On Wednesday, June 19, the local newspapers broadly covered the events in the Nairobi city centre, where young protesters inundated the roads to pressure parliament to shoot down Finance Bill 2024. President William Ruto appreciated the young generation's bold move, saying Kenyans were sobering up to issues of national importance. Daily NationThe daily covered the Kenya Kwanza Parliamentary Group meeting at State House, Nairobi. Ruto chaired the meeting convened to whip members of the National Assembly into voting for the finance bill. People DailyPeople Daily reported on the oppressive tax clauses scrapped out of the Finance Bill 2024 following the uproar from Kenyans.
