Kenya Finance Bill: Gen Z anti-tax revolutionaries - the new faces of protest

Young people angered by tax storm Nairobi in a surprise revolt devoid of ethnic or political allegiances.

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What started as anger on TikTok about a controversial finance bill has morphed into a revolt - without being organised by political parties.

The government of President William Ruto has managed to do what generations of politicians in the East African nation have failed to do - unite huge numbers of Kenyans beyond ethnicity and party.

On Tuesday, hundreds of trainer-wearing protesters, who feel Kenyans are already overtaxed with little to show for it, braved tear gas lobbed by police to march through the capital, Nairobi, bringing the city's central business district to a standstill.

Armed with their smartphones, they live-streamed the intense confrontations with officers.

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