13 Killed In Kenya As Protesters Run Into Parliament To Protest Tax Hikes Finance Bill ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Kenya #Nairobi #Parliament #Protesters #Ruto #Tax #Williams Kenya Medical Association Has Confirmed That More People Are Still Being Treated With Serious Gunshot Injuries With 13 Of Them Already Pronounced Dead. https://osazuwaakonedo.news/13-killed-in-kenya-as-protesters-run-into-parliament-to-protest-tax-hikes-finance-bill/26/06/2024/ #Issues Published: June 26th, 2024 Reshared: June 26, 2024 12:56 pm
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00:00Kenyan Medical Association has confirmed that more people are still being treated with serious gunshot injuries with 13 of them already pronounced dead
00:06Simon Kigundu, president of the Kenyan Medical Association, said that the figure of 13 deaths was not the final number
00:13Recent video on Wednesday showed moments some of the protesters were being helped and some still running with one of their hands on their buttocks
00:19seemingly trying to ease themselves of the pains of the bullets
00:21The video also showed that some of the protesters were shot on their buttocks with sounds of gunfire heard repeatedly in quick succession in a war-like situation
00:29Crowd of protesters ran into the parliamentary building in Nairobi, Kenya on Tuesday trying to stop the members of parliament from passing the controversial
00:36Finance bill 2024 into law
00:38The lawmakers went ahead and passed the bill on Tuesday and presented it to President William Ruto to sign it into law
00:43The bill is yet to be signed into law as aggrieved Kenyans continue with the protest against the finance bill
00:482024 am to increase taxes in the country
00:51the parliament passed the bill and escaped the anger of the protesters through underground tunnel after
00:56195 members of the parliament voted in favor for the bill and
00:58106 voted against the bill with three of the total votes spoiled according to eyewitnesses
01:03For weeks a lot of Kenyans took to the streets and called for the stoppage of the bill with hashtag
01:08reject finance bill protests in Nairobi and other towns all over the country a
01:12Section of the parliament building was also set ablaze on Tuesday by the protesters who appeared to be mostly young people in their youthful age
01:19according videos posted online by eyewitnesses
01:21Kenyan activist Obama the half-sister of former US President Barack Obama was among those tear-gassed during the protests outside the parliament building in
01:29Nairobi police opened fire on demonstrators trying to stop the legislature resulting in at least 13 deaths
01:35Dozens of injuries and sections of the parliament building being set ablaze as lawmakers passed a tax raising bill
01:41Obama interviewed by CNN expressed her support for the young Kenyans demonstrating for their rights amidst the chaos
01:47Underground broke through police lines to stop arguments in the capital Nairobi before certain parts of it ablaze
01:52According to Ruta's International News Agency in an address on Tuesday evening
01:57President William Ruto said all means will be deployed to
01:59Thwart any attempts by dangerous criminals to undermine the security and stability of our country after he had deployed the military to quell the protests
02:07There have also been unverified social media reports of dozens of people being shot dead by security officers overnight as well as reports of deaths
02:14In other areas around the country where there were protests according to local reports from Nairobi
02:18Unconfirmed reports indicated that the ceremonial mess
02:21Symbolizing the authority of the legislature was stolen after the protesters broke into the parliament building
02:25Certain parts of it ablaze before firefighters arrived and desolated the inferno
02:29Former President Umuru Kenyatta launched dialogue saying Kenya's leaders should know that power and authority is donated to them by the people
02:36Parts of Ruta's report reads in court thus police opened fire on demonstrators trying to storm Kenya's legislature on Tuesday
02:42When protesters killed dozens women and sections of the parliament building set ablaze as lawmakers inside passed legislation to raise taxes
02:49In chaotic scenes protesters overwhelmed police and chased them away in an attempt to storm the parliament compound with Citizen TV reporting protesters had managed to enter the
02:59Senate chamber area in the day police opened fire after tear gas and water cannon fell to disperse the crowds
03:05A Ruta's journalist counted the bodies of at least five protesters outside parliament
