documentary. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes that dirty business that is kenya's waste disposal we'll take you to a landfill in the capital nairobi that's a source of livelihood for put people but is run by i'm scrupulous criminal gangs that's a marriage the government's hands on. and the south african billionaire has apologized for telling us president donald trump that africa loves him there was outrage after his remarks but it wasn't such

a bad thing to say. hello i'm christine wendell welcome to deja vu news africa it's good to have your company in kenya trash is trisha the waste collection business is a source of money for both those in poverty and those impala poor people collect recyclable material for small change and government officials all set to receive thousands in bribes for awarding big gob connection contracts now this is the den dorel landfill site in the capital nairobi it was supposed to be closed years ago but as all correspondent reports it's a gold mine and too many people are profiting from his including criminal gangs. every morning thousands of scavengers in nairobi kenya stream to the dent or a dump site where the global trash business has become

a multimillion dollar venture the people here try to and if you dollars a day picking and selling waste to make ends meet it's a dangerous place like gangs and cartels rule with violence. it's every man or boy for themselves says 12 year old great cheese binds on monday he's scared of the older boys and men who tried to steal the waste others have collected. before you know it it's her head that he's cutting i've seen many people being killed. just yesterday ritchie himself was attacked traumatizing experience. like the circus mind you lock me up inside a truck it was about 7 in the morning he may have been sent by the double up until 10 o'clock that evening. into maybe government owned and looks like

a mess but this place is highly organized with every inch tightly controlled by gangs. before you even go with you should never pick from someone struck you on supposed over you must wait for them to finish taking everything they want so otherwise it's just outright war. but it's not only the scavengers who have to follow the rules hundreds of truck drivers are charged in the illegal security and offloading fee of $5.00 to $7.00 every time they enter. when you come in that's when you pay everything at the gate. not only wasn't there a dumpsite poll let's suppose. close down years ago but it's also become a magnet for violence and lawlessness so why has no robey stress gold-mine been

allowed to continue existing for so long. one of the so-called dumb site lords was part of a lethal takeover in which at least 14 people died agrees to speak to us but on the condition of anonymity he says it's the prospect of money that has kept the side running but that it's not the gangs who make the serious money rather it's those who they are sent to the garbage cartels networks of private companies and subcontractors that own the multi-million dollar government tenders to manage the waste there are the cartels or those powerful people if you open a speak about the dealings they're involved in you're in danger they all hide how they make their money but they are in the tender. for anyone in kenya to get anything you have to pay we used to it even. they comest the results of kickbacks.

nairobi's governor mike son called and other senior county officials have been accused of even regular payments for garbage collection services amounting to $3500000.00 and having received bribes. since the law forbids officials from discussing cases which are before court we asked them to comment on corruption surrounding tend towards in general. it is a serious problem because it involves a lot of money. because it is the private companies that are doing business with government that quite a number of the coverage of this problem people come to. our requirements because we are looking at a company. deliberately. says that there is corruption involved not only in who is awarded the tender but also in the pricing of the

tender itself. will be distant or supposed to cost. 800 meter shillings it is deliberately skewed to cost 1000000000 on sale and leave the 200000000 is being shared between some some government offices were involved with. the county department in charge of awarding the garbage contract declined to talk to us from this report. deep in the downside is finally full time to go away in the pickings of the day but there is no alternative for richie and his mother to make a living he hasn't given up hope just yet. i only want to be a pilot nothing but a pilot that's what i want to be. the wheels of justice are slow in kenya there is no saying how long it will take for

corruption in the tendering system to end for the gangsters dump intimidating nairobi's poorest and for conditions at the dump site to improve. today ritchie has collected 5 kilograms of plastic he is going home but $75.00 shillings that's less than one us dollar. tomorrow he'll be back. now the south african billionaire patrice if they has apologized for telling us prison donald trump that africa loves him in a statement that he had no right to speak on behalf of africans now the controversy began when the mining tycoon attended a dinner with president trump in switzerland last week they told him quote africa loves america africa loves you we want americans to do well we want you to do well when those words landed on social media there was a theory one to say used to say it when did patrice become

a diplomat to speak on behalf of an entire continent and the uses said in the absence of the president we now have the addressing the world and i'll be off lying about how we love racists like donald trump and then this uses say we saw you lying to trump in the hope of getting access to the american economy the truth is you will never taste a thing from america he will continue exploiting the african economy so just what was his intention when he told donald trump that africa. was such a bad thing to say we've invited into the program today to talk more on this he's a visiting professor in the international relations department at south africa's the university welcome to news africa professor so the truth still safe to say is that he was trying to encourage discussions between the trump administration and african business and political leaders. i'm just thinking could one augie that that

was perhaps a way to do it. well you certainly can it is demonstrated in the us that if you've been a proponent of donald trump he can be very forgiving if you jennifer flecked and show him that you think he's just a wonderful human being and are willing to play by his terms which are very transactional and prone to impulsive action but that's what i think he was was picking to was what c. seen happen in the united states right but this is some surveys have suggested that president donald trump enjoys favorable racing on the african continent why would that be the case. it's very difficult for me to say without looking at the polling data i know that pew research center has done some work on this and shows that in fact in nigeria and even in kenya where where we're broke obama's father was born

in and don't forget the birth or issue that brought donald trump to prominence was essentially a racist argument back in 2015 to the 16 and so i can see that there's certainly room appreciation of american power and american programs that africans would hope would continue under trump but i don't think they're terribly well informed donald trump has shown no interest in africa's never been here and has been very critical of africa but he does represent a government which has extensive relations across the continent and those have a lot of effect but i don't think anyone. that he's less popular than or he's more popular than barack obama right i mean you brought up the point so what are we to make of the fact that present donald trump has never visited the african continent . he doesn't care much about africa he's never studied it it doesn't show any interest or knowledge of the continent in any way but he does pop off on twitter

account occasionally about things that he finds sensitive way and uses derogatory comments to discuss the condit so it's not a very promising future if he was to be reelected in 2020 later in this year november 3rd but for now i think the question is how do you get along with america in the interim rights and i mean just how would you very quickly about this how would you characterize the relationship the u.s. has had with africa and president donald trump it's been pretty low level and trump has been focused on other parts of the world and had given no attention to africa or the professionals continue in the diplomatic corps but africa has been a low priority and particularly of this administration all right. john strand l and johannesburg for us thank you. again that's it one album news africa you can catch

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welcome to arts and culture now the red carpet isn't rolled out just yet but the anticipation is growing for the 70th berlin international film festival hundreds of movies from around the world are set to screen at the ballet nala next month but only 18 of them are eligible to win the coveted golden bear award and the festival's new leadership has finally revealed which ones. 70 years of the barely know it's a story with big stars and big films. the story continues with the new festival director duo carlo shot play on artistic director and money at least in basic executive director in charge of business. a 1st look at the films and competition we've there's a strong focus on art and film drama hidden away is about a painter.