The Associated Press
But lawmakers voted to pass the bill, then fled through a tunnel as protesters, many of them youth, outmaneuvered police to enter parliament. Protesters allowed opposition legislators who voted against the bill to walk out of the besieged building. The fire was later put out.Kenya's government had no immediate comment, and internet service in the country noticeably slowed. Ruto was outside Nairobi attending an African Union retreat.
On Sunday, Ruto tried to calm the rising public tensions over the finance bill, saying he was proud of the young Kenyans who had come out to exercise their democratic duty. He said he would engage them on their concerns. "I fell for his lies. Now I'm out here regretting why I voted for him," youth Oscar Saina told The Associated Press last week
Protesters burned ruling party offices in Embu in central Kenya, the Nation newspaper reported. Citizen TV showed footage from Nyeri in central Kenya with police confronting protesters in the smoking streets. Two people died in similar protests last week, and civil society groups have raised the alarm about a crackdown.