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Added on the 21/07/2023 12:40:29 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Kenyan police fire tear gas and deploy officers on horseback to dispel crowds of protesters who took to the streets in Nairobi against tax hikes that many fear will worsen a cost-of-living crisis. IMAGES TO GO WITH 34XL7M2
Police respond gets increasingly violent against hundreds of primarily youths out in the streets of Nairobi to protest tax hikes. Water cannons, rubber bullets and tear gas fails to repel the crowd moving closer to the parliament building where lawmakers are debating the controversial finance bill. IMAGES
People scatter as police fire tear gas suring a protest in the capital Nairobi. Scores of heavily armed security personnel are on the scene after Kenyans gathered to voice their opposition to controversial tax hikes. IMAGES
Anti-government protestors in the capital's central business district are being quickly dispersed as police fire tear gas, and make arrests, in a show of force. The East African nation,has been rocked by weeks of sometimes deadly protests against Ruto's two-year-old administration, mostly led by young Gen-Z Kenyans. IMAGES
A fire breaks out in a field in Migné-Auxances, Vienne, after police forces use tear gas, while thousands of opponents of the 'basins' demonstrate despite the ban. IMAGES
Family and close friends of Rex Masai, the first protester killed during demonstrations in Nairobi on June 20 over tax hikes, pay their respects at the morgue in Machakos, about an hour outside Kenya's capital, ahead of the funeral. IMAGES