Protesters block the busy Nairobi - Mombasa highway in the Mlolongo area, Nairobi, Kenya Tuesday, July 2, 2024. Protests have continued to rock several towns in Kenya including the capital Nairobi, despite the president saying he will not sign a controversial finance bill that sparked deadly protests last week. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
FILE - Kenya's President William Ruto gestures to party officials as he walks with his wife Rachel Ruto as he prepares to address the media at his official residence in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The ballooning debt in East Africa's economic hub of Kenya is expected to grow even more after deadly protests forced the rejection of a finance bill that President William Ruto said was needed to raise revenue. He now warns “it will have huge consequences.” (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
FILE - Protesters scatter as Kenya police spray a water canon at them during a protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance bill in downtown Nairobi, Kenya on June. 25, 2024. The ballooning debt in East Africa's economic hub of Kenya is expected to grow even more after deadly protests forced the rejection of a finance bill that President William Ruto said was needed to raise revenue. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)