Kenya's Ruto Forced to Drop some New Taxes after Mass Protests | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Kenya's Ruto Forced to Drop some New Taxes after Mass Protests | Vantage with Palki Sharma

Kenyan President William Ruto has been forced to drop some new taxes he had proposed after protests rocked the capital, Nairobi. Hundreds of protesters were arrested, but they seem to have forced the government to backtrack. But is this the end of the protests, or will they continue to rock the nation until the new Finance Bill is passed?

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[vieable]

We are Kenyans! We're not scared of anyone in that parliament. Reject finance bill!

[MouseleyMarshals-fmvr]

Ruto is lying...😂😂😂😂😂😂The public has not reccomended anything..THE PUBLIC HAS REJECTED THE FULL FINANCE BILL IN ITS ENTIRETY

[sserugojovan]

As a Ugandan i really admire u Kenyans for the real Determination and Resilience u poses while stopping the injustices n poor governance for a Better tomorrow, kudos to u Kenyans 🙌✊✊, Ugandans wake

[AmilcarCabral-qgyq]

As an African born in America, I am so proud of my brothers and sisters in Kenya and the diaspora. The presence of US representatives and politician of African descent is not a coincidence. There is no hidden agenda, The US and Europe through the IMF and the World Bank are why Imperialism does not need any troops on the continent. The book I read in college, Aid As Imperialism illustrates why African countries are only independent on paper. Your brother Walter Rodney in How Europe Underdeveloped Africa show why we must develop an economic system not borrowed from our colonizers. The protest are a symptom of the larger problem of not developing an an economic/political based on our African experience. We were warned in Kwame Nkrumah's "Neo-Colonialism The Last Stage of Imperialism, the President of Kenya and others on the continent are serving in this capacity. The IMF told the president to "ignore" the protest. Whatever the contradictions are in China, the only way they were able to achieve that they have achieved in just forty years is that they developed and economic/political system based on their national identity. They have never surrendered their cultural identity to those who have invaded them.

[Katembote]

We are kenyans and we will not stop#rejectfinancialbill2024
We meet tomorrow occupy parliament

[wn]

So proud of our young people in Kenya. Make Afrikan youth continue to arise!!👊🏾

[cmmfx]

We don't accept dropping some taxes, we drop the whole bill 😂

[eleleugochukwu]

60% VAT on bread 😂😂😂😂😂. That sounds antichrist 😂😂😂

[pearls]

Taxing Bread and sanitary pads, cancer Treatment, diapers?
That’s a No No!
He must go!

[achhandle]

Huge cheers to people of Kenya. You people are brave. NO TAX. NO INTEREST. Let these puppet politicians realize who is the Boss.

[peterabondo]

We are proud of Gen Z....they did us proud...they are young, well informed and very educated

[achhandle]

This needs to happen in every nation across the world.

[oneone]

But this Ruto guy hires a luxurious jet to USA, wow africa leaders are just amazing!

[NOSAY]

US footprint on everything this guy does 😢 What a shame 😢😢😢

[Penaldotv]

The same president who used taxpayers $2 million for one flight to US now taxing on bread, cancer treatment yet no medicine in hospitals, diapers, sanitary pads, every motor vehicle subjected to 2.5 percent for the value you bought it.

[achhandle]

The Great Awakening has reached Kenya. Bravo.

[WakiliTonge]

Thanks Palki for exposing the greed in the Kenyan President.

[ddnkmurmuur]

✊🏾big up to all Kenyans that took to the already taxed streets to voice, enough is enough.The hustler has been rattled, thus his gov U turn.Revolution must continue and be televised world over✊🏾✌🏾🇰🇪

[bensongoro]

It's important to mention that the Gen Z are the ones who have taken it upon themselves to occupy parliament....

[michaelwilliams]

Kudos Kenyans for standing up to this nonsense.