you. know what use crime fighters are back then good luck africa's most successful radio drama series continues in the only besides are available online courses you can share and discuss song w. africa's facebook and other social media platforms crime fighters. welcome to a brand new edition august 77 percent the show for africa is you with i'm your host liz show. this week's edition is all about you with engagement in politics society or in music so here's what we've prepared for you on this week's show. we'll hear about political tensions and as one teeny one of the world's last remaining absolute monarchy. in our street debate you get the money discusses will be young uganda and the challenges we face in politics.

and have been even is known as the cradle all good who will find out what it will mean for younger people. first reported takes us to southern africa to s. what teenie the country formerly known as the land it is ruled by king mswati the 3rd. but right now of the year with have started questioning the absolute monarchy and the massive power that the king has in the low felt region of this one teeny bit to fight over sugarcane is brewing after toiling it for 20 years local farmers were promised ownership of this land but they are likely to lose it to king mswati the 3rd and his family in defiance of the royal land opposition politician bill guineas to molony and the supporters staged a march sparking clashes with police their frustration with the monarchy reflects a growing attitude among the country's youth the people.

who raised and voice. and even some. in some. young people like similarly are angry that the king apparently doesn't care about the law and why should he the constitution put some above it since 1906 king mswati has ruled it's watching an absolute monarchy. but the king likes to portray a different image of himself and his country this latest tourism advert features picturesque landscapes and the benevolent waving to his happy subjects. acting prime minister. was not elected by the people chosen by the king he maintains that system allows its citizens to speak their minds freely so the. system doesn't.

stop. look at the constitution. and the people who. of their own organizations in this country and. i never heard of on paper this is correct but the reality tells a different story veteran politician bundle on a show where he spent 8 months in prison and is currently alpha male. he is due to face the high court on charges of treason of the publicly condemning the royal family for corruption and misconduct he says those who call it a democracy are mistaken reduced or. 10 years i ses. just recently 2. of.

the police detained people. people assemble to bed piers for you and yet we continue to call ourself and democratic can't know we can't we cannot we can no longer remain that there must be change in this. song isn't a load in his sentiment while at least 60 percent of swazis live below the poverty line king mswati splashes out on the rolls royces and b.m.w.'s among the student wing of the national liberal tory congress emotions fly high when talking politics and current challenges facing the country. who who are voting for that constitution and say that the king should be above the new we have. employed by d. . to do to do to do them in to stop you find people like 55 years of india's

they are working but these young politicians don't want to do away with them on a key entirely the king remains an important cultural figure what they really want is for the king to add here to the laws like everyone else and put real power in the hands of the people that's the main reason doing those present. demonstration throughout the country into places. to remind people that this this country was stolen from us that. these farmers may have to wait a long time before they receive the land that was promised to them but progress is slowly being made. it's not just a sweat teenie where the political situation has been tense in the last few months and where a ruler and has been in power for decades. uganda does not have a king but

a president who has been in office for 35 years now says the elections earlier this year demonstrators have taken to the streets and questioned long term presidential it was 7 is reelection in a command he was in the capital kampala to discuss why young ugandans are reluctant to get involved in politics. the 77 percent is back in kampala and this time we're here to find out why it is that young people seem very not interested when it comes to politics what he's that's how it appears in the foreground and we're trying to find out why is it their choice or is it a choice that was made for them based on the system well to begin this conversation i'm going to start with mr gill but a little he is from a generation 7 as you can see and he's actually rallying young people to support new 7 for me to rally young people to support prison was 7 it's because of the ideology that he has is because of the experience ok so that's your argument i'm

just going to turn around on this side because i'm sure that people who do not agree with you maybe you want to jump in the money in a mission field and no one blocks very many young people i can tell you i'm over there shouldn't platform we had so many young candidates and most of them could not afford that nomination fees that i don't look so many young people out then you can give us an idea of how much it costs roughly in the morning leo and 4 to contest as an m.p. a huge financial restriction when it comes to young people participating most as let's come to you because i know that you had a point earlier i think but young people are actually participating in politics we now have to discuss the quality of participation for example. in the november 18th and 19th demonstration it was young people who were on the streets bunning the tires yeah so i think that young people are actually participating but it is not meaningful participation much wonder you have something. say to me i want to cross over to the point of brutality why would anyone show up to participate in

a process where people are being shot at by being kidnapped being drawn face i can use that word if i weren't being held incommunicado why would anyone who is saying go to put spit in such a space let in fact let's ask the people who did it why would anyone sane put themselves in such a scenario small time that you know sometimes the young people who are we keep surprising me because if someone speaks about violence see taking in drones and all that i think all here people but speak to the politics and i don't know if in of dentists face to be kidnapped i don't know because these opposition people we are where you could not but you're here but hold on just for just a clarification are we suggesting that only people who participate in the opposition of the ones who are terrorized we think that it's happening all around us think that that's not happening that's what they're trying to paint trying to paint maybe i know you said that you had experienced something of that nature can you share with us before the terrorist i was advised by my chairperson of c.

