{"id":14147,"date":"2024-07-08T15:48:21","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:48:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14147"},"modified":"2024-07-08T15:48:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:48:21","slug":"what-kenyas-deadly-protests-are-really-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=14147","title":{"rendered":"What Kenya\u2019s deadly protests are really about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;parliament passed a bill increasing taxes \u2014 including on a bevy of everyday essentials like cooking oil, diapers, and bread \u2014 on a population already suffering from inflation and high rates of unemployment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As protests increased in size and intensity, even breaching parliament\u2019s chambers, they were met with violent repression. Nearly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/world\/africa\/kenya-protests-taxes-president-ruto.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two dozen people were killed Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After initial recalcitrance, President William Ruto said Wednesday he would not sign the controversial bill. His decision was a victory for the protesters, but the saga leaves the country\u2019s future more uncertain than ever, both economically and politically.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Kenya\u2019s troubles are a distillation of the problems facing several dozen developing nations, crushed under debt&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Complicating matters are Kenya\u2019s other economic problems. Corruption, cronyism, financial mismanagement, and the vestiges of colonialism have hobbled Kenya\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.brookings.edu\/articles\/african-lions-tapping-the-potential-of-kenyas-economic-growth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">once-impressive<\/a>&nbsp;economic development and exacerbated class and ethnic inequalities.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world-politics\/357857\/kenya-protest-tax-ruto-loans-china-imf\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world-politics\/357857\/kenya-protest-tax-ruto-loans-china-imf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;parliament passed a bill increasing taxes \u2014 including on a bevy of everyday essentials like cooking oil, diapers, and bread \u2014 on a population already suffering from inflation and high rates of unemployment.<br \/>\nAs protests increased in size and intensity, even breaching parliament\u2019s chambers, they were met with violent repression. Nearly two dozen people were killed Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>After initial recalcitrance, President William Ruto said Wednesday he would not sign the controversial bill. His decision was a victory for the protesters, but the saga leaves the country\u2019s future more uncertain than ever, both economically and politically.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kenya\u2019s troubles are a distillation of the problems facing several dozen developing nations, crushed under debt&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Complicating matters are Kenya\u2019s other economic problems. Corruption, cronyism, financial mismanagement, and the vestiges of colonialism have hobbled Kenya\u2019s once-impressive economic development and exacerbated class and ethnic inequalities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.vox.com\/world-politics\/357857\/kenya-protest-tax-ruto-loans-china-imf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[417,431,165,1472,362],"class_list":["post-14147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-share","tag-africa","tag-democracy","tag-economy","tag-kenya","tag-protests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14148,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14147\/revisions\/14148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}