{"id":4707,"date":"2024-06-26T15:03:11","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/kenya-braced-for-more-anti-tax-protests-as-citizens-call-for-total-shutdown\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:03:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:03:11","slug":"kenya-braced-for-more-anti-tax-protests-as-citizens-call-for-total-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/26\/kenya-braced-for-more-anti-tax-protests-as-citizens-call-for-total-shutdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya\u00a0braced for more anti-tax protests as citizens call for \u2018total shutdown\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clxu48tie000vjxqlfk0x9v5v@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Kenya is in the grip of nationwide protests against proposed tax hikes, culminating in a planned \u201ctotal shutdown\u201d of the country on Tuesday.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clxu4a5cw00023b6kcl70ixls@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The demonstrations, sparked by the Finance Bill 2024, have seen citizens rally under the banner of \u201c7 Days of Rage,\u201d as the nation faces more days of upheaval.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clxu4a5cw00033b6kszgmh746@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            President William Ruto has said he wants to have dialogue with the protesters and that he is \u201cproud\u201d of them. However, security forces have been accused of abducting prominent Kenyans, particularly those who have large social media followings.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clxu4a5cw00043b6ks4fqk3ai@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            Amnesty International&nbsp;Kenya&nbsp;says it is investigating the whereabouts of up to 12 people who were \u201cabducted in the middle of night\u201d ahead of Tuesday\u2019s planned protests.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clxu4rsyy00003b6k222n0uzh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            The protests come as&nbsp;Kenya\u2019s standing gains global prominence as US President Joe Biden designated&nbsp;the country&nbsp;as a \u201cmajor non-NATO ally\u201d on Monday, marking the first time a sub-Saharan African nation has received this status.    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph-primary-core-light\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/clxu4srg300033b6k1advu3sv@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">            In May, Biden announced his decision to elevate&nbsp;Kenya&nbsp;to this designation while hosting President Ruto at the White House for a grand state visit, celebrating 60 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations.    <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on cnn.com<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya is in the grip of nationwide protests against proposed tax hikes, culminating in a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4708,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailywashingtoninsider.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}