Kenyan president withdraws tax hikes after deadly unrest

NAIROBI – Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday withdrew planned tax hikes, bowing to pressure from protesters who had stormed parliament, launched demonstrations across the country and threatened more action this week.

Ruto announced he would not sign a finance bill including the tax increases, a day after violent clashes between police and protesters at the assembly and nationwide left at least 23 people dead and scores wounded, according to medics. Vice President Rigathi Gachagua asked young people to call off the protests to avoid any further loss of life and destruction of property, and blamed the intelligence services for giving the government poor advice.

Boniface Mwangi, a prominent social justice activist involved in the protests, called for a “1-million-people march”. “The arrogance is gone, but the lies are still there,” he said on social media platform X. “Yesterday they unleashed goons and police to kill peaceful protesters. That will not stop us.”

He said the loss of life on Tuesday was “very unfortunate”. Kenyan police have not responded to requests for comment about the violence.

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