Police officers were conspicuously missing in Voi town, Taita Taveta as youth took to the streets to oppose the Finance Bill, 2024.
The Gen-Z-led anti-tax protests were staged in all the streets with chants against local legislators who voted in favour of the Bill.
The youth camped outside a wholesale joint owned by a legislator who voted to support the controversial Bill last Thursday.
Hundreds of anti-tax demonstrators also blocked the busy Mombasa Nairobi highway at Caltex junction in Voi.
They want the Finance Bill dropped in totality to save Kenyans from increased taxation.
"This Bill is in bad taste and should be dropped. We are standing against all the proposed tax increments," Robert Mwakumbaku, a demonstrator said.
Mwakumbaku said MPs who voted to pass the controversial Bill are a let down to the young generation.
