(2 Jul 2024)
RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY:

ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nairobi – 2 July 2024
1. Riot police facing protesters
2. Protester waving a flag, another throwing rocks at riot police
3. Tiltup of riot police officer
4. Various of riot police facing protesters, tear gas fired
5. Tear gas canister on the ground
6. Riot police officer holding his rifle up and firing at protesters
7. Protester waving flag, another holding rocks
8. Protester showing a bullet
9. Riot police officer standing on street
STORYLINE:
Protests continued in Nairobi and elsewhere in Kenya on Tuesday over a finance bill that would raise the cost of living, even after the president said he would not sign it in the wake of the storming of parliament last week.

Police fired tear gas at protesters in the capital as many businesses remained closed for fear of looting.

The main highway to Kenya's second largest city, Mombasa, was closed as protesters lit bonfires.

While there are concerns that President William Ruto might change his mind and sign the finance bill before the deadline next week, some protesters also are calling on Ruto to resign and accusing him of bad governance.

But members of the youthled protests have expressed worries that others are using the unrest as an excuse to cause violence.

Last week's protests were deadly as police opened fire. The two weeks of protests have left 39 people dead, according to the Kenya National Human Rights Commission. Ruto on Sunday put that number at 19.

The president has offered to have dialogue with Kenyan youth and has promised budget cuts on travel and hospitality for his office in line with some of the protesters’ demands. As unemployment remains high and prices rise, there has been outrage over the luxurious lives of the president and other senior officials.

Members of the youthful but leaderless protest movement have said they do not trust the president to implement his new austerity plans.

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