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what's your story. 'd where there was a women especially in victims of violence. take part your story you are trying always to understand this new culture. another visitor another guest you want to become citizens. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. this is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes a chapter closes in kenya the country's longest serving president stand you up more has died at the age of 95 look at the naval sea of a man who was both loved and loved. you know during my time we used to get milk in school from him. i drank the milk but there's nothing else more helpless
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with a. tad malawi's president did help with that he has been dealt a blow by the country's highest court now that he's election victory has been nullified will the next vote incredible. hello i'm kristie want to welcome to news africa it's good to have your company kenya is mourning the passing all former presidents daniel moore he it was the 2nd all the country's 2nd ofter independence ruling from 1970 eight's to 2002 and 24 years the country was an island off political stability in africa but that came at a cost his role was authoritarian kenya was a democracy but in name only. daniel iraq came to power in 1000. 8 when president john mccain netted died the former schoolteacher and
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national legislator had been handpicked vice president and 7 kenyatta's long shadow . 4 years into his rule moister via a coup attempt that sparked a transformation from a cushy as insecure leader into a tough nut to crack it. is suppressed opposition and consolidated power in the one party state he said to torture champus in a government building in nairobi city center thousands of activists students and academics were held without charge. position parties were allowed in the early ninety's but they were divided and disorganized molly was reelected in 19929097 in polls marred by war and spread violence. we should. move forward.
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because we've tried. everything. constitutionally apart from running in the 2012 elections here greed to give a power in a smooth transparent. investigations after moist down found that his government had lined the pockets of his family and its allies was as much as $4000000000.00 the golden there after the biggest frode in kenya's history in which is a central bank paid incentives to a company for exporting gold diamonds and jewelry that did not exist. moya was never prosecuted he lived quietly and treated as an elder statesman he was largely shunned by kenya's political establishment thank you. through crowds in public he's
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many choosing to remember him as a strong leader who brought stability to kenya despite his full. amount joined by day care money who is in nairobi for us hello egypt how is the news all full of president. being received by kenyans as you can imagine christine it's been a mixed bag of feelings and that's exactly what i was trying to establish earlier today when i went to the streets of nairobi and i asked him a simple question how do you remember this man daniel to reteach our employee and this is what they had to say. he was actually a very peaceful man. when he was in the economy and everything micha that. counted this piece. thousands of. thousands of kenyans. for memories.
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i would. agree but. very for memories. it's very clear edith that mr moyer was a polarizing figure but give us a profile of who would have loved him and who wouldn't have left him. who would have loved in basically anyone who was 20 in the eighty's and this is because around kenya all the countries what you are going through civil war there was an attempted coup of some sort and so his style of leadership which was very much i'm interested was considered to keep kenya stable and these are the people who would say things like he was the leader that we needed at the time he was also quite charming known to remember people's faces remember names and when he would go into rural areas he would leave them with money and these are the people who truly
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adore him to this day everybody else who doesn't fall in that category has something nasty to say about president mori 24 years is a long time to be president and in that time he was accused of gross violations of human rights a massacre you had the gentleman there speaking and forced detentions and torture. and why was he called the professor of politics it's a nickname here quiet because of his accurate for politics he truly was a magician when it came to that he was able to you know sort of make friends just as easily as he was able to make enemies but he was also very day namak in the way that he was able to make his former enemies his new allies he also had lots of loyalists all across the country and this was one of the ways that he was able to retain power the joke used to be that you couldn't do anything outside rather in kenya without more hearing because he had eyes and ears everywhere and that's why he got that moniker the professor of politics. can money in nairobi for us thank
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you. now allow me is heading for a repeat of last year's presidential election after the constitutional court and now the results of last year's poll judges rule that the $21000.00 election had been marked by irregularities and the nominees which they described as being so widespread and systematic that the integrity of the results had been seriously compromised now the bet it if they create income that he said with that if the he'll stay in power and so a new election is held that has to happen within $151.00 days of mondays through. for more on the story let's bring in journalist else and to god who is in what i was kept on and on we're going to say else then what is the significance of the ruling and did it come as a surprise beasts or is not if i do get bruised sure. but we're here with me at least 19 has been very significant
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to. those that live in africa i meet with all the opposition parties are always challenge the results of the british elections who mainly write right from the beginning of democracies iemma and soup. will let out a smaller cities it is even bristling and is trying to get to the people whose unique. course i've always been. a doom's of might for example of like to draw out hunger and everything else so the issues of corruption who's in this particular instance and people support these was would be just one of those it's really the judge's feet piece was i'm getting really. old. elson people criticize to be
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election commission for what the opposition record that to fix election are the same people going to organize the next vote use and will use those to beat the president the money can respond to just afternoon and he actually see the economy to be meeting soon and then strategize and make sure not the solution and the nuclear is in place we do not want to take pieces of so you know 6 minutes to a little time and 5 months for me is something that i'm doing all right that's el centro got a and i was kept a long way thank you on today's world cancer day we take you to ghana activists are trying to raise awareness of the daisies especially in children and also to raise funds for treatment medical coverage is limited in the west african country and because many sake helpmate survival rates for child cancer patients is
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disturbing the. franklin was diagnosed with bone cancer had the each of facing now 3 years later the disease has resulted in doctors competent in his rights lake franklin is now recovering but his mother says at 1st the family could not stand the newness when my son was diagnosed doctors told me he could be treated but it requires money. the most difficult aspect for me in the family was when dr said his leg will have to be amputated to save his life. it's an. issue with the frontline isn't able to leave a normal life as a child he has to be asked is that to do many things on all kind of. search what. almost all someone else was missing peace mission.
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got his teaching hospital is one of 2 facilities that provides comprehensive pediatric cancer treatment in the country out of over a 1000 p.c.'s only 300 attended 2 yelling doctors stuck on st about illiterate porting of cases as hospitals which makes saving lives a challenge. the key to cure is any presentation when children present would advise the scenes anyway in the world don't do very well and we have the same problem here because most of our cases placings needs it cost over one $1000.00 to start treatment for these children and most parents just can't afford it. to look out and you called lifeline for childhood cancer ghana
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is no hoping to raise funds to support farm. everywhere else in the world the success rate is between 70 to 80 percent. 70 percent have a chance of surviving. x.x. this rate is 20 percent sol think about it 1000 children get cancer only 200 will live 800 will die. more has a 2nd chance in life forms to this jewel hopefully many more children with cancer would get similar support. and that's it for now from day to every news africa you can catch all our stories on our website and facebook page that same believe with images off kenya's former president daniel arap moi it was tied at the age of 95 to next time i'd like.
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