crack of dawn Tuesday, a majority of businesses within the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) were closed and the few that gambled to open shut before 9am, as youth-led protests against the Finance Bill, 2024 started.

And so enterprises within the CBD, several other parts of Nairobi and towns in more than 35 counties where the protests were held remained shut, as did the public transport system in many places, with matatus and other vehicles parked.