Kenyan police fire teargas at tax protesters in Nairobi
09 July 2023 |
4:10 pm
Police used teargas to disperse protests in the Nairobi and Mombasa. Kenyan opposition have called for the protests to condemn new taxes amid a severe cost-of-living crisis.
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