Protests continue in Kenya as calls grow for Ruto to step down
PROTESTERS have returned to the streets of Nairobi and elsewhere in Kenya as calls grow for “tyrant” President William Ruto to step down.
Demonstrations against a finance Bill that would raise the cost of living have escalated in the last few weeks, even after Mr Ruto said in the wake of last week’s storming of parliament that he would not sign the legislation.
Police fired tear gas at protesters in Nairobi on Tuesday as many businesses remained closed for fear of looting. The main highway to Mombasa, Kenya’s second-largest city, was closed as protesters lit bonfires.
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