‘Shaken to the core’: Death toll from protests in Kenya rises to 13
The government has been taken by surprise by the intensity of opposition to its tax proposals –
led mostly by young Kenyans from Generation Z, culminating in scenes in parliament broadcast live on television. Images shared on local television stations after the crowd broke through the barricades showed the building ransacked, with burnt furniture and broken windows. As police fired into the angry crowd, leaving several bodies strewn on the ground, protest organizers urged people to go home together and “stay safe.”
