Kenyan police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital Nairobi.
Ahead of the protests, security forces, including the army, were heavily deployed and roads around the city’s main buildings were blocked.
Two days ago, 22 people were reportedly killed during protests against tax increases and part of parliament was set on fire.
The next day, President William Ruto bowed to pressure and said he would withdraw a finance bill containing unpopular tax proposals.
Demonstrators vowed to gather again in central Nairobi to mourn the victims. Some have been calling for the president to resign.
Some also vowed to march to the state Capitol, the president’s residence.
Other prominent figures associated with the protests have also warned of the risk of further violence.
The road leading to the building was blocked off and police turned away some drivers and pedestrians.
Earlier on Thursday, local television showed empty streets in the central business district, with numerous security forces patrolling.
Protests also took place in towns across the country.
In Mombasa, Kenya’s second-largest city, large crowds gathered and chanted “Ruto must step down” and some shops had to close due to looting and stone-throwing.
President Ruto’s hometown of Eldoret experienced violence on Tuesday, but the situation is now calm.
But there were some clashes in Migori in western Kenya, with police throwing tear gas as they battled demonstrators.
Also in Kisumu, in the west, groups of demonstrators faced off against security officials.
Ahead of Thursday’s protests, Omar Obama, the half-sister of former US President Barack Obama, told the BBC that young people were taking to the streets again because “they still want their voices to be heard” heard”.
Ms Obama, who was tear-gassed while attending a protest on Tuesday, told BBC Newsday young people remained aggrieved.
She said Mr Ruto had promised to hold dialogue with them but that had not happened yet.
“The dissatisfaction is not over. It is now beyond the scope of the finance bill, so there has to be a conversation. There has to be a conversation. I hope that will happen. We don’t want more bloodshed,” Ms Obama added.
Mr Ruto won the presidency in 2022 after campaigning to defend the interests of “hustlers” – ordinary citizens struggling to make a living.
But he has since introduced a raft of taxes and raised others, making him unpopular as people complain they can’t pay more in taxes when they are already reeling from a cost-of-living crisis.
The finance bill outlines plans to impose new taxes this year, including on bread and cooking oil, triggering mass protests.
The government bowed to pressure and scrapped some of the taxes, but that did little to ease concerns among people who called for the bill to be withdrawn entirely.
On Wednesday, the president gave in to their demands, saying “the people have spoken.”
But he defended the finance bill, saying the government had made the hard choices necessary to stabilize the economy and help Kenya escape a debt trap that forced Kenya to spend 61 cents of every tax dollar on loan repayments.
Mr Ruto now aims to balance the books by introducing a new public austerity package that includes cuts to his own office.
