Kenya: Over 300 Arrested in Protests Against Ruto Govt's Proposed Tax Hikes | Firstpost Africa
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- Kenya: Over 300 Arrested in Protests Against Ruto Govt's Proposed Tax Hikes | Firstpost Africa
Kenyans are out on the streets to protest the proposed new tax hikes under the Finance Bill 2024. Over 300 protesters have been arrested, while the authorities used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the demonstrators. Amidst the public outcry, Kenya’s government has scrapped some proposed taxes in this year's controversial finance bill, including a 16% levy on bread. Since coming to office in 2022, President William Ruto has introduced several new and unpopular taxes with the aim of eliminating the country’s national debt of nearly $80bn. However, critics fear the latest proposals will stifle economic growth and lead to job losses.
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Kenyans to keep paying for his Private Jet...?? THE TRAVELERS ALL OVER THE WORLD..?
IMAGINE!!! WTF!!!
600+ million we pay for uhuru kibaki used to get 170 million in health insuramce that just the beginning caretakers taxpayer pay for their luxury cars fuel insurance staff security why are taxpayer givin money to alreayd billionaires shameful
The "state house" is allocated billions, and despite this, the regime hires unconstitutional CASs who earn millions, while doctors are on strike due to low salaries and lack of medicine. The country faces the highest unemployment rate, yet the regime still proposes increasing taxes for private jet trips
Actually the CASs are idiots they have no idea what to do they just wait for high salaries
People protest turned violent by law enforcement
That guy is evil it time for the people military to remove him and get their money back from that thief 😡
Ruto is not the problem. He's the solution Zoea the 5th
You can remove during the next election.
@@ngeno360 So what solutions has he offered thick head? Is the cost of life escalating while he finances his luxurious lifestyle and travels with Kenyans taxes, yet borrowing for what cannot be seen? Don't chorus is if you don't know what hard work and productivity is. Your hero Ruto has one of the most dented profile of scandals and criminal accusation records. It's a villager in State House
@@ngeno360he's the solution kwa Choo yako.
@ngeno360 Unadhani juu yeye ni Mkalee inawasaidia na nini
Ruto is American ally! He is serving his masters not Kenyan
You have zero clue what you are talking about @@jojobird5545
Hey faith get your facts right China has put us on a chokehold but his former govt and this over borrowed and you know that. Put feelings away and think logically
@@machelawili5473 share with me the papers
@@jojobird5545 Chinese debt is only a trillion Kenya shillings.
@@jojobird5545 Chinese deb is the least the biggest debt goes to imf
China owns usa not kenya thats why aemrican manufacturing is in china and americans are in tents
Ruto is a puppet he must go 👊🏾👊🏾
I AM KENYAN AND IT IS WORSE THAN IT SEEMS
Much worse
Traitors
@@dorinewanyonyi116 ata useme traitors are they wrong? Are they supposed to love what is not working? It's worse
@victoryogo6023 tell your people to be careful in 🇭🇹. I know a lot of them are innocent but your President is not
@@yu.3806 our president is just a puppet I think USA government is running the show here plush IMF and world bank. We have no Ill intentions with Haiti
Taxation on the people should be like a butterfly collecting nectar from flowers. The IMF should not be a governments finance minister
Absolutely Absolutely Thanks
I am a Kenyan, Peaceful protest over bad government. Lord Intervene!! Gen Z we are tired of this presidency era!!
He targeted the poor with the hustler narrative, made a lot of promises, delivered none and has made the lives of Kenyans hell. Kenyans are tired 😩
To be clear, Kenyans are not protesting because we don't want to pay taxes or because we want to rely on debt. We are picketing because the majority of the taxes we already pay are wasted by politicians in government through lavish expenditures, trips, allowances, etc. A lot of it is also stolen through corruption, which he is so reluctant to address, by the way, given that he had the Director of Public Prosecutions dismiss corruption cases against his friends. Also, the debt that is being repaid is money that he and his friends looted and stashed abroad, and some of it was spent during the campaigns. He was the Deputy President when money was being looted left, right, and center, and he did nothing.
