"Police have opened fire on protesters outside Kenya’s parliament as they attempted to storm the building while MPs inside passed legislation to raise taxes...Flames could be seen coming from inside the building." www.theguardian.com/world/articl...

Kenyan police open fire on protesters as crowd try to storm parliament

Demonstrators were protesting against legislation to raise taxes in country reeling from cost-of-living crisis

"Ruto won an election almost two years ago on a platform of championing Kenya’s working poor, but has been caught between the competing demands of lenders such as the International Monetary Fund, which is urging the government to cut deficits to access more funding, and a hard-pressed population."