PHOTOS: Fresh round of anti-Finance Bill protests rock Kenya

Kisumu residents participate in anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests. [Clinton Ambujo, Standard]

Demonstrators have occupied streets in Nairobi, Mombasa, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kisumu and Kakamega and several other towns leading to a paralysis in transport services and closure of businesses in some instances.

In Nairobi, the number of peaceful protesters in the Central Business District has swollen steadily since morning triggering the anti-riot police to occasionally use tear gas to disperse them.

Demonstrators march along Nyeri's Kenyatta Highway on June 25, 2024. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

In Eldoret, the resolute young people on boda bodas and on foot crisscrossed the town streets while speaking out against recent disappearances of influential people associated with the protests.

DP Gachagua's Nyeri home tuff has also experienced an outpouring of dissent as protesters sing and chant 'Reject' in an apparent opposition to the controversial Finance Bill.

Anti- finance bill protests begin in Eldoret. [Lynn Kolongei, Standard]

However, calmness has been reported in Kisii. The anti-riot police deployed to maintain public order in the area converged at the Kisii Central Police Station in the morning for a pre-operation briefing.

This report was compiled by Denis Omondi.