03:09A paramedic Vivian Archister said at least ten had been shot dead
03:13Another paramedic Richard Angumo said more than 50 people had been wounded by gunfire
03:18He was leading two injured protesters into an ambulance outside parliament
03:22Police eventually managed to drive the protesters from the building amid clouds of tear gas and the sound of gunfire
03:27The lawmakers were evacuated through underground tunnels local media reported
03:31Internet services across the country also experienced severe disruptions during the police crackdown internet monitor networks said
03:38Kenya's leading network operator Safaricom said two undersea cables were out of action causing the outages
03:43Protests and clashes also took place in several other cities and towns across the country
03:47With many calling for President William Ruto to quit office as well as voicing their opposition to the tax rises
03:53Parliament approved the finance bill moving it through to a third reading by lawmakers
03:57The next step is for the legislation to be sent to the president for signing
04:01He can send it back to Parliament if he has any objections
04:04The finance bill aims to raise an additional 2.7 million dollars in taxes as part of an effort to lighten the heavy debt load with
04:10Interest payments alone consuming 37 percent of annual revenue
04:14Opposition leader Rana Olinga called for the finance bill to be immediately and unconditionally withdrawn to make way for dialogue
04:20I am disturbed at the murders, arrests,
04:22Detentions and surveillance being perpetrated by police on boys and girls who are only seeking to be held over taxation policies that are stealing both
04:29Their present and future he said in a statement
04:31Tuesday's protests began in a festival-like atmosphere but as crowds swelled, police fired tear gas in Nyoli's central business district and the poor neighborhood of Kibera
04:40Protesters docked for cover and threw stones at police lines. People clambered over police vehicles stalled in the downtown streets
04:46Police also fired tear gas in Eldorit, Ruto's hometown in Western Kenya, where crowds of protesters filled the streets and many businesses were closed for fear of violence
04:54Clashes also broke out in the coastal city of Mombasa and demonstrations took place in Kisumu, on Lake Victoria, and Garissa in Eastern Kenya
05:01Where police blocked the main road to Somalia's port of Kismayo. In Nairobi, people chanted
05:06Ruto must go and crowds sang in Swahili, all can be possible without Ruto
05:11Music played from loudspeakers and protesters waved Kenyan flags and blue whistles in the few hours before the violence escalated. Ruto's news report ends in quote
05:19Meanwhile, the United Nations Secretary-General
05:22Antonio Guterres has urged the Kenyan authorities to exercise restraint while dealing with citizens protesting over the finance bill
05:28He also called on Kenyans to demonstrate peacefully to avoid confrontations with police officers
05:32I am deeply saddened by the reports of deaths and injuries
05:36Including of journalists and medical personnel connected to protests and street demonstrations in Kenya
05:40I urge the Kenyan authorities to exercise restraint and call for all demonstrations to take place peacefully, stated Guterres
05:47His statement emerged after several people were killed when protesters stormed parliament buildings on Tuesday
05:52Foreign Ministry of Uganda government issued a statement from Kampala in Uganda on the 26th of June 2024
05:58stating that the newly renovated Uganda house was among the properties destroyed by the angry protesters on Tuesday. In a statement signed by the
06:05Permanent Secretary of the Uganda Foreign Ministry, Majaya Vincentwezwa, the government of Uganda thanked the Kenya Fire Department for their quick response in putting off the fire
06:14Majaya also stated in the press statement that none of the diplomatic or the consular staff were in the building as at the time the
06:19protesters set the Uganda house ablaze
06:21Adding that the diplomatic relationship between the Republics of Kenya and Uganda remained solid. In the wake of protests in Kenya on June 25th
06:292024, the protesters abandoned the principle of peaceful demonstrations and took the path of destruction of properties
06:34where in the newly refurbished Uganda house, a commercial building located on Kenyatta Avenue in the Nairobi Central Business District was vandalized and set ablaze,
06:41the Uganda Foreign Ministry said
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