Kenyan president says ‘criminals’ hijacked protests, laments ‘loss of lives’

Kenyan MPs may have passed a new tax bill which has led to violent protests.
At least 13 people have reportedly been killed during a dramatic day of demonstrations.

Earlier the military was deployed after hundreds stormed the parliament compound in the centre of Nairobi, and set a building
on fire.

Protesters say there's still time to stop the president from signing the bill into law.
But President William Ruto called their actions a security threat, has deployed the army and vowed such unrest won't happen again 'at whatever cost.'

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[calebkipseger]

POV: your president is actually the biggest threat to your national security

[lusarshameli]

Criminals who rained terror on innocent people? This guy is living in another world.

[Macxzz]

Full blown African dictator in action! The gaslighting is crazy😅

[patriciaa]

It is a dark day indeed when an elected leader threatens the people who put him in that position. Zakayo lazima atashuka.

[Randomvideo-cp]

He can't even fix his own country but want to fix Haiti

[scienceguy]

I am a kenyan doctor unemployed for 6 months with a high tax burden, i have to pay a bribe to get a government job to work for the country...shame on you Mr president i voted for you to bring change you have disappointed us...we arent criminals just angry, hungry youths

[brianrobert]

The speech is unpresidential. Shown no remorse to the lives lost and injured but rather threatened and and called citizens exercising their democratic right as criminals.

[royokello]

i cant believe i have to spend the next few years being a freedom fighter, free kenya 🇰🇪

[lusarshameli]

This man is the biggest liar to ever take public office.

[tchatodvinci]

This man thinks that we are scared. No we're not. The voices of the people of Kenya who are his bosses must be heard and respected. We cannot allow foreign powers to dictate to as how to run the affairs of our country. I REJECT IN TOTALITY.

[mtor]

The Military Person Standing Behind Him NEEDS to Arrest Him

[nasrihassan]

The same person who had 3 charges of crimes against humanity at the ICC is calling us the youth criminals

[ritasafari]

Did not adress the huge pink elephant in the room...the finance bill....how useless is his speech

[obarelida]

can you imagine a thief calling innocent demonstrators criminals,

[Cuewill]

He speaks like the west and not African

[EssayMaestro]

Ruto should be in ICC, how the case was dropped, we nedd to know .Ruto is an internationally recognized criminal .

[KPD-eldc]

Haiti must send military personnel to help Kenya with security.

[philipjey]

How he openly called demonstrators hooligans, criminals is above moral degradation,
When you know as a goverment you are failing please talk to your citizens rather than teargas them, this hapenned recently in Georgia, pakistan, usa, uk and farance when students demonstrated over gaza

[kelvfranc]

We all Kenyans we are against him,
We don't want him.
He should go.

[alanfulcher]

He had people shot in the streets. He gotta go