News Desk

At least five protesters have been shot dead by police in Kenya and a section of parliament has gone up in flames as demonstrations against new tax proposals escalate.
Nairobi’s parliament was stormed by an enraged mob that breached police lines and set portions of it on fire.

President William Ruto announced in an address on Tuesday night that all available resources will be used to “thwart any attempts by dangerous criminals to undermine the security and stability of our country.”
To put an end to the protests, he has sent in the armed forces.

There have been days of continuous confrontations over an unfavorable finance bill that contains many tax increases. But when the MPs approved a revised bill on Tuesday, they became more intense. Demonstrators stormed the parliament, looting the inner spaces and setting fire to portions of the building. The ceremonial mace—a representation of the legislature’s power—was taken.

The Kenya Medical Association reports that at least five persons were killed when police began fire with live ammunition. At the scene, a BBC correspondent saw people laying in bloody pools on the roadway. Some things are difficult to comprehend, like how bread may be subject to a 16% tax. Is it possible to tax sanitary pads? Derrick Mwathu, 24, told the BBC, alluding to a few of the recommendations found in the initial bill.

It was stated that hundreds were hurt, some by rubber bullets and some by tear gas. A BBC correspondent saw physicians being ejected from a Nairobi cathedral by military, where a medical facility had been established to treat injured protestors. Outside Kenyatta National Hospital’s emergency unit, another makeshift unit was erected.