'Rock and a hard place': What now for Kenya after tax hike reversal?
A man reacts on the floor as Kenya Police officers arrest him while stopping people from gathering for a planned demonstration called after a nationwide deadly protest against a controversial now-withdrawn tax bill left over 20 dead in downtown Nairobi, on June 27, 2024. PHOTO | AFP
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On Wednesday, Ruto said he would "listen to the people" and declined to sign the tax increases into law, kicking the contentious finance bill back to parliament with all clauses deleted.
