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Protesters invade House as Finance Bill is approved

A section of Parliament damaged by anti-Finance Bill protestors on June 25, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Anarchy, bloodshed and destruction rocked Parliament on Tuesday after the August House's defences were breached by irate protestors shortly after they passed the controversial Finance Bill 2024.

In scenes only akin to the attack on Capitol Hill in 2021 in the USA, protestors in Nairobi broke down a section of the Parliamentary barrier next to the mausoleum where Kenya's first President Jomo Kenyatta is buried and used it as a gateway to Parliament.

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