So well put. Thank you… he’s replacing the money they stole for 10 years. Straight!
Quite right.we are demanding for accountability
All African leaders so….thieves in suits
No wonder he's an ally of ariel henry!! He's a typical traditional haitian politician. This explains why his invaders are in Haiti. Thank you!
ruto....very very useless ruler...who know nothing about leadership...i question his education level..
Nawaa hv been asking that too.how did he became Dr Ruto with which credentials. Jeeez does he hv like real advicers
@@roselineanyango5008 lol! Dr.? You can buy degrees nowadays.
So you elected a Ruler instead of a democratically elected President?
Oh no, he is very educated with a bachelors degree or two and possibly a masters degree as well, but he is a greedy corrupt president it seems and i am shocked that's who is has become. He was there a long time ago when he and others were youths like the ones today when some of his peers were trying to get a dictator out of power so he knows how it feels like. But a few decades later he wants to do the same to the youths of today who could easily be his children in the young adult ages. He and his government want to over tax and introduce high taxes to a struggling Kenya which is ridiculous. Taxing sanitary towels, bread to the middle class that is already struggling is crazy. Kenya already borrowed money internationally and the president is already corrupt and eating and mishandling the money and now it wants to charge Kenyans for the debt it has gotten itself into. That is unacceptable. Ruto will become a one time president if he wont be given a vote of no confidence and kicked out of power. Watch!
Biden erected Kenyan president William Ruto against Kenyans will that's why Ruto is vengeful but we will deal with Ruto perpendicularly in 2027
Kenya is an example that Prayers can't help Bad Governance 😅
Yeah...Depends on whose praying and whose preying...He was definitely preying.
No. Prayers can help. Read lssais10:1-7. God is watching
@@dakim8 💯
We need good governance not to read bible for some magic to harpen@matildaockotch9739
Prayers can help. But people lied on God
Kenyans were just waiting on where to strike because they were already in full pain.
Who in their normal mind increases Taxes on basic food like bread, why not tax all those with luxurious empty holiday homes in Kenya?
Manze na Always imemfanyia nini how can u tax sanitary towels jeeez he want gals to stop going to school.. president think deep
why they tax themselves?
a foolish greedy person
Pad's and diaper's too.
Sale taxes and property taxes are two different things
The former president uhuru warned Kenyans about Ruto…
Uhuru was no better
@@MyNetflix-h7q he was also not running to churches crying and pretending his a holy man’with uhuru what we saw is what we got..
@@julesbutul3876 Doesn't change the fact that he ran a murderous regime, stole a lot and drove us into more debt which much of it was stashed abroad I.e Eurobond -Pandora Papers.
@@MyNetflix-h7qatleast he heard our cries once in a while... n alwys consalted b4 he said anything
@@MyNetflix-h7q He was more human you cannot rubbish him.
This ruto man is insane we as kenyans we don't want the bill there hasn't be any public participation on that thing..#No To FINANCE BILL✊️
Ruto must go
Wachana na uongo “Ruto is giving a speech full of lies “ no common citizen was consulted about the taxes bill
This is very positive news coming from Kenya. The government has been trampling on her hapless docile citizens for far too long.
Docile citizens? You don't know Kenya. We have protests and go slows almost every month
Docile citizens 😅😅😅
You sure do not know Kenyans. The West has been trying to turn us into a puppet state because of our strategic location. We have been forced to fight for all our freedoms. The latest tax hikes are being imposed on us by the IMF. We don't want them because they will kill our economy. IMF will get paid back at the rate our economy can afford. They should not have given those politicians too much money knowing the limits the country could pay back.
Did you just Call Kenyans Docile,😂 my Lord
Yes, kenyans have been rather docile for far too long. That is how their government grew horns.
