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Kenya’s government has scrapped some proposed taxes in this year’s controversial finance bill after a public outcry. The announcement by MPs came as police fired tear gas and used water canons to try to disperse angry protesters in the capital, Nairobi. The parliamentary finance committee has axed what would have …

Eleven people and a dog have been rescued from the raging flood waters in Kenya. The rescue happened around 5 a.m. as the Red Cross team helped families to safety amid torrential downpours in Kitengela, Kajiado County, located south of Nairobi’s capital. The humanitarian agency described the rescue mission as …