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control of the narrative shapes the landscape, australians went to the pole, read those images front of my reward for very much in the media as well as on the battlefield there. listening post. dissect the media on al jazeera. he was vice president can yet for years now will you will. so it's president, is he up to the job and wants his plan to tackle the countries many problems. this is inside story. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm kimberly l. on monday, the head of kenya electoral commission declared deputy president william router winner nearly a week after the presidential vote. it was a narrow victory where the official results showing ruth gained just over half of
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the votes at 50.5 percent. while relo digger received 48.8, but just before the results were announced to 4 election commissioners cast down on the results while relo dingus agent also disputed them and edging irregularities is a former prime minister and this was his 5th attempt at running for president he received the endorsement of his longtime rival, president to whom kenyata results show route o one in mount, kenya, president kenyata, stronghold before we go to our guests. here is how we will tulsa from costume mustang. enjoy the bob raising. but if it's above the economy, how the going to see the family, how the going to pay school fees at a time when the economy is really, really struggling. mean the family say the high cost of prices and rising inflation is making it really difficult for them to make in to meet president elect william retailer, he's going to turn around and call me and help low income households survive. if
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you'll do that by introducing social welfare programs and subsidies, but economists say that is not going to be easy to do this country is heavily in depth about a lot of money from countries as, as china, people infrastructure projects where that money has to be paid back calling with a kenyan taxpayers who end up doing that. so king in hopes that the economy is going to be turned around by him right now. a lot of things aren't going well in the country behind me. some businesses are close partly because of the political uncertainty, but also because for months, many businesses have been struggling. the king is looking to see you going to offer them anything you had them for in the let's bring it i guess all. joining us from kenya's capital nairobi we have dentist and to the campaign. secretary for president elect william russo the remote walker, chief executive director of sci alsa, a non profit that works on youth political engagement in kenya. and we have bobby
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and conky constitutional lawyer ad form. a member of the committee experts that wrote can use new constitution very warm welcome to old. i'd like to start. would you dennison to be you with a campaign secretary for the now present elect? how are you feeling with the results and with the fact that not all the election commission is we're endorsing the results? ah, thank you very much and greetings to view as we elect it we, i think we got the elections one now to the frame of the well being of the vision. and the process was the most integral process that i have been as initial we've ever gone through. i think we have to give it to i b c this time. ready for, you know, giving us a process that todd's almost negligible, i'm restrict you flows fast from the election day. the department of the working
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process was largely peaceful. and also the process of allegation and verification was one of the most truthful and open posts of this country. they were going through and boxes will be established a case study, of course, to watch that i don't, i don't think there's any global process, the global electric process that has to be open as we have ever seen. and we thank god that there is a strong progression in terms of the electro democracy in this country. so we have very little that we are looking forward to essentially our government that is going to be inclusive and government that is going to, you know, perform a, you know, absolute treasury issues that are affecting business, less than somebody will come back to, to the, to the future in a moment, but you know, it's my question for election commission is cost out on the results. what's your reaction to that? our offense about them. i was on the floor, the ball must. i was driving to the dealings. in fact, a device chair who is
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a part of the team that is complaining, read the election of 20 to read, read the tickets. and we are surprised that the part of the team that is completely barely booked all through. and then you know, if there's anybody was issues, i think they should you know, book the constitutional mechanisms to complain. i think now they have, the law provides the course you provide 7 days and you know, twice the litigation and 14 days to the same. we are confident that the process was a, was very viable. and we don't see issues for more of a very clear that it is that the chairman of the commission is the position on the market and they want to get it to. busy call the president elected to be ok, so you're happy to see the process through neary and walk out while doing obviously isn't happy,
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should we expect his support is to continue protesting and what's the feeling among young people in the country? how did they vote? well thank you for having me. this time around, the tunnel was a little bit lower compared to what we're used to at 65 percent. when you look at the overall number that could watch 22100000 that 109.8 percent were young people and young people between the age of 18 to 55 in kenya, which was about 8800000. so young people already a little bit fewer from 2017, they were 50 percent of their which is blog. so these are many of them just decided not to particularly participate. when we look at these particular election, both coalitions, very, very strong gunnery and half of the country. both of them saw yes. once i did the shoot me a little excited. i'm not my grieving. and even this afternoon,
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he did mention in our press briefing that he is going to take the matter to court. so some of his supporters are excited about that. some of them are feeling drained and frustrated about the entire process in time will tend. they do have the right to do so. we feel that the process was not adequate enough for them. ok, bobby, i'm calling me from a legal perspective with the legal challenge that looks likely to happen. how does that work? what should we expect in the coming weeks? well, um, as well. my coupon alyssa just said, ah, oak hon rail or dinger. this afternoon did mention that he and his coalition party as im you, i will seek if i may caught him. all constitutional and legal options. and so we are to assume that he is going to file a petition in the supreme court as seeking being bullied is shown offer. ah,
