Nairobi —"It was a real popular protest, initially peaceful, even if provocateurs and thugs mingled with the demonstrators", Father Alfonso Poppi, of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, from Nairobi told Fides. In the Kenya n capital yesterday, June 25, protests against the new finance law led to violent riots, while demonstrators managed to enter parliament and the governor's office.
"The people's anger is exacerbated by rampant corruption, which leads to taxpayers' money being wasted on luxury goods that benefit the 'commoners'," the missionary continued."The attack on parliament, even if it was carried out with the help of criminal elements, is a symbol of the despair arising from the rift between the population and a ruling class that is perceived as corrupt and indifferent to the fate of ordinary people.
"The Finance Bill 2024-2025 has elicited negative reactions from Kenyans. If passed in its current form, it will cause additional suffering to many families who are already suffering the consequences of the previous Finance Bill 2023-2024," the bishops write."The Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops has recently formally expressed its concerns about the Finance Bill to the Government and we welcome that important amendments have been made to the Bill.
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