Kenya on boil as police fire at anti-tax protesters: All you need to know | Protests News [Video]

Kenyan police fired live ammunition at hundreds of protesters attempting to breach Parliament House in Nairobi on Tuesday, injuring dozens, as protests against controversial tax reforms turned violent.

Reports also suggested that some protesters were killed in the firing, amid clashes that erupted after lawmakers passed the contested bill after a third and final reading.

Reporting from Nairobi, Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb described the city centre as beset by chaos.

“We can see tear gas; we can see police firing tear gas at protesters. We see plumes of smoke coming from other nearby parts … in the centre there’s a very heavy police presence, near the Parliament buildings,” he said.

President William Ruto has not commented on the violence, but Tuesday’s demonstrations were widely expected and officials had initially warned against violence, telling agitators to wind up the demonstrations by 6:30pm local time (15:30 GMT).

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