Deadly Kenya protests spurred by international debt woes

People walk outside a shopping mall that was burnt during the demonstration against Kenya's proposed finance bill, in Nairobi, Kenya, June 28, 2024. FILE - Motorists drive on Mombasa road, next to the ongoing construction site of the Nairobi Expressway, undertaken by the Chinese contractor China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC), in Nairobi, Kenya, July 12, 2021.

“Kenya is not IMF’s lab rat,” was just one of many slogans condemning the International Monetary Fund that was seen this week on demonstrators’ placards at protests in Kenya against proposed tax hikes.