Kenyans protest controversial tax hikes
Scores of Kenyans gathered outside parliament Tuesday to protest controversial tax hikes, with police deploying tear gas and making at least three arrests. The East African country has struggled with a cost-of-living crisis, which critics say will only worsen under the proposed levies. The cash-strapped government has defended the move, which is projected to raise some 346.7 billion shillings ($2.7 billion), equivalent to 1.9 percent of GDP, as a necessary measure to cut reliance on external borrowing. VOA’s Mohammed Yusuf has more from Nairobi.
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