Kenyan police fired dozens of teargas canisters into a crowd of opposition supporters on Friday as they marched into the main business district of the capital to protest over tax hikes.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga called the protests to oppose tax increases that have been imposed at a time when many are already struggling with high prices of basic commodities such as maize flour.
The government says the tax hikes, expected to raise an extra 200 billion shillings a year, are needed to help deal with the country's growing debt repayments, and fund job-creation initiatives. Since the two men faced off in a close election won by Ruto last August, they have clashed over a series of issues around the high cost of living and management of future elections."Ruto is backed into a corner by a number of circumstances; some of his making, some he inherited," said Fergus Kell, a researcher at London international affairs think-tank Chatham House, citing past loans and a tough global economy.
The High Court suspended the implementation of the finance law last week but the government raised the retail prices of petrol anyway, forcing the opposition senator who lodged the case to seek the jailing of the head of the energy sector regulator for contempt.
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