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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
Police officers and shuttered shops in the streets of Nairobi as Kenya braces for a nationwide strike in reponse to a call by youth protesters who oppose the government's proposed tax hikes. Discontent over the already high cost of living spiralled into nationwide rallies last week, sparked by the Ruto administration's proposed tax hikes in the annual finance bill, which parliament must vote on by June 30. IMAGES
Hundreds of youth protesting proposed tax hikes clash with police in the capital Nairobi. The protest turning violent as police fire rubber bullets, tear gas, and water cannons to disperse crowds. Some people also seen being arrested. IMAGES
Hundreds of young Kenyans took to the streets of Nairobi for a second day of the "Occupy Parliament" protest tax hikes, clashing with police who fired water cannons and tear gas to disperse them. Authorities have blocked several roads near parliament and deployed police on foot and horseback, as lawmakers debate the bill. IMAGES
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
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