Anti-tax protesters hit parliament

Police fire on demonstrators as president promises to quash unrest

- EVELYNE MUSAMBI

Protesters scatter Tuesday as police spray a water cannon during protests over proposed tax hikes in Nairobi, Kenya. The military was also deployed as clashes spread to other cities.

Thousands of protesters stormed Kenya's parliament Tuesday to protest tax proposals, burning part of the building, sending lawmakers fleeing and drawing fire from police in unrest that the president vowed to quash. Several people were killed.