A section of the Kenya Parliament building in Nairobi was set on fire on Tuesday as anti-tax protests by youths heightened. The fire became noticeable minutes after the protesters broke through police lines and into the building.
The protesters got in shortly after the legislators voted to pass the bill introducing taxes, forcing ruling party lawmakers who were instrumental to the passing of the bill to flee through a tunnel, while opposition legislators who voted against the bill walked freely out of the besieged building.
The demonstrators had been calling on the members of parliament not to approve the new tax proposals, and after the executive last Thursday dropped some of the contentious proposals, they insisted the entire bill be scrapped. President William Ruto has defended the tax proposals, saying new taxes are needed to run the country and reduce external borrowing.
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