The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
July 17, 2024

One Dead in Kenya as Anti-Gov't Protests Step Up Demands for Pres. Ruto to Resign
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

In Kenya, at least one person was killed in a fresh wave of youth-led
anti-government protests demanding President William Ruto resign. At
least 50 people have been killed since protests broke out last month in
response to a now-withdrawn tax bill. This is a protester in Mombasa.

Protester: "We're still protesting, because Ruto could have easily
dissolved this from the first week. He could have signed off his people
from the first week. He could have stepped down from the first week. But
he's waited this long. All these people have died, all this life lost.
And still he cannot see the bigger impact he's creating on the country."

In other news from Kenya, hundreds more national police officers were
deployed to Haiti this week as part of a U.N.-backed security mission.


.