{"id":36429,"date":"2024-06-26T15:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=36429"},"modified":"2024-06-26T15:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T15:03:53","slug":"simi-joins-kenya-anti-tax-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/06\/26\/simi-joins-kenya-anti-tax-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Simi Joins Kenya Anti-Tax Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col max-w-full\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex flex-col items-start whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 juice:w-full juice:items-end overflow-x-auto gap-2\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"4ff2dd19-ca02-4247-8283-51037527beb8\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 juice:empty:hidden juice:first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><em><strong>By Cynthia Abah<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>Kenyan youths are marching against the tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged \u2018RejectFinanceBill2024.\u2019 Amnesty Kenya reports that five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators, stating that \u201cit is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer wrote, \u201cI stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a series of other posts, she added: \u201cWow. When you\u2019ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrican leaders \u2013 haven\u2019t you done enough?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-1 flex gap-3 empty:hidden juice:-ml-3\">\n<div class=\"items-center justify-start rounded-xl p-1 flex\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><button class=\"rounded-lg text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary\"><\/button><button class=\"rounded-lg text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary\"><\/button><button class=\"rounded-lg text-token-text-secondary hover:bg-token-main-surface-secondary\"><\/button><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center pb-0.5 juice:pb-0\">\n<div class=\"[&amp;_svg]:h-full [&amp;_svg]:w-full icon-md h-4 w-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Cynthia Abah Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya. Kenyan youths are marching against the tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged \u2018RejectFinanceBill2024.\u2019 Amnesty Kenya reports that five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":36430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36431,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36429\/revisions\/36431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}