(Bloomberg) — At least eight people have been killed in Kenyan anti-government protests against controversial new taxes that demonstrators say are burdensome on a largely poor country, local broadcaster KTN reported, citing emergency services.
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Police had barricaded the parliamentary district against demonstrators for most of the day, but by midday demonstrators broke through and reached the buildings. The sound of live ammunition and exploding tear gas canisters rang through the city as police tried to disperse stone-throwing protesters, chanting “Ruto must go!”
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