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initially, there were two other medical camps set closer to the central business district, with volunteer medical personnel taking care of the injured people, giving them emergency treatment before referring them here, but those have now been closed. we saw earlier the general service unit getting into one of the camps that was at the all saints cathedral and asking the medical providers to pack up and leave, and also everybody who was in that compound was asked to leave, so this is now the main area where casualties and people injured from the protests are coming to get treatment. mercy has also been out on the streets, where protesters continue to march. she sent this short update. quite a busy day in the nairobi central business district today, with thousands of the anti finance bill 2024 demonstrators lining up every major street in the cbd. they are making antigovernment and anti finance bill chants. we reject, we reject! ..but in equal measure, there are dozen ....
forward peaceful and i want to tell them we are going to engage them, we are going to have a conversation so that together we can build a greater nation. in answer to the public outcry, mps will be debating a revised version of the original bill, which was first read in may. having withdrawn some of the least popular hikes, including a 2.5% yearly tax on vehicles and a 16% vat tax on bread. but for many protesters, this is not enough in the face of the rising cost of living. live to nairobi now and our east africa correspondent merchuma. hello to you. tell us more about this huge shift for the government and what the outlook is now. a, government and what the outlook is now. , ., ., ., is now. a very good morning from nairobi. is now. a very good morning from nairobi. yes, - is now. a very good morning from nairobi. yes, today- is now. a very good morningi from nairobi. yes, today the bill is being debated in parliament, this is a controversial finance bill 2024, an ....
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with some flights diverted to other airports. let s speak to simon calder, who is a travel correspondent for the independent for more on this. simon, is there any sign of hope for the passengers stuck there waiting? well, if you are a passengers stuck there and you have not been told that your flight is canceled there is a pretty good chance you are going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to get on your way. but it is going to be after a long delay and it might be that your luggage does not travel with you. i have just spoken to someone who has managed to get from manchester to barcelona, he is getting on a cruise ship which departs in an hour or two. he is there but his luggage is not. that is going to be a challenge. there are a whole raft of flights, at least 60 departures, many of them from easyjet. canceled during the morning and afternoon. but when manchester airport says, if you are booked out of terminal one or two, and by t ....
and two have been cancelled. there have been huge queues to get in, and some passengers on arriving planes were held on runways for several hours. some flights have been diverted to other airports. it comes at the start of the busy summer holiday season amd the airport has apologised to passengers. let s hear from a stranded passenger i spoke to earlier, nikita, a fitness instructor, stuck at the airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul. we airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul. ~ ., airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul- airport waiting to board his flight at istanbul. ~ ., ., ~ ~ at istanbul. we got there about atm and ou at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could see at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could see people at istanbul. we got there about atm and you could see people sitting - and you could see people sitting outside, with luggage, i didn t think about it in ....