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Younger demonstrators protest value of dwelling in Nairobi

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A bunch of Kenyan protestors led by comic Eric Omondi blocked Nairobi’s Parliament Highway on Tuesday (Feb. 21).

They protested in opposition to the excessive value of dwelling.

Chanting slogans they held placards written ‘excessive value of electrical energy and cooking oil’ amongst different issues.

In accordance with native media, the demonstrators demanded an viewers with the Nationwide Meeting Speaker. Certainly, they reportedly alleged that the Meeting conned the nation by legislating and passing a invoice which resulted in increased ranges of taxation.

Nevertheless, the group was not granted an viewers.

Police lobbed teargas to disperse the shirtless protesters.

Some demonstrators together with Omondi had been reportedly arrested.

The tried forceful entry was prompted by the failure of the speaker to grant the group viewers from throughout the precincts of Parliament.

In accordance with the Kenya Nationwide Bureau of Statistics, the inflation price stood at 8.9% in January.

Late last year, the board of the International Monetary Fund, approved a disbursement of over 400 Million $ to Kenya.