There's no inflation where there is no oversupply of money. Kenya lacks basically everything but he's on overdrive to over-tax anything that moves an inch. There's no excess money in circulation that needs to be moped up. He needs to stimulate the economy and cut government grandiose overspending on luxury items like jet-setting lifestyle and purchasing of expensive cars.
what you are proposing is what a normal person with a brain would do. not these goons
We call him Zakayo meaning Zacchaeus the tax collector of the bible😅
Looking at the slums in Kenya how will the poor people manage how long
Which PUBLIC PARTICIPATION?????? Will u stop lying Ruto/zakayo??? Stop lying for God's sake 🥺🥺🥺
Ruto went to Washington and be called a reliable Non NATO country. According to this narcissist, it is a success. He made an agreement, and He got also the advanced bullet-proof vehicles. Thst was a good weapon to supress public protest in Kenya. This is just the begning. Just one can watch what he can do. He is a traitor who betryed Kenya and Africa.
This man is just like Nana Addo here in Ghana 😅.
Expensive Jets.
Plenty Taxes.
Armoured vehicles from Europe.
If we don't get these people we'll suffer.
Ghana is already broke but Kenya can still save itself, keep fighting.
@anthonyyawtwumasimensah197 : I didn't like Ghanaian leaders from some of his speech but I didn't expect somebody so low at this level from Ghana. Ghanaian shouldn't deserve this kind of low man.
zakayo taxing everything under the sun.REJECT FINANCE BILL 2024
He wants the money to continue wasting traveling the world.. We will not allow him...
How can you on this earth tax bread, diapers, women pads, edible oil while on the other side you are hiring expensive private jets flying allover the world?
Ruto must go!!
When you have a president who doesn't listen,so greed❤
joe bidens pet
Professor Iraki is absolutley right and it is valid for all so-called democracies worldwide. Governments in general must reduce waste and must work for the people and not for themselves or any other 3rd parties. They are wasting the money of the ordinary people who have many problems in their everyday life.
REJECT FINANCE BILL 2024, IN TOTALITY!!!
There has never been public participation
I used to be a Ruto supporter but now I have zero faith in his leadership, the revolution will be televised
Scraping taxation on;
Bread, car ownership, vegetable oil, and sugar transportation, and foreign exchange transfer was just ADECOY LEAVING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM UN NOTICED TO THE PUBLIC, BUT THIS NEED TO IGNITE REVOLUTION. TAWE MOVEMENT.
There is more than meets the eye.
Absolutely right, Ruto ni mukora and cannot be trusted on anything
Meanwhile, he's busy solving Haiti's problems which is none of his business by invading the country. The Kenyans invaders are not welcome, sorry! Haitians are tired of politicians like Mr. ruto, they want to change this system, they are revolting; that's why abinader, ariel and elbe went to mr. ruto, their good friend, to asked for invasion to protect their interests; mr. ruto made deals with them. But, the Haitian population doesn't want any outsiders to interfere in their business and they can and want to solve their own problems. Haitian problems, Haitian solutions. The same gangs in suites ( the corrupt oligarchs + traditional politicians) who created the streets gangs asked for international invaders to kill the streets gangs that they created. That's what they systematically did: kill the young black men to profit the corrupt oligarchs gangs mafia; after couples years, the same thing happens. If want to destroy a tree, cut its roots, but, not the leaves. As long as those gangs oligarchs assassins are there, they'll create streets gangs to promote instability.
The government should reduce their salaries and allowances. We as the citizens are overburdened
#rejectfinancebill2024
People will rise ..... We shall rise... POWER TO THE PEOPLE
Ruto must go. Resist the 1%
Actually less than 1
Is this a robbot or someone
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🙌🙌 ata mimi naona ivo😅
Shame on this government, finished your first term move out of that office Rutoh we are tired of you. You're forcing things to happen shame on you
Ruto is a sheep in a wolf,s clothing
Wolf in sheep clothing.
Come on Kenyans, Ruto needs more expensive belts and flights. Pay more tax
He needs money to pay for the private jet he used in his trip to USA and also the china debt. He is doing the same thing Ghana president did 😂. Men with no vision
It's like they're dealing with the same person 😂.
