Police are investigating an incident where one person was shot dead Thursday evening during anti-Finance Bill protests along Moi Avenue in Nairobi.
Rex Kanyike Masai, 29, was allegedly shot by a police officer in plainclothes at around 7 pm.
According to aerial footage that captured the incident, protesters were pushed from Kenyatta Avenue and City Hall Way and regrouped outside a club on Moi Avenue.
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Witnesses reported that the officer fired into the crowd, injuring Rex in the leg.
Despite efforts to save him at Bliss Hospital Moi Avenue, he succumbed to his wounds.
His distraught parents and fellow protesters gathered at the mortuary, mourning his loss.
This came shortly after the Finance Bill 2024 sailed through the second reading amid nationwide demonstrations against the proposed levies in the bill.
The Bill sailed through after 204 Members of parliament voted in its favor while 115 legislators voted against it.
While announcing the results, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula said the Finance 2024 Bill will come up again before the entire House on Tuesday next week.
During this stage, amendments to the Bill will be introduced, and the House will vote on each clause.
Following this, the Bill will undergo a Third Reading, during which the House will take a final vote to approve or reject it.
If there are disagreements on the Bill or any proposed amendments, it will be referred to a mediation committee.
The committee will work to develop a version of the Bill that the House can consider and vote on.
The House will then debate and vote on the mediated version of the Bill.
