#in Kenya

[kropotkindersurprise]

June 20, 2024 - A protester takes on the role of mobile eyewash station to deal with police tear gas during a demonstration against proposed tax reforms in Nairobi, Kenya. [video]

[nyloww]

Redrew Kamba Miku , had one of those moments when I was like “i like this… but I can do better” so I did better lmao

[whatevergreen]

Massive protests against the 2024 Finance Bill continue in Nairobi and across Kenya. Parliament has been stormed, and City Hall set on fire.

The bill imposes taxes that will further impoverish those already suffering from the increasing cost of living. The government even tried to put a tax on bread and cooking oil, but this was apparently withdrawn. The International Monetary Fund is putting pressure on president Ruto to impose austerity measures and raise taxes.

Supreme Court staff and lawyers helping demonstrators with water.

Some protestors have been shot, with fatalities. The police have apparently arrested a number of paramedics trying to treat the wounded.

Homes of several MPs who support the finance bill have been looted and set ablaze. I have no sympathy.

A protestor stated:

“We are the flames burning up the country. We cannot stand still while we are robbed and made poor. “This movement will not stop until we have won. They can kill us but they can’t beat down our movement.”

[afrotumble]

Rest in peace Roger Whittaker

[no-passaran]

33-year-old Ugandan marathon athlete Rebecca Cheptegei, who competed in this summer's Paris Olympic Games, has been killed by her ex-boyfriend. He doused her in petrol, set her on fire and burned her alive when she came back from church with her two daughters.

Gender-based violence is a major concern in Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and worked. In 2022, at least 34% of women in Kenya said they had experienced physical violence, according to a national survey.

Her death comes after the killings of fellow East African athletes Agnes Tirop in 2021 and Damaris Mutua in 2022, with their partners identified as the main suspects in both cases by the authorities.

Our thoughts are with her family, who are left without their loving relative and the family's main breadwinner.

[wocina]

[snototter]

A white-backed vulture (Gyps africanus) sits on a hippo skull in Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya

by praveen pandian

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Os Outros 2x08 (2024)

[thrdnarrative]

Father and child in Lamu, Kenya © Eric Lafforgue

[folkfashion]

Swahili henna, Kenya, by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A hippo emerges from the water covered with greenery in the Masai Mara nature reserve, Kenya

Photograph: Ann Aveyard/Animal News Agency

[nyloww]

jumping on the trend with Kamba Miku :3

[dcminions]

LAUREN LONDON in YOU PEOPLE ( 2023 )

[travelbinge]

By Lostwithanna

Diani Beach, Kwale County, Kenya

[dream-world-universe]

Giraffes & Giraffe Manor, Nairobi, Kenya: Woman Shares Breakfast With Giraffes from Hotel Balcony in Nairobi. People enjoyed the lovely interaction between the woman and the giraffes. Giraffe Manor is a 5-star hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city is commonly referred to as The Green City in the Sun. Wikipedia