Let the African presidents interfere please 🙏 🙏🙏, and help the Kenyan people .President Troure of Bukina Faso, come to our rescue, please, sir🙏 😢 😭
We dont need them, we the gen z's will force them work for our nation
I can't afford bread
The puppet must go
This Ruto was a student of Botany...he thinks that we Kenyans are plants. I don't think this is how those who study Botany do behave.
He talks too much thinking that he knows everything. He even advices his advicers. How can this fake brother of Jesus spend 18.18 billion on travelling but tax even sanitary towels
Bro is trying to tax bread, what could go wrong 😂😂
Office of the deputy president was allocated 600m for renovations yet the cost of building it initially was 400m
Mimi Niko TU hapa starehe nikikunywa kasoda, unye warned you but u seemed dumb😅😅😅😅😅
Talk about land reform that you want to award the government and take it away from the citizens
Which public participation?? His not only a greedy man but alsso a liar i mean to think about his wife getting part of our taxes n people are starving its just a joke...
We are very disappointed with Ruto
A greedy leader who wants all for himself. This greediness by Ruto's administration.
😂😂😂 the picture of the president is funny now, is there no better picture than that😂
😅😅😅😅anakaa mkufi
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Stop losing focus. We are here for the Finance Bill.
This is the best. You won't want to see the rest
@@susankahugu 😃😄😆😆
Ruto it is time to be real with your people if you want to destroy yourself no problem but you cannot destroy the people to please outside forces think Ruto think the people must come first
Ruto work for your people
What is wrong with this President how can you increase taxes for bread ?
Are you insane 😮
Thanks for covering this we are suffering 😢😢😢😢😢😢.as Kenyans
The thief is looking for money to travel
Kenya police are brutal yet are going to Haiti, they will millions of Haitians.
Am shocked by Rutos dramatic change .
What came over him really?
Unbelievable.
Am very disappointed in him.
Now hes sending kdf to Haiti and yemen.
Again he has jumped to Russia Ukraine war who knows he will want to send kenyan soldiers to Ukraine. 🥵😡
Nothing came over him. This is whom he truly is. And we were warned!
Confused human being in office
Ruto embarks on extravagant spending and yet squeezing the Kenyans, there's a time to stop milking a cow.
The problem with this man auto is that he's not after the welfare of the kenyan people but to fund his air host trips around the globe.
RUTO MUST GOOOOOOOO
AI reporter reporting Kenyan news am done 🤺
Half London hahahaha but London has fallen down I wonder what will happen
Don't let nobody divided you United
When firstpost talks of majority of Kenyans live poverty is like Indians are better of 😂😂😂😂😂
We miss u iyan njoroge
He is the chief ruto
More of thief
TELL THE IMF USA AND UK TO LEAVE KENYA ALONE WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE COLONISED AGAIN. WE THE GenZii's and millennials we much reclaim our country back. We have nothing to lose if we die but we have everything to gain if we survive.
Increase job offers,increase food and water supplies and decreasing the price/tax inflation rates in some degrees by taking a hold,control and survey the inflation rates in stores,markets and malls alike.
how and every investor has fled?
@@martinndagaru1671 Let me guess that they have joined the Rebels or they simply run away in avoidant?
Good to see my prof. X.N IRAKI, our president should listen to such brains.
#rejectfinancebill2024. this man ruto is working for imf
Power to the people ✊
We do africa continuously vote foolish people into office
Africans are not in charge of their elections. The West has infiltrated our voting systems and freely impose puppets on us. They pushed us to adopt electronic voting, sold us the equipment, and kept the servers in Europe. The tallies from polling stations are transmitted to the servers. Who do you think counts the votes and delivers the final results? Certainly not the people. Western democracy is the biggest lie sold to Africans. We need to abandon it if we want good leaders.
