Inside Story What’s behind the widespread protests in Kenya?
Young people in Kenya reacted to the government proposal with angry demonstrations and police cracked down hard. Widespread protests in Kenya erupted this week against proposed new taxes, and police were criticised for using excessive force to break them up. Many on the streets were young, mobilised by social media. Why is the government pushing the new taxes? And why has there been such a violent reaction? Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam Guests: Stella Agara – Tax justice activist and Africa governance and security analyst Reginald Kadzutu – Finance economist at Oxford Brooks University Nicodemus Minde – Researcher with the East Africa Peace and Security Governance Program at the Institute for Security Studies Published on Saturday 22 June 2024.
Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond. Al Jazeera journalists and guests dissect and discuss the day’s top story.
Primary Title
- Inside Story
Episode Title
- What’s behind the widespread protests in Kenya?
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 23 June 2024
Start Time
- 05 : 30
Finish Time
- 05 : 58
Duration
- 28:00
Channel
- Al Jazeera English
Broadcaster
- Al Jazeera Media Network
Programme Description
- Beyond the headlines to the heart of the news of the day. Al Jazeera gets the Inside Story from some of the best minds in the Middle East and beyond. Al Jazeera journalists and guests dissect and discuss the day’s top story.
Episode Description
- Young people in Kenya reacted to the government proposal with angry demonstrations and police cracked down hard. Widespread protests in Kenya erupted this week against proposed new taxes, and police were criticised for using excessive force to break them up. Many on the streets were young, mobilised by social media. Why is the government pushing the new taxes? And why has there been such a violent reaction? Presenter: Elizabeth Puranam Guests: Stella Agara – Tax justice activist and Africa governance and security analyst Reginald Kadzutu – Finance economist at Oxford Brooks University Nicodemus Minde – Researcher with the East Africa Peace and Security Governance Program at the Institute for Security Studies Published on Saturday 22 June 2024.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Notes
- The source recording to this edition of Al Jazeera English's "Inside Story", "" for Sunday 23 June 2024 contains defects (corrupted video) due to television signal transmission issues. An occurrecen is observed at 05:53 (00:23:19). Some of the title's content is absent.
Genres
- Commentary
- News
- Panel
Hosts
- Elizabeth Puranam (Presenter)