one that i should not come back home tonight because they are looking for me so i told them but why on which account they told me because i was putting one marriage barrier that people power very they came and told me i have to answer a police and i of course i went with them and when i went with them they didn't take me to police they took me to someone's home literally and they were asking me so many questions and asking me to withdraw from the race all right gilbert you're disagreeing with this i can hear your head shaking from the back what are you disagreeing with i'm disagreeing with the issue of brutality the ara's but how can you tell me is it that's her that i experience it's unfortunate that she went through that but i want to make this known to each and every one whoever is aristide you know a that a criminal or you a suspect i think it's unfair for you to say that maria's experience doesn't count because she's told us that just by. wearing a red berry she was hunted for does this not duction it is artist people are

arrested we saw them on camera robot in policeman we saw them on camera saluting people including the members of parliament not you predicted you want police to just look at it like that ok i think all right just have caicos you're the one who is shouting falls through what are you what are you saying is false in uganda as a state if you go for campaigns you can be aristide you can be heat you can be a gust so the issue is now not about my new i had limited but also these points where they saved many people that had money lost these people watch hated and if it were possible even the president his office would be shut down as by now but why is the prison still there because of what i can't describe to myself because i may live here right now and i'm taken through the drone you understand and what i want to bring to the tip onto the wall is that you're going to we just do this do you into politics and these are mafia politics that we are having if you people to the

prison certainly can stay to pawn they can cling to power that's what i think all right mr causa here has made some very serious declaring sions and you've said that it's not about money it's just about being hated that's why people are not voted in and while it he was raising his hand to try and get my attention did you want to add to that point said to brutality we have just seen policemen qubaty generalists settlement policemen it was on the committee so i think that one alone makes the young people. who come to be interested into running for for political offices their last one last one was about the kidnap which my brother was saying to never existed is that you know all over search abducting good citizen so my thinking is that we need to come out and calling them without those acts because those acts are the acts that actually compel young people from. but just breaking in the political

right thank you very much for your thoughts because he has mentioned bill but specifically let me allow him to respond i think what is important for us as citizens of this country as young people is to engage ourselves in economically something that is going to generate money because you're not going to tell an easy everybody would have a job killer but government has a wheel i have to tell you these fantastic and finally i'm going to end with you moses i hope you have a killer point of course i do recall solution is very important the nation building actually stood fast at the nation building and we can do it we can yes i can get solved the economy carly financially the sky's the limit for young people our time is now thank you i really like that point and so that actually brings us to the conclusion of this debate i have to say what a passionate debate the ugandans did not disappoint and you did not disappoint for showing up thank you for watching.

we asked the ugandan government to comment on the issues brought up in the debate jacob mayer only was the chairperson of the national youth council got back to us saying and i quote my view is that the participation of young people should be guided by the intentions of long term good governance and formation of synergies that are generational in our pursuit of political influence and space nevertheless it became clear in not a bait that people in uganda are afraid of getting into politics because they may be harassed by authorities well opposition leader will be why knows all about that he ran against with 70 in this year's election and faced all kinds of issues but intimidation has not stopped the wind from speaking out in fact giving a voice to the voiceless is what he has been doing even back in the days when he was just a musician and not yet politician now he's using both his platforms as an artist

and a politician to get his message across let's listen in to his current songs. we brought. them from. florida. back to the. streets. well the man you just heard bobby wian is joining me live from uganda where the line welcome to the 77 percent . thank you for having in the seventy's and seemed to be here and we're happy to have you so the last few weeks must have been very intense for you what has happened since the election results were announced maybe the question should have been how is it been for you the people. have been helen has been such a challenge since the election which turned out to be the most for them in college

. and they have great prosecution. hungry. young people young men and women supporting the people who are a movement in the national. movement and by people i mean have been abducted by the government and many have been modified decision others have been. you know coaching gridley the feeling is that in rape and other hot irons semen is left out others about to be in custody so you have been have i will promise also say that the mode of operation the mo the resistance to be political and i've done that to be more reviews done and more assertive in mining for their rights in my name for their election victory but most important it might mean for freedom what you're telling us is really horrific what is happening to the people of uganda and you say

that you will keep pressing on and keep resisting now let's take a look at the whole of africa we reached out to our people on facebook and asked them what the political situation is like in their country so let me just take a look at one comment here that we have from frank eelam he is from ghana and frank says it is time to let our politicians know that we gave them the power to serve the nation and not food our money and live posh lives while voters are drinking dirty water and schooling under trees and then he says they use of africa. i have to wake up now you're also a relatively young politician what do you say about this son put your name in many parts of africa in particular in uganda being in a position of. power over position of government government has been reduced to tears on the ground i mean in richmond which must stop and which will stop and that

