After couple of days and hours of peaceful demonstration, Kenyans raided the Kenya Parliament, burnt and destroyed it massively, earlier this day.
In the raid, one Kenyan native lost a life as Police tried stopping natives demonstrating around the Parliament, so far in the thirteen (13) people has lost their lives in the massive demonstration in Kenya as they try to show their grievances and uncertainty on the Anti – Finance Bill by the Kenyan Parliament.
Kenya’s President William Ruto vowed to take a tough line against “violence and anarchy” on Tuesday after protests against his government’s proposed tax hikes turned deadly and demonstrators ransacked parliament.
He remarked and said, ”Today Kenya experience unpleasant attack on its democracy, rule of law and the integrity on its constitution institutions, and otherwise legitimate expression of the fundamental rights and freedom of assembly, demonstration ticketing and petitioning of public authorities.
“We shall provide a full, effective and expeditious response to today’s treasonous events,” Ruto told a press briefing in Nairobi, saying the demonstrations were “hijacked by dangerous people”.
“It is not in order or even conceivable that criminals pretending to be peaceful protesters can reign terror against the people, their elected representatives and the institutions established under our constitution and expect to go scot-free,” Ruto added.
“I hereby put on notice the planners, financiers, orchestrators, a betters of violence and anarchy.”
The military has been deployed to support police, who fired tear gas, water cannon, rubber bullets and — according to a rights group — live ammunition against protesters.
The mainly youth-led rallies have galvanized outrage over proposed tax hikes and simmering anger over a cost-of-living crisis to fuel rapidly growing demonstrations that have caught the government off guard.