Rutos. TAXs. On....Sanitary. Pads. # Diapers. 😂😂😂 President. With. Brains. But. Not. Wisdom. Bible. Quote. My. Perish. Foe. Luck. Of. Wisdom.
Am Kenyan.. We have a very useless ruler.. who wants to please the people around him and lower earning people are suffering... Its Zakayo or Zacharia in the bible.. TAX TAX TAX TAX..
Taxes should be accordingly per annual incomes, you make more you pay more, you make less you pay less, also accounting the elderly and students. Or it should be focused on higher value goods, like cars, lands, etc. You can't just decide to increase taxes because it suits your agenda and quick fix on the budget. Here the most valuable assets which is the people loose trust in govt. Ruto should go back to the drowning board and find a balanced taxation systems.
Good luck to Kenyans 🇪🇹🙏🏻💚💛♥️
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" marked the end of the UK "empire". Learn from History, as it always repeats itself.
While Ruto is the most educated president in kenya and among the most educated presidents, his government is the worst
kenya have ever had since independence. His luxurious and exorbitant lifestyle is a burden to taxpayers. His wife gets paid for being a presidents wife!!! He flies to and back from America in private jets. +++++
Ruto claimed the country will not borrow loan's yet he has borrowed kshs.421 billion from the IMF and kshs.1.8 trillion from the world Bank.
William ruto what a shame on your kenya president. Since ruto has become the president he has spoiled their lives.
Uhuru is part of it to ruin his father country kenyatta.
Kenyatta was a very good president all the culture use to love him so much.
Uhuru has put his father country dominated and a big insult what a SHAME.
This is a reson ruto is taking advantage of kenya
Mr Ruto you must be very careful with killing people when they're crying for justice. Other wise this things will lead you to the hage Netherlands again. Please 🙏🙏 wacha out
No member of public agreed with taxes hiking.In anycase we are rejecting it in totality
This guy is blind or rather deaf. So much property destruction and you still act arrogantly? Hear what the people are saying: high tax is not OK. High unemployment is not OK. Is this hard to understand? You work for the people and it is imperative you listen to the people or else resign.
Ruto must leave Kenya 🇰🇪 Parliament, he's not working in the interest of an African people,instead with the United States and Europe. Ruto selling out Kenyans
You sort out your home before you sort out outside things. You can just rise tax and expect peace. They are ways to sort these kind of things, first reduce your unnecessary allowances and extra expenses. The people work hard and pay you tax you can't just punish them like that. Thats wrong
The result of associating with the western
He had got the orders from the USA. Who can you can just take the money from the poor people? The Kenyan Ruto , he now forget that his ancestors once have been the USA sleve. Ruto he should have solt his private jet, and chairing the paper USD that he has got from the UAS to the poor.
@ 2:34 WHICH PUBLIC RECOMENDED? 2:48 WHICH AND WHAT PEOPLE REPRESENTED US? AND WAHT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION🤔 .....I AM A KENYAN AND IS NOTHING MORE OR LESS THAN LIES.😡.
But where does this guy want people to get money from?taxing left right and centre...there's an ongoing house demolition in nairobi...tell me how such a person will pay taxes..this is punitive.
Ada, how true is this information? Any woman who gets 48 lashes of cane will be kpai or be hospitalised with serous injury o. Where did this happen in the East or Lagos?
Paying tax is not problem,the problem is how to spend.corrupton is killing Africa continent.😢😢
The government better listen to the cries of poor and the pleas of the church. It never ends well to ignore the church especially when you claim to be a believer.
Read lss 10:1-7
I would advise,Ruto Presi, listen to the people of your country ,open a people forum , dont be arrogant in this ,they are the electors and voters ,that appoint representatives as like your good self. Listen to them carefully .
Oooh how we pray and trust that God will deliver us from those hungry wolves, who are starving his children to death. True lies, the moment they open their toxic mouths you may think they are angels wearing masks
Ruto - STEP DOWN AND GET LOST! Ruto must go! Ruto go live with your puppet masters!