will only stop when the young people who've. become general and you've done that in fact if you're not actually rise up to the location and. not only by me but practice well you say that the young people of africa have to rise up but do you have any tips on how they can really get involved in politics because we heard in the debate that many say that the affray divac julie being harassed it is to. this harassment when the young people of africa rise up and demand for what's right and demand for accountability it is dangerous but it's been more than generous to people saying it's not then just beside. the young people of africa that damned if they rise up and demo down sit down so either way this is only one option for the people of the young people of up to rise up to the occasion for

what's next while you are running that marathon i mean the election results have been announced hearing with 70 has again been announced the president of your country are you going to run for president again so we know that if it does don't just go by quick of a scene that we look at history is so how low will it time and how much it will do for the people of libya but for the people of bubble to fight that we the people of done to overcome bashir for the people of egypt to overcome hosni mubarak and many other places in the wild so we look at this example and know that just like we are told by government. seems impossible until it's done so this seems to be seems impossible in the eyes of the pessimists but in the eyes of our look to me like me i see that we have some wins but again we need to have even had to get to the

problem. all right but we wind thank you so much for that optimistic message and thank you for joining us today. thank you for having me. we now will be away from politics to religion what do you know about voodoo well as someone from east africa i have to admit i only know it from nigeria and movies that we used to watch when i was a kid and i don't have a clear idea of what it is exactly i reporter travel to been mean to find out more about and about how binion's you are involved in this ancient religion. these a so-called revenants invigorate people believe that they are their ancestors who came back in a different form they role is to materialize the presence of the dead in the consciousness of the living every year on the 10th of january hundreds of followers come to an end to celebrate what is known as petitional day or very day during ritual dances and perceptions of believers make contact with the many gods

sacrificing animals is also a part of festival produce amazon has been a follow up to do since childhood today he is a high level nun that you can speak and commuter back with the spirits in this case . of removed when we sacrifice the sheep. chickens and the master him. to thank him for everything he has done for us. and thus a lot of other things for human life now we want to thank him and ask him to keep protecting. what we did just now we do every year but this is. the name is known as the cradle of the religion has no means of followers wide open is the only country where it is considered an official state religion even inspired the fashion. city of in the south of the country

is said to be the birthplace of food in colonial times we know is one of the most active trading ports. the atlantic slave trade the slaves brought their belief to the americas and the caribbean beginning the spread of their faith around the world today the so-called door of no return commemorates those who were enslaved and many pennies now practice increases i'm combining christian or muslim beliefs with traditional religions prudence and was also a french teacher at a private school and later today he's asking his students what they think i'm going to go through here how. my 1st encounter with brady was a little frustrating because i never saw anything like it before or. so the very 1st time i saw it i ran away very fast so it wasn't easy bert at least i had he had to watch away at the. colonial forces the state and cutlasses them

long brenda voodoo as head in the sticks i'm sorry but prudence and his friends believe in christianity the most widespread religion in the country comes easily to . me i am a floor but me from being with my friends given is a like me to mail as an evangelist. evangelist or. from hanging out together we stay together for more now from a lesson from. neither christianity no islam have managed to extinguish beauty from i mean compared to other countries in west africa religions co-exist well here but it's hard to say if this is despite all that because of age. we'll say in west africa for our next report in ghana we meet the singer we yeah she left behind a successful career in the capital accra and moved back to her whole village of fun

not exactly a career boost but an important step forward she wants to give back to her commune . these kids in rural ghana want to follow in the footsteps of nowhere love where. the curse magic artist left a showbiz career in accra call home village of food sees 700 kilometers north of the capital. in a modest studio we are going to still making music and developing musical talent overrule children i wasn't talking about craft but i got to a point where i felt like i needed to come back home and share with the young ones because the new. nickname the lion is we have a lot has performed internationally and has been called the young engine the key joe one of the latest songs is a tribute to the can i am music legend. the cover of the old classic has become an online hit with a music video depicting rule life. there

. is a song that you keep reminding us as human beings that you know life is a journey and whatever you get to it and define back never say never. the mover and shaker if you need to see subtle language but then different mental music and here got off to a tough start. to have somebody telling me with my crazy ass that i look i look like i'm from this or i'm african telling me that and then i should or look for some weaves to make myself look more feminine and more pretty that we can appreciate me do that and that they haven't told me i was too dark i should like to map it out your bleach. funny prejudices and we can pride in oneself has become more yellow signature into really shaping young understudies i wouldn't have got disappointing just in their house dance and how to dance if i had to be alone. so it's mentoring young people we all use as an influence in my to convince me to

fight harmful outdated cultural practices my community is no more looked at for a lot of this activity like feel like you're done with this year and forced marriages because the message has gotten to them and the chiefs and elders are all against it now. the lamest. carriages other music stars to help build up a strong local music industry most importantly it's about self pride and being true to oneself. thanks for the inspiration and that powerful message we well we're getting to the end after they go with thank you so much for watching as usual i want to hear your opinion about today's reports or about stories and topics that you think we should covers to and many e-mail me get in touch on facebook and don't forget to subscribe

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