Fire Breaks Out Inside Kenyan Parliament Premises

Nairobi, A fire broke out inside the Kenyan Parliament in the capital, Nairobi, after demonstrators stormed the building while discussing a draft law imposing new taxes. A fire also broke out in the office of the governor of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, hundreds of meters away from Parliament, due to the anti-demonstrations. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of the Kenyan capital and several other cities on Tuesday to protest the 2024 Finance Bill, which stipulates an increase in taxes, which angered a wide segment of Kenyan citizens. Many demonstrators were shot, while the Kenya Human Rights Commission announced the killing of one person at the hands of the police. For his part, Kenyan Minister of the Interior Kithor Kindiki stressed that the security institutions will remain neutral but firm in respecting the rule of law, recalling the need for the demonstrators to disperse no later than six oclock in the evening, local time. In conjunction with these protests, representatives continued to d iscuss the draft Finance Law 2024 in the parliamentary committee, and approved most of the amendments made to it. Meanwhile, the opposition decided to withdraw all of the amendments it had presented, considering that keeping them might lead to legitimizing the text that it completely opposes. Source: Qatar News Agency