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Last week, software developer Rose Njeri - who created a tool to help people oppose a government finance bill - was charged with violating a cybercrime law.

Kenyans have expressed outrage over the detention of a software developer who created a tool to help people oppose the government's annual finance bill because of fears that it will raise the cost of living.

Mass protests broke out last year after the government proposed tax hikes, forcing President William Ruto to withdraw the 2024 finance bill.

The new finance bill replaces the zero-rated tax provision on essential commodities with tax-exempt status.

Speaking at a cryptocurrency conference in Las Vegas on Thursday, the party's leader held up a draft of a "Crypto Assets and Digital Finance Bill" that he said he would pass if he was elected prime minister.