Tax protests in Kenya switch from teargas, burning tyres and gunshots to president ‘Ruto Must Go’ calls
Outside the capital, hundreds of protesters marched through Mombasa, Kenya’s second largest city, on the Indian Ocean coast. They carried palm fronds, blew on plastic horns and beat on drums, chanting “Ruto must go!”
Kenya heads back into red zone after tax bill turmoil that complicates relations with IMF
Kenya’s sovereign dollar bonds slid after Ruto’s U-turn. Morgan Stanley said that with Eurobond yields back above 10 per cent, Kenya had limited access to international bonds, which could push them to borrow more locally.
Kenya’s youth revolution: How affinity for lies, arrogance and opulence of jet-setting Ruto stoked anger against him
The U-turn has exposed the gulf between the image of President William Ruto as the jet-setting global voice not just of Kenya but the wider continent, and the grinding realities his nation faces – weighed down by debt, corruption and security threats.
Palpable tension in Nairobi, police clash with protesters in Kenya as military patrols streets
The leaderless movement began online with young people demanding that legislators reject the proposed tax hikes. It later morphed into calls for the president’s resignation after the bill was passed. On Tuesday, thousands of protesters stormed Kenya’s parliament, burning parts of the building and sending lawmakers fleeing. Police opened fire and at least 23 people were reportedly killed in the chaos.
Survey: South Sudan’s six million antelope population is world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on the rise
The estimate from the nonprofit African Parks, which conducted the work along with the government, far surpasses other large migratory herds such as the estimated 1.36 million wildebeests surveyed last year in the Serengeti straddling Tanzania and Kenya. But they warned that the animals face a rising threat from commercial poaching in a nation rife with weapons and without strong law enforcement.
Hope and fear hang in the air as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face Haitian gangs
Expectations are high: Haitians are scared and tired of gangs that have pillaged their way through the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, killing, raping and kidnapping thousands of people in recent years and leaving hundreds of thousands of others homeless and unemployed, which in turn has deepened poverty.
Accused of killing children for ‘asking for food, jobs and a listening ear’ Kenyan president caves in, dumps finance bill
At least 23 people – the number could be as high as 100 – were killed, the Kenya National Human Rights Commission said and police were accused of some shooting deaths. Chairperson Roseline Odede said 50 people were arrested.
Kenya president backs down on tax hikes after deadly unrest, but youth vow carry on
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.
Publish or perish versus publish and prosper: Risks of putting premium on productivity at the expense of innovation
One reason universities are called “ivory towers” is that, through their generally similar structure and function and the tendency for scholars to construct communication styles that only allow communication with and in narrow audiences, they are places or spheres where people are happily cut off from the rest of the world.
After youth burned sections of Kenyan parliament, the irate rioters battled police into wee hours of Wednesday
Opposition to the finance bill has united a large part of the country, with some explicitly rejecting the tribal divisions that have torn Kenya apart in the past. Some who had passionately supported Ruto felt betrayed.
