Name: 肯尼亞政府增稅引發人民聚首都奈洛比抗議 (Protests in Nairobi over Kenya government's tax hikes | BBC News)
Uploaded: 2024-06-21T02:52:51.000Z
Duration: 3 min 41 s

And we start this hour in Kenya, where the security forces have clashed with hundreds of protesters opposed to tax hikes put forward by the government.

我們從肯亞開始，那裡的安全部隊與數百名反對政府增稅的抗議者發生了衝突。

Riot police, some on horseback, have been deployed in the capital Nairobi and have fired tear gas in an effort to disperse the demonstrators.

首都內羅畢部署了防暴警察，其中一些人騎著馬，他們發射催淚瓦斯試圖驅散示威者。

The parliament buildings have been cordoned off ahead of the vote by MPs on the controversial finance bill later today.

在國會議員今天晚些時候就有爭議的財政法案進行投票之前，議會大樓已被封鎖。

Many fear the tax cuts will worsen a cost-of-living crisis.

許多人擔心減稅會加劇生活費用危機。

Protests are also taking place in the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa and other cities.

印度洋港口蒙巴薩和其他城市也發生了抗議活動。

More than 300 people were arrested earlier this week following similar demonstrations.

本週早些時候，300 多人在類似的示威活動後被捕。

A little earlier, I spoke to our senior Africa correspondent, Anne Soy.

稍早前，我採訪了我們的非洲資深記者安妮-索伊。

I'm just standing outside parliament where that debate has been going on, this controversial finance bill.

我就站在議會外面，辯論就在這裡進行，這個有爭議的財政法案。

I can hear tear gas being lobbed in all directions.

我能聽到催淚瓦斯從四面八方飛來的聲音。

The young people have come out in large numbers.

They have gone to different streets and the police are trying to keep them away from here.

他們去了不同的街道，警察正試圖讓他們遠離這裡。

They want to come here and occupy parliament, but they're not being allowed to do that.

他們想要來這裡佔領議會，但卻不被允許這樣做。

And they're saying that they want the bill that is being debated in parliament to be rejected in its entirety.

他們說，他們希望議會正在辯論的法案被全盤否定。

They disagree with many of the clauses there.

On Tuesday, the government announced concessions on a number of the controversial clauses, including 16 percent value-added tax on bread, motor vehicle levies and other taxes.

週二，政府宣佈對一些有爭議的條款做出讓步，其中包括 16% 的麵包增值稅、機動車輛稅和其他稅收。

That's the message that they're trying to pass here.

They have been mobilizing and reaching out to their MPs, asking them to reject the finance bill.

他們一直在動員並聯系議員，要求他們否決財政法案。

是以，這場辯論正在這裡進行。

They don't have a lot of time for that because they were hoping that they would pass this bill by next week, so that come July, they'll have a law in place to be able to spend, to carry out government spending.

他們沒有太多的時間，因為他們希望下週能通過這項法案，這樣到了七月，他們就會有一部法律，能夠支出、執行政府開支。

So today, the protests are more widespread across the city and in different towns across the country, including the president's own hometown of Eldoret in western Kenya.

是以，今天的抗議活動更加廣泛，遍及全市和全國各地的不同城鎮，包括總統自己的家鄉--肯亞西部的埃爾多雷特。

Yeah, and it's a good point that, isn't it?

Although we're looking at the demonstrations, we're just seeing water cannons being used actually against demonstrators.

雖然我們看到的是示威遊行，但實際上我們看到的是對示威者使用水炮。

But these are not just solely in Nairobi.

但這些情況並不僅僅發生在內羅畢。

They're in different towns across the country.

Yesterday, they were in the coastal city of Mombasa.

昨天，他們在沿海城市蒙巴薩。

And really, what is different about these protests is that it is young people in their 20s.

實際上，這些抗議活動的不同之處在於，抗議者都是 20 多歲的年輕人。

I have spoken to some teenagers who have come out, and they are so educated about tax issues, and they are debating this.

我曾與一些已經出櫃的青少年交談過，他們對稅務問題很有研究，他們正在辯論這個問題。

And they're saying that they have to be heard by government.

他們說，政府必須聽取他們的意見。

In fact, they have asked politicians to stay away and come to parliament to debate those issues and shoot it down before parliament.

事實上，他們已經要求政治家們遠離，到議會來辯論這些問題，並在議會前將其擊斃。

And therefore, this is something new in the country.

是以，這在該國是一件新鮮事。

They have been mobilising on social media, on TikTok and Twitter and other platforms.

他們一直在社交媒體、TikTok、推特和其他平臺上進行動員。

And they're saying that they will not back down.

And that was our Africa correspondent, Anne Soy, talking to me in the last hour.

這是我們的非洲記者安妮-索伊在最後一小時與我的談話。

 We will, of course, keep across the developing situation in Nairobi, Kenya. 

當然，我們將繼續關注肯亞內羅畢的局勢發展。

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