Kenya’s parliament votes on controversial Finance Bill

Kenya’s full parliament is expected to vote tomorrow Tuesday on the passage of the country’s controversial Finance Bill 2024. The bill, which raises taxes on certain items, has sparked deadly protests mostly by Kenyan youth. President William Ruto was quoted Sunday as saying he was proud of the youth and that their concerns would be fully taken care of. The Kenya Nation Newspaper reports Sunday that protesters confronted the president and some members of his parliament on Sunday near a church. Mwangi Maina, a Kenyan journalist with the Kenyan Foreign Policy online publication, tells VOA’s James Butty, the whole parliament is expected to approve the bill when it meets on Tuesday.