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MOSCOW, June 25 A major Internet outage was recorded in Kenya amid protests, the international Internet monitoring service NetBlocks reported.
““Real-time network data shows severe disruption of Internet connectivity in Kenya; the incident occurred amid a brutal police crackdown on protesters,” the service said in a post on the social network X. 
On Tuesday, local media reported the death of eight people and the injury of 50 during protests against tax increases. Protesters broke through to the parliament building, in part of which a fire started. A fire later started at the Nairobi City Council building.
A new wave of protests in Kenya over government plans to increase taxes on a number of goods and services began in mid-June. Later, Agence France-Presse reported that amendments were made to the draft budget, according to which the introduction of a 16 percent value added tax on the purchase of bread, the transportation of sugar, the use of mobile and financial services, transactions with foreign currency, as well as the introduction of a tax of 2.5 % on motor vehicles and excise tax on vegetable oil. Kenyan President William Ruto announced the government's readiness to begin a dialogue with the protesters. Nevertheless, the protests continued, with Citizen Digital reporting two deaths and at least 200 injuries during the protests. Police use tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters. According to Agence France-Presse, parliament is due to adopt the final version of the draft budget on June 30.