Kenya's president withdraws tax bill after protesters storm Parliament

“After the bloodshed, this is the only way to get people off the streets and show that he’s a listening, caring president,” Nick Westcott, professor of diplomacy at the London School of Oriental and African Studies, said referring to Ruto’s announcement to scrap the bill. “The crowd may sense they’ve got him on the run, and I think he feels that unless he’s responsive, ‘Ruto must go’ may gather pace.” Ruto deployed the military Tuesday to regain control of the legislature, where videos showed demonstrators calling on him to step...