'The people have spoken': Kenya's Ruto pulls finance bill after protest deaths
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Kenyan President William Ruto said Wednesday that a bill containing contentious tax hikes would be withdrawn , dramatically reversing course after more than 20 people were killed in clashes with police and parliament was ransacked by protesters opposed to the legislation.