this is. 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 put people that is run by i'm scrupulous criminal gang members it's a marriage the government's hands on to me that. the south africans billionaire has apologized to 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 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 are set to receive thousands in bribes for awarding big gob connection contracts now this is the den doral 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 waste to make ends meet it's a dangerous place by gangs and cartels rule with violence. it's every man or boy for themselves says 12 year old grey 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 but he's cutting i've seen many illegals being killed. just yesterday ritchie himself was attacked traumatizing experience. like soldiers on the stock is mind you lock me up inside a truck it was about 7 in the morning he may have been struck 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. for you. you should never pick from someone struck with you on supposed overwhelm 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 legal security and offloading fee of $5.00 to $7.00 every time they enter. your duty when you come in that's when you pay everything at the gate. not only was it in daraa dumpsite full was supposed to close down years ago but it's also become a magnet for violence and lawlessness. so why has no robey stress goldmine 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 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 a speak about the dealings they're involved in you're in danger they all hide how they make their money but they own the tender. for anyone in kenya to get anything you have to pay we used to it even. become as the

result of kickbacks. nairobi's gov mike song 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 but quite a number of the coverage of this problem people can do it. on requirements because we are looking at a company. really but it. 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. 800000000 shillings it is deliberately skewed to cost 1000000000 on sale and leave the 200000000 is being 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 from this report. 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 their obese boris and for conditions at the dump site to prove. today ritchie has collected 5 kilograms of plastic he is going home for $75.00 shillings that's less than one us dollar. tomorrow he'll be back. now the south african billionaire patrice musaeva has apologized for telling u.s. prison donald trump that africa loves him 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 trump in switzerland last week there he told him quote africa loves america africa loves you we want americans to do well we want you to do well with those words landed on social media there was theory one twist the use

of said when did the trees become diplomats 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 you 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 not safe his intention when he told donald trump that african love cement was such a bad thing to say we've invited said john stream knowledge of the program today to talk more on this he's a visiting professor in the international relations department at south africa's that's you know vested welcome to news africa professor so the truth will set 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 babs a way to do this well you certainly can it is demonstrated in the us that if you've got a proponent of donald trump he can be very forgiving if you jennifer clicked in and show him that you think he's just a wonderful human being and are willing to play by his terms which are retransmit actionable and prone to impulsive action but that's what i think most of the was was picking 2 was what cs seen happen in the united states where i preface to some surveys have suggested that president donald trump enjoys favorable racing's 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 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 20152016 so i could 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 just that he's less popular than or he's popular than barack obama right i mean you brought up the point so what are 7 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 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 a sense of what and uses derogatory comments to discuss the con and 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 that africa and the president. it's been pretty low level and compass been focused on other parts of the world and had given no attention to africa the professionals continue in the diplomatic corps but africa has spent a low priority and particularly of this administration all right at the johns tremble in johannesburg for us thank you. again that said what i wanted having

is 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 the inaudibility stands high as 234 meters very nice it has 56 floors with offices apartments and 5 all with 360 degree view so why the tallest building in the world tobias burj khalifa is about 600 meters tall and so we've got more to climb to make strides i brought.

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on t.w. . and i you do need to keep a lot of the people vote for the over mentioned home the force and for the most recent i think maybe that was the bottom of the valley that the nasa dragon as well as called the. green book on. the line up for the berlin international film festival is finally out we'll see what movies have a shot at this year's top prizes and also on the show. pablo picasso was a revolutionary even when it came to how he views paper an exhibition at london's royal academy takes a fresh look. and the painter frida kahlo features in 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 in 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 a reason bake 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. and in siberia director.