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chairperson fullerton county's a pronouncement yesterday. so the constitution dusted that after her the declaration. any parcel, so it doesn't have to be the contestants. it's any kenyan who feels that they have an issue with the process and the declaration or they have a period 7 days. and that to begins county from b and ending on next tuesday to present their kiss before the supreme court of kenya. and dennis al, you said the supreme court or will have a 14 days to, to, to clear to receive her evidence. and also for respondents where they will be confined defenses and then at the end of the day, after 14 days there will be added to determination. and the determination can go to
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. ready is only either validate or they're there, a pronouncement from the chairperson, which means that the president, a letter will be moving forward, are now are towards a been sworn in which will be a pat after 7 days or in validation which are with only route now will be a fresh election which must be conducted within 60 days of this green book. the dizzy shall, okay. of incoming, before we move on from you, explain the process and, and you know that the constitutional basis for this, my question is to people trust the process to people trust the court. will they accept whatever the result is? will the or an option but to accept or whether they agree with a decision or not, or you know, their prerogative and right now this would be the part time if for if,
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if we have petitions since the constitution was promulgated in 22 or the foster election in 2013, the key shawn's similarly in 2017. and now if we do how one this would be the contact that changes being visited with this scenario. so at the end of the day, bills will be happy with the decision that the supreme court will arrive, but those are, those will not be happy with it. but as i said earlier, i accept it, they have to because that's what the constitution demands and prescribed. i grew with that prerogative of each and a retainer and you know, other people dennis, until the assuming that the supreme court validates these results and everything goes through for the mr. brutal. how does he plan to unite the country?
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i mean, the numbers speak for themselves, it was an almost equal proportion of people, almost not quite. who don't believe that he's up to the job. i agree. i won't feel that we have to look up to the democracy within the voting electric is that it is not equally proportional to the entire percentage of the nation. and therefore, we have a segment of people that are essentially getting the government of it to play. it but the presidency of the nation as the symbol mission, the g there specific instruments in chapter nachos in the constitution is that then ratify him to be the president of the entire nation. and so one of the opportunities that he's excellent, the reason that my router has east to unite the country and his campaign has largely been about unity. you realize that if you study the mechanics of this
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campaign, one of the things that day it was not present to, can you strike borders? and why was that not there? because the unifying, fucked up that he brought on board was about the social economic developmental, the people at $42.00 article for the peak of the constitution that grants unions their rights to social and economic stability. so the same round the various coalitions went out about regionally seen, or it wasn't about ethnicity negative with as we've seen before. so already he's been, seem is uniting the mission because the nation is and economic burial. you know the critical questions about starting inflation. the critical questions about that tax regime that is extremely punitive and their job, les this of millions of young people and meters of canyons of the end of the day. we just got them up and demick exiting an administration. i said critical issues in terms of the quality and the efficacy of government. so he has
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a lot of work to unite the country and not just do not the country to get the country to run into such a common goals. and that is what he will do before the election. what one of the things he did was. busy honorable right? and they had a chart for about an hour, and they discussed that were both ways a what we'll be able to, how many groups of government, whether, who loses true, concedes, and they have walked with hon right before. i mean, he's a political player that has been in the fields and before in various positions and government, he knows where the political infrastructure auto pro fee. and therefore, you will be able to get himself and establish the one can your notion under the banner of economic prosperity, which is the language. of course, there is no issue that is specific to a particular tribe. the issues in this country, whether been being switched economic coils or the other issues are cuts across the
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board. ok from the company. there's already a united factor, and i think that you will have the responsibility going forward to let the country based on issues and ideals rather than the concept of treble is ok. remark ochoa if the selection has and in fact evolved i guess is the word from being asked about it as necessity or regional issues into these broader issues that affect old canyons. are there still chances then this may escalation to violence because that's, that's been the concern isn't, isn't it? looking back through history, there has been a concern that things could escalate into violence. are looking back to history. it was a concern. but i believe that the point of concern happened yesterday also attention was around the declaration of presidents and the fact that that has already happened. and that's why we saw a little bit a little bit of chaos. i wouldn't call it conflict,
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it hasn't yet escalated to the extent that we should be concerned about for many the what went out to the streets to celebrate for some they were frustrated and they did come out on the street. but they were also some people taking advantage of this situation. like we've already mentioned the high cost of living, they know employment opportunities for young people. so there's a lot of crime that happened last night. but i do believe that now that we have a way forward, the fact that hon loading did have a statement and he did not agree with the result. and they have decided that they have reached a point. he thought what does have a way forward and they are going to wait. that is one thing that we have practice is taking issue that petitioning them to the court and waiting for the city to give us whatever their opinion on their budget is going to be. and can you work with that that? so i do think that this is one the election. we have managed well as a public and we will continue to wait and be on the way forward. bobby and connie
