Kenya’s president calls storming of parliament national security threat

A man kicks back a tear gas grenade towards Kenyan anti-riot police during a protest over proposed tax hikes in a finance Bill in Nairobi (Brian Inganga/AP)

Kenya’s president has called the storming of parliament a national security threat and vowed that such unrest will not happen again “at whatever cost”.

President William Ruto spoke in a national address hours after part of the parliament building was burned as thousands of protesters against a new finance Bill pushed their way in and legislators fled.