Kenyan President William Ruto said on Wednesday that he was rejecting the finance bill and was withdrawing it, a day after violent protests broke out across the country over the passing of the bill by parliament.
“I concede,” Ruto said in a televised address on Wednesday.
“I run a government but I also lead people. And the people have spoken.”
The controversial bill which was passed by the Kenyan government on Tuesday saw deadly protests on the streets of Nairobi in which at least five people were killed and others injured.
Several property was vandalised.
