{"id":124213,"date":"2024-11-10T12:06:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T05:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124213"},"modified":"2024-11-10T12:06:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T05:06:49","slug":"protests-in-nairobi-over-kenya-governments-tax-hikes-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124213","title":{"rendered":"Protests in Nairobi over Kenya government&#8217;s tax hikes | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1Scqw5epho?autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Protesters have taken to the streets in Nairobi, Kenya, to challenge the government over a series of unpopular tax proposals &#8211; including a 16% levy on bread.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, hundreds of protestors &#8211; most of them younger people &#8211; braved tear gas lobbed by police to march through the capital, Nairobi, bringing the city&#8217;s central business district to a standstill.<\/p>\n<p>The government had earlier defended the tax hikes, which had been projected to raise $2.7bn (\u00a32.1bn), saying they were needed to cut reliance on external borrowing.<\/p>\n<p>MPs are now debating the revised bill and are expected to vote on it next Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#Kenya #BBCNews<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Y1Scqw5epho\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protesters have taken to the streets in Nairobi, Kenya, to challenge the government over a series of unpopular tax proposals &#8211; including a 16% levy on bread. On Tuesday, hundreds &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124213\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=124213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=124213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=124213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=124213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}