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'Free Billy': KOT takes over X space to rally against Finance Bill 2024

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Content creator Billy Simani disappeared on Friday. [X]

A nearly six-hour X space on Saturday, June 22, titled "Good Morning Kenya: Where is Crazy Nairobian," began as a call for the release of a Kenyan content creator but quickly morphed into a discussion on the controversial Finance Bill 2024.

By 12:30 p.m., the space had attracted over 50,000 listeners, including accounts linked to politicians and the government spokesperson's office.

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