‘Not afraid to die’ Kenya tax protests inspire broader demand for change.pdf

This presentation includes a video of an interview conducted by Al Jazeera reporter, Malcolm Webb, with Nyawanga Owuor, a Nairobi student who has covered the protests on Instagram. Nyawanga points out that “Blatant corruption and misspending by President William Ruto’s government had pushed young people to the limit and so they rejected the finance bill”. Nyawanga noted “It’s not new anger. It’s not specifically for the finance Bill. It’s a long pent-up anger failure from a period of time of our representatives not adequately representing us”.

1. Not afraid to die’ Kenya tax protests
inspire broader demand for change
Prepared by John Leonardo, PFMConnect, July 2024

2. Introduction
•This presentation prepared by Al Jazeera on 30 June 2024 discusses the recent
protests in Kenya against the government’s now abandoned Finance Bill.
•The video includes an interview conducted by Al Jazeera reporter, Malcolm Webb,
with NyawangaOwuor, a Nairobi student who has covered the protests on Instagram.
Nyawangapoints out that “Blatant corruption and misspending by President William
Ruto’s government had pushed young people to the limit and so they rejected the
Finance Bill”. Nyawanganoted “It’s not new anger. It’s not specifically for the Finance
Bill. It’s a long pent-up anger at failure from a period of time of our representatives
not adequately representing us”.

3. Video: Not afraid to die’ Kenya tax protests
inspire broader demand for change
https://youtu.be/JNIGK03UTB8

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