Global Health Justice
IMF
July 9, 2024
Kenya’s protests: The violent cost of IMF debt
![Peaceful protestors in Kenya against Finance Bill 2023.](https://depts.washington.edu/globalhealthjustice/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/blurred-e1720541536892-500x444.png)
Recent demonstrations against Kenya’s Finance Bill 2024 were met with deadly repression. At least 39 civilians were killed and hundreds injured by Kenyan police while protesting the proposed 346 billion Kenyan shillings ($2.6 billion) tax increase. This Bill was intended to generate government revenue, a condition of the $2.34 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) 38-month…
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