CNN —Violent clashes between police and protestors have broken out in Nairobi, Kenya on Thursday as a government vote on a controversial finance bill gets underway.
Parliament has been sealed off since Thursday morning with roads around it blocked as lawmakers debate the Finance Bill inside.
Police are breaking up peaceful protesters with tear gas and water cannons around the city center in Nairobi.
Festo Lang/CNNCNN has met protesters as young as 18 who say they’re fighting for their future.
Look at the tears of the women in the country of Kenya,” one young man told CNN’s Larry Madowo.
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Nairobi, Kenya, East