Kenyan police chief Japhet Koome has resigned after weeks of violent protests over proposed tax hikes that left more than 40 people dead.
Human rights groups accuse police of shooting dozens of protesters, some of them fatally, and abducting or arbitrarily arresting hundreds of others.
The resignation comes a day after the president Willem Ruto fired most of his cabinet, following pressure from the protest movement coordinated largely online by young Kenyans.
Two weeks ago, protesters stormed parliament shortly after lawmakers passed the controversial finance bill.
President Ruto later withdrew the bill, but that did not quell the protesters who want him to step down and are planning more protests to demand further reforms.
Deputy police chief Douglas Kanja will take over the police force with immediate effect, the Kenyan president said.
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