What is behind the deadly mass protests in Nairobi, where could they lead? | DW News 

thanks for your support Austine, its hard at the moment here in Kenya

It is surprising

I know right? A full fledged criminal calling people criminals!

That part 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

we're a lower middle income country. extremely poor is a stretch

@@champagnepapaikr😂

If by tackle gang violence you mean invade a foreign nation for its own good. Real shame they forgot to say "we bill bring democracy to Haiti" before those officers set off.

We have to remember every country in Africa is different in the sense that the amount of pushback from the government is on different levels. I'm speaking as a Nigerian. The Western world has so much to lose by allowing Nigerian to govern itself. So they will help the government with everything it takes to make sure Nigerians citizens don't get what they deserve. Yes , Nigeria, my country is different and it's corrupt.

Specially zimbabwe

It comes from pain

Ruto is the enemy of all kenyans most of us dint vote him in

Yes, they do! As the criminals they need a place to hide from the electorate.

The tunnel was actually built very recently its like they had intelligence people may revolt and come for them in the parliament

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Wtf? What did you expect it's their langauge

@@jamesgreat5263Lol actually I knew that. But I didn't see Hongkong protestors speak English like that though they were both British colonies

@@adolfninh23 We probably speak better English than the average Briton lol.

​@@Takeawayking971China has the most developed infrastructure and free health care,why would they complain. Unlike in the US with no free Healthcare 😂😂

No you can't do that. Some security spending is always classified and not for public consumption.

@@pietrojenkins6901 yeah, the country looks very secure to me lol

Why?

They have guts...weeeeee!!​@@pietrojenkins6901

There is no democracy in Rwanda Rwandans tolorate nonsense why and how is kagame still the president

😂 Kagame is the Law

Rwanda is one of the best African countries though.

Well maybe I don't understand well but in Rwanda we have tax almost on everything whether bread or oil even land a lot I have seen are like 3% to even 0.3%. and I understand 16% is very much a lot when they are a lot people unemployed and struggling people in countryside it's really not fair. In Rwanda there is tax exempt on few things like study and healthy material but I can say it's somehow balanced

It's the same in Kenya MPs are bribed and threatened

Russia too.

Yep totally agree with you

We were completely fine until he started increasing taxes

Haiti is a cesspool, that's not the case of Kenya

​@@Loveabounds. do you know what taxes are being increased?

@@varoonnone7159 and you're right.

the comparison is not really a good one.. haiti is a failed state ruled by gangs and kenya is a working democracy as you can see the people are exercising their rights to protest, the government is using its authority and monopoly on power to impose its will. thats how it goes no matter how chaotic it is.

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😂😂😂he thinks we are chicken? I ve made my day .is sio kuku

Swahili is commonly spoken nationwide, but there are many other languages at a local level. Many speak English fluently, especially if they are professionals/educated.

we have 2 national languages - English and Swahili. Most subjects in schools are taught in English. Many of us are fluent in English.

English and Swahili are our national languages. Everyone you saw in those streets understands and speaks English.

@@harrywatkins8194 English is taught from Kindergarten level in Kenya, one need not be a professional to speak it. FYI.

​@@kingmatolo8381 Swahili is the national language. But English is an official language.

Is it a beer tax?

Yyyou want real news?

They did 1:32 to 1:47

the problem is IMF is the one involve in the tax drive so as to give Kenya money and inflate the economy ,its too high and the collected tax ends up in Ruto and his friends personal accounts , they will loot it all corruption is rampant and in Kenya we are rising up and corrupt leaders are scared

Kenya’s loan payments to the Export-Import Bank of China is a key driver of debt servicing expenditures accounting for a quarter of total external loan repayments. Ruto is looking for another lender.

Kenya has been struggling with ballooning public debt, with $6 billion owed to Chinese creditors. Some of the loans will mature in the 2023/2024 fiscal year, putting further pressure on the government. It’s not clear if President Ruto and his delegation will be granted a restructuring or extension of the interest payments. The Ruto administration pivoted quite violently away from China and back towards the West but has been so far been diligent in paying its Chinese loans and therefore will be leveraging its track record as it seeks concessions.

