The opposition parties may have failed to pack out Nairobis Uhuru Park at the long-awaited rally on 7 July but they set out the first credible political challenge to President Uhuru Kenyattas government for a year. Their demands centred on the growing economic hardship, worsened by the raising of Value Added Tax to 16%, by the governments response to terrorist attacks across Kenya and by claims of ethnic favouritism in public appointments (AC Vol 55 No 13, Confused response to terror attacks). The rally followed a weekend of armed attacks on the coast in which at least 29 people were killed. Read this article for FREE now africa-confidential/article/id/5697/A_rally%2c_not_a_revolt
Posted on: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 12:15:21 +0000
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