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Deadly tax protests leave Kenya facing IMF fallout
A contingent of security officers deployed on Parliament Road to restrain protesters from accessing Parliament buildings moments before they were overrun on June 25, 2024.
Parliament Tuesday approved the controversial Finance Bill 2024, backing recommendations to withdraw some taxes, including on bread, airtime and cars, that were part of a package of reforms Kenya had agreed to implement in a deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Voting on the amended the revenue-raising Bill was marred by deadly street protests against tax hikes in Nairobi and other Kenyan cities and towns that saw demonstrators storm Parliament and set a section of it on fire, forcing legislators to be evacuated.
