A man has been confirmed dead in ongoing protest across Kenya against a bill on taxes, the Rueters has reported. Over 200 people are said to have been injured while one hundred are under police arrest. Five right groups in the area declared, June 21, the use of tear gas and water canons to desperse protester. They also have said live rounds were used. Authorities confirmed the death of the man, 29, who they noted suffered casualty like some police men. The man who hadn't any armunition is reported by local sources to have been outrightly neglected by police officers after the shot. The protests were inspired by a Kenyan government decision to earn 2.7 billion from additional taxes on it's citizens. President William Ruto earlier this week has however, began scraping out some of the levies on bread, car ownership, cooking oil and financial transactions. Source: Cameroon News Agency
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