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This week, protesters in Kenya poured into the streets across the country to violently protest a controversial finance bill aiming to raise taxes. In this video, we’re going to take a look at Kenya’s debt crisis, the controversial finance bill, and whether IMF is to blame.
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1 – https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/25/eight-shot-dead-as-kenyan-protesters-storm-parliament/
2 – https://twitter.com/african_stream/status/1804192641384616198/photo/1
3 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-62373083
4 – https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2023/09/11/kenyas-president-william-ruto-shows-two-sides
5 – https://tradingeconomics.com/kenya/government-debt-to-gdp
6 – https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/gdp-per-capitacontinent=africa
7 – https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/government-debt-to-gdp?continent=africa
8 – https://www.ft.com/content/1c6782fd-bc8b-4341-9112-e39e719e0836
9 – https://twitter.com/danielmunevar/status/1805845188369129824/photo/1
10 – https://kenyanwallstreet.com/why-is-the-imf-writing-kenyas-finance-bills/
11 – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cv22g359mq9o
12 – https://twitter.com/netblocks/status/1805598808035774970
13 – https://www.ft.com/content/eadf0d8a-730c-4934-8c10-8edd075982ff