That was a Kenyan flag ...he had only one mission... reject the bill

and why do you borrow at such high interest rates?

your ignorance is compelling, as a Kenyan and protestor I want to tell you that the issue is not debt, Kenya generates a lot of money through the gvt, they were able to pay off the Eurobond on 24th without implementing this bill. We are mad because we can see that there has been no development in the last 2 years this man has been in power and now he was to raise taxes and introduce nonsensical taxes like tax on cancer treatment, defunding university education, taxing side-hustles and also putting in place an unemployment tax and tax on owning a car. we are mad because already making money is hard enough due to terrible leadership and then the guy rents a 200 million jet and wears a belt that's half a million then comes to tell us that there is no money for anything that's why the bill was created. Kindly do your research and listen to actual citizens since that man called us criminals for peaceful demonstration

​@@mightyseashellno, Kenya had to sell another bond to pay that bond, for which it now pays an additional 3% interest. Kenya's inability to pay it's debt has been a concern well back into 2023 and has led to decreasing credit ratings. The only way Kenya was going to pay off that debt otherwise was going to be by tapping into a dwindling pile of reserves, and Kenya only has so much longer that it can do that before Kenya is in a situation where it's credit-worthiness must be assessed without being able to account for reserves as a backup. Kenya's credit rating will get downgraded again at that point and it will lose critical financing support when that occurs. Morover, fears that Kenya was going to use reserves to pay for the bond were generating substantial currency depreciations. The shilling rose 9% in value just days of finding a bond option. You call me ignorant, but the international world has been talking about this for a long time. It's not MY opinion that Kenya is struggling to pay off debt due to increased debt servicing costs; that is the verbatim opinion of the agency that downgraded Kenya's credit rating in July of 2023.

​@@sapphosplace I do respect that you did research for this, but the same way I can read an article about another country and believe it because I am not part of that country and I have been provided an answer to my question I would feel like I fully understand the situation but not really. Unless you are a victim of these situations you won't understand the depth of it. Most articles written about Kenya's economy along the protests are not majorly done by Kenyans they are done internationally which may lead to loss of the deep level of empathy towards the citizens. We know that internationally we are just a number but to us we are people. People who have seen mismanagement of funds, corruption in plain sight. Money collected is not the money given to pay debt fully we aren't mad because we have to pay taxes, we are mad because the breakdown of taxes collected was just inconsiderate and purely meant to build more wealth for leaders while robbing citizens. We are not a violent country hence to see violent protests is a stronger message than a declining economy.

plus the same IMF that was pushing for the passing of the bill is now saying that they supports the protestors, why wouldn't it stand its ground for the sake of the economy? The issue is much deeper than articles about Kenya's economy it's the blatant disregard for Kenyan and African lives, to many we are just a documentary of people who can't be saved and us protesting is seeing that nobody will save us. We all coexist with all levels of social class but it doesn't mean that we deserve to treat the middle and lower classes with discontent by over taxation. There is a lot more that goes into an economy aside from capital flow.

If they don't stand up to government... the government will get worse and worse !! They have to do this. They're destroying their citizens lives!

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Yep

Yes, because we don't sit back and watch the government sabotage our lives with exorbitant lifestyles.

Yes its us😂😂. Apparently, ruto is the only one who benefited from the blessings

Unfortunately ur right

Kenya's debt trap is with the West. Under the US and UK. IMF and World Bank. Get your facts right

you really thought you ate that up

Be a grown up before you comment you wanted us to get a debt from your country nonsense!

China is not the problem, those are investment lead debt. The problem is the IMF, Euro ponds and others

Naah men china ain't the problem, the problem is the USA, EU and their crappy organisations such as the IMF and world bank

No 400 criminals left yesterday for Haiti 😂

They increased taxes last year, there was opposition from the public but the government ignored the people. They were trying to do the same thing again, already taxes are high. Increasing it again would just make it even harder for Kenya citizens. They are planning to increase tax on almost everything food, property, manufacturing, money transfers, even medical treatments. That means cost for treating diseases like cancer would go up. Price for bread, tea, milk, sanitary pads, diapers, etc would increase too. In the last few years we've had multiple manufacturers relocating to other countries or outsourcing to china because cost of production is very high. They pay taxes on raw ingredients, final products among other taxes

Of course, government spending is a multiplier to the GDP of an economy. The problem with economies like ours is the loss of government finances due to corruption and graft

The major difference is that corruption is higher in Africa.

Don't be ignorant!

The problem isn't paying taxes...the problem is...we don't see the value for our taxes...we only see our politicians getting richer and public funds being misused

lmao. people want basic things like bread and sugar. they are not even on the same level as welfare and healthcare. you dont need medicine if you cant eat in the first place.

​@faithkerubo8357 and looting, more looting, exempting taxes to foreign companies and President Ruto spending the money flying to Western countries to misuse those taxes!

not when the taxes are wasted on presidents wife, dp wife, cabinet ministers etc. then they flaunt their wealth to the same people. please next time be educated on the subject matter before just exposing your ignorance on a yt comment.

What 👆🏾 she said... We don't pay taxes so that our elected public officials can take their children to private schools in Europe...

Classic western fanboy line but Russia had nothing to do with it, it's rutos masters in the USA and IMF that wanted taxes raised.

January 6th was nothing. And nothing in the USA has ever come close to anything that happens in africa. Our democracies are challenged both on ballot and by force.if you want to see protests government coups incarcerations come to africa.