country many creatures for me evolution from some compelling. to. take. us. with wonderful people to make. payroll. more than. mine. this is the news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes that dirty business that is kenya's waste disposal will take you to a landfill in the capital nairobi that's a source of livelihood for poor people but is run by i'm scrupulous criminal gangs that's the next the government's hands on that. and the south african billionaire has apologized for telling us president donald trump that. there was outrage after

his remarks but it wasn't such a bad thing to say. hello i'm christine window 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 office and those impala people collect recyclable material for small change and government officials all set to receive thousands in bribes for awarding big god big collection contracts now this is the door a landfill site in the capital nairobi it was supposed to be closed yes ago but as all correspondent reports it's a gold mine and too many people are profiting from it 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 waved to make ends meet it's a dangerous place by gangs and cartels rule with violence. it's every man old boy for themselves says 12 year old ritchie spies 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 being killed. just yesterday ritchie himself was attacked traumatizing experience. for suckers mind you lock me up inside a truck it was about 7 in the morning he may have been set by the double me 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. you go with you up you should never pick from someone struck with what you aren't supposed to overwhelm you must wait for them to finish taking everything they want 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 off loading 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 down side officially declared full was supposed to close down years ago but it's

also become a magnet for violence and going to. so why has no robey stress gold-mine been allowed to continue existing for so long. one of the so-called dumb side lords was part of a lethal takeover in which at least 14 people died agreed 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 oncet 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 all those powerful people if you open the speak about the dealing with they're involved in you're in danger they all hide how they make their money but they are in the tendency for anyone in kenya to get anything you have to pay we used to it even. become most the results

of kickbacks. nairobi's governor mike song called and other senior county officials have been accused of irregular 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 money. because it is the private companies that are doing business with government but quite a number of the encouraging this problem people conclude. that's because you're looking at the 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. would be these terms or supposed to cost . a ton of media she lives it is deliberately skewed to cost 1000000000 on sale and leave the 200000000 he's been shared between some some government offices were involved in the award. the county department in charge of awarding the garbage contract declined to talk to us for 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 the has apologized for telling us president donald trump that africa. in a statement said he had no right to speak on behalf of africans not the controversy began when the mining tycoon attended a dinner with president in switzerland last week they. he told him quote africa loves america africa loves you we want americans to do well we want you to do well

now when those words landed on social media there was theory one to the user say it when did patrice become a diplomat to speak on behalf of an entire continent another uses it in the absence of a president we now have patrice 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 watch was not save his intention when he told donald trump that african love cement was such a bad thing to say we've invited him to the program today to talk more on this he's a visiting professor in the international relations department at south africa's that university welcome to news africa professor so the truce will separate 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 all give that that was perhaps a way to do it. well you certainly can it is demonstrated in the us that if you've been to your opponent 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 the was was picking 2 was what c. seen happen in the united states right but this is some surveys have suggested that president donald trump enjoys saveable 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 the 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 could see that there are certain 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 has 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 just 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 he hasn'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 a 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 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 stream well in johannesburg for us thank you. again that's it one album news africa you can

catch all our stories on our website and facebook page today will leave you with a chance of a new building in johannesburg south africa that is not the highest in africa in auto building stands high at 234 muses there it is it has 56 floors with offices of the park. 5 all with 360 degree view why the tallest building in the world. is about 600 meters. force a class who makes trying. to. cut.

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a new board game the game tests players knowledge of great women in history. 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 not the 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 the executive director in charge of business. the 1st look at the films in competition when there's a strong focus on art and film drama hidden away is about

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