Kenya’s foundations“have been shaken to the core,” said the Daily Nation (Nairobi). On 25 June, rioters protesting against President William Ruto’s controversial new tax bill overwhelmed the police in Nairobi, the capital, broke into the parliament, and set fire to parts of it, forcing terrified MPs to flee. Police and the army responded with live fire, killing at least 23 people. Hundreds were injured, and hundreds of others were reportedly abducted. At the same time, there was a “general insurrection across the country”. The following day, Ruto withdrew the bill. The root cause of the protests was the “economic pain visited on Kenyans” under Ruto’s rule. The cost of living, and “excessive” taxation, has united large sections of the population against him; though Kenya is known for its ethnic divisions,…