Facebook account of killer cop, OCS Murangiri Ndumba Isaiah, revealed after he shot Rex Kanyike Masai dead in Kimathi Street during Reject Finance Bill 2024

Within the trending video, Rex, is seen as he was rushed into Bliss Hospital at Archives the place he handed away after being killed. 

Greater than 200 protesters have been arrested in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, in ongoing protests in opposition to proposed tax hikes in a finance invoice that is because of be tabled in parliament.

Civil society teams mentioned that demonstrations and a deliberate sit-down exterior parliament buildings will proceed regardless of the arrest of 210 protesters.

Police hurled tear gasoline canisters at lots of of demonstrators on Tuesday, forcing companies to quickly shut due to fears over looting.

A lawyer, Wanjohi Gachie, mentioned that he was protesting on behalf of all Kenyans who can be doubtlessly burdened by the tax hikes.

“I’m requesting the police to not arrest or beat us, as a result of we’re combating for his or her rights as effectively,” he mentioned.

Some main tax proposals within the invoice have been dropped after a Tuesday morning assembly between ruling occasion lawmakers and President William Ruto. 

“They don’t seem to be lenient in any manner,” she instructed AFP.

Many demonstrators waved indicators emblazoned “don’t power the taxes on us”, referring to President William Ruto as Zakayo, the Swahili identify for the biblical tax collector Zacchaeus.

Scholar Paloma Njoroge, 22, who was amongst these protesting, rejected pro-government claims that the demonstrations amounted to “social media activism that yields nothing”.