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At least five people were killed and 30 wounded in Kenya on Tuesday when anti-tax protesters attempted to storm Parliament and police responded by firing live ammunition.for weeks against a proposed finance bill packed with tax increases, including taxes on everything from bread to car insurance.
Kenya Red Cross did not identify the attackers, but other reports from the scene said some protesters were attacking ambulances because they thought members of parliament who voted for the tax bill were being smuggled inside of them. Many of the pro-tax legislators reportedly huddled in the basement of the parliament building for safety and were later evacuated through a tunnel.
“I am disturbed at the murders, arrests, detentions and surveillance being perpetrated by police on boys and girls who are only seeking to be heard over taxation policies that are stealing both their present and future,” said opposition leader Raila Odinga. A privately-owned TV station called KTN TV said it was threatened with closure by the government unless it stopped reporting on the protests, a demand the station refused. KTN reported that clergy inside the All Saints Cathedral, which offered itself as a makeshift medical facility for injured protesters, witnessed police tear-gassing the inside of the house of worship.
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