Kenya: 'People Are Taking to the Streets Because They Are Desperate'

[Agenzia Fides] Nairobi -- "It was a real popular protest, initially peaceful, even if provocateurs and thugs mingled with the demonstrators", Father Alfonso Poppi, of the Priestly Fraternity of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, from Nairobi told Fides. In the Kenyan capital yesterday, June 25, protests against the new finance law (see Fides 25/6/2024) led to violent riots, while demonstrators managed to enter parliament and the governor's office. According to hospital reports, at least 13 people died in the clashes with