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correct me if i'm wrong, but in 2017. the presidential vote was nullified by the supreme court citing irregularities. so how is this time different or similar? well, i'm wanting her to mention is that and perhaps you know, in agreement with what dennis did little earlier, in my opinion, i think the supreme are, sorry that the i d. b. c. the electron eminent body this time around, did put effort in ensuring that it does conduct electric thorns, as was prescribed a upon nullification all through the 2017 presidential elections by the supreme court of kenya. and that is why we have seen a lot of infusion or for transparency. we have seen
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a lot of the infusion or are inclusion of other players. we have seen the appropriate use of technology or where the failure rate was very, very low. it's the team's kids for verifying and identifying ortez. i think it's less than $250.00 out of her $46000.00 plus there. but it for you. and we've seen the transmission of resolve or digital voice are available to an open. i do see portal as the elections locked in 10 prescribed and coming forth in. that's why this time around you find that to many, many people. why included in tallying and endo,
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verifying the results in comparing lot i p. c was announced c a at the end of the day a you look at this and you can see that a i d, c has very much a tried to condemn the electrons. it was ordered by the supreme court, and this is in line with the constitution because in magnifying the election in 2017, there are supreme court of kenya actually, or by all intents and purposes, or that abc to conduct, then repeat election as prescribed by the constitution i'm betting this time around despite exam we regulate irregularities which i expected. i mean, this is a human endeavor, so all a sudden irregularities ah will be expected. but at the end of the day, in my assessment and up to now, yes, we wait to see and what evidence or those will go to court will produce. but
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to my observation, as i will see, that this has been to a minimal marginal and negligible. ready degree and i don't see any, oh you know, o substantial reason why are abc could be held for fault it to the extent of it. hail an incredible air and not free and fair election. okay, an innocent on the weekly, as i mentioned earlier about some, the challenges facing the president to lex and talk to me a little bit more about the state of the economy and then what his plan actually is to address it. thank you very much. that is a vital question and that has been the premise of his company collateral, the fund that this country needs are. so should going to be precisely tish or is subject to soon because kenya is traced with
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a multiple of economic issues. many of them really depend upon what it is, a recall mismanagement within the governance even before we got to the pandemic, which made things worse, is that so, you know, there was an after tax increments and taxed issues that came about that you know, made the cost of living on essentially commodities aspect where you're looking at a, you know, aspects of food items, a gas, and many of the, many of the things, including passport rates, they really affected the citizens of this country. and therefore, also the question of joblessness we had about almost about 7000000 there, about young people or canyons who then have no job at all. and then also what it is that happened is that our economy moved from almost about 40 percent for more to almost now about 90 percent. in that, even if you graduate from the university,
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you have to start pops as being a welder or selling something in the streets and they're about as well. this country has major economic issues. also, we have reality from very expensive external debts, which is commercially based majority even over about a payment then about we are using that to pay away. so then add a raft of issues that especially are economic based that he must deal with and their failure to deal with many of those issues. in fact, the political question was, was kind of going to put this or lack away or not. but so he asked also to deal with very expensive that corruption. it's a little governess, spears nasser my, he was talking about the composition and the question is to tooting a quasi judicial permission on state culture. which if you look at transparency, international, persuasion, national sense of the many that gets done loading forms and what it is that we call
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imported anger. there is nothing much that has come out of the fight to corruption and therefore their way to go maybe the south africa way in terms of a question. public or nurse did come about. so he, us trees with a rafter issues, but big key that he has to deal with is the cost of living in ability or bring us to port even affordable food on the table. because what does happen, for example, if i give you just the 1st example, is that we are unable to get it. it's not like us to look at it in the country in january, up pretty, pretty good. kilogram of where bob was going for about 2900 today, going for about 6100 and it's unavailable on many of a small and medium sized. mila are shut down on the. busy as. busy well, we are the exiting president, hard to team a subsidy program to be able to buy base internationally and mil locally,
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which again, that one has the ok cause i funding, i hear you saying about the cost of living crisis. we are coming to the end nearing the end of the program, so i just want to throw it over. before we run out of time to new rima walker. because your non profits works with youth. political engagement in kenya. we've talked about how youth unemployment is high. we've talked about the cost of living crisis. how hopeful are young people about the possibility of change about the future, about the political establishment being able to offer them hope many of them did not participating this election because they do not believe that major change is going to happen. and frankly, a lot of them believe that a lot of their candidates are very similar and the same, but they have been raised all young candidates enter politics, as many of them were kicked out during the zoning of their political party
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primaries. but a number of them did sales through, so they some hope that where young people are investing in other young people in leadership. but also these conversations around perhaps we need to change how we engage young people. zambia in the election last year had the high majority of young people participating. but it's also because they had the option of online registration. the i b. c is not there as much as the registrar political parties that has a platform for young people to register to join parties online. that is where we can start because when we look at political party engagement or membership, real true membership, young people out there, minority members in our 85 political parties combined, or i will have to leave at that time. but thank you to all of our guests denison, to be a walk ochoa and bobby and coney and thank you for watching. you can see the program again any time by visiting our website al jazeera dot com and further discussion,
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