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The protests are to oppose tax increases imposed amid soaring cost of living, despite a court-ordered suspension.
One man has been shot dead in Kenya following anti-government protests on Friday over a new finance law that has doubled the fuel tax and introduced a housing levy for employees.
Police intervened to break up protests in the western city of Kisumu. “One person died of gunshot wounds while two are still admitted,” said Alex Ochieng, administrator at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching & Referral Hospital, adding that the fatality was a man.
Opposition leader Raila Odinga has…
