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the food is not well bottom flipped up, but also when it comes to sustain dependency information and trend texted on d. w, travel, you can have it, whatever you, in your opinion, feel free to write your thoughts in the comment the. this is dw news africa coming up on the program. a police crack down on protest in kenya failed to end this end. and instead of fuels beyond, with thousands dad and many more injured, 10 deal stories re gain public trust up to 3 weeks of wide spread outrage also coming up. breaking barriers to the story of so many women in uniform. taking the new roles in mogadishu fights for safety and an african milestone in cycling to discuss the airy tran, champion making history of the waterfront.
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the tell me. alrighty. well, welcome to the program. it's been a 3rd week of protest and kenya young people have been taken to the streets to express their opposition to a controversial finance bill. the police response, i was included to a gas water cannon. and at some points, even bullets. the tennis human rights commission reporting that $39.00 demonstrators were killed rather than suppressing the protest. this is only fueled public anger. a dw snyder, a muller reports from nairobi as it stops to us as an exciting day for david monkey . he arrived early at last week's protest, and only with a water bottle in the face. my mood was cheerful. he says, i don't what's, why was taking self is with the police some challenging piece. but then the middle
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chang with the some mix to me with shots people's thoughts. i'm sure if you get to the ground, i started running, then i had to bug and i was hit. the bullet went right through his neck. now in the hospital, he's waiting for a 2nd operation. david one, the accounts themselves lucky. protest and next to him was shot in the head and later died. he doesn't regret taking part in the protest. he says he's fed up with the government because of its corruption and nepotism. i think you're going to try and you have lots of problems with agitation system is broken. it's not what you know. but to, you know, look at me. i graduated from university and now i'd be reduced to driving taxis. and the police still have ross of me. he graduated with a geography degree 3 years ago, but hasn't been able to find a job. it's a fade shared by many, 67 percent of 10 years young people are unemployed. he did temporary work until his
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mother took out a loan to buy him a motor bike. so he could work as a motor tax driver, a, someone can somebody be nice, we just have to survive in this life? so even if you follow the rules of, i'm find them you still sofa, pardon me or is on uncle and my the dispatch side. so i'm hungry at the government because they show these children using like bullets. they came to protest peacefully, 19 year olds, able to him, come out, attended the same demo as david. but he never returned home. you know, just let me know. i know what time feeling in my heart of the parents, the feeling to my message to the government is if it was your child that was killed in this protest, you would be feeling lots of pain to find a son, a son. his mother says he was about to start college and was known for standing up for the less privileged. i have an update to i had emailed to fight for people's
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rights and when he couldn't stand seeing people being oppressed, i prefer that yes. then people to him come miles family wanted to hold or remember and ceremony for him and other kids posters were forced to change the location. police cold of the area early in the morning feeling protest. police have reacted to heavy handedly and are continuing to do so. they say outside the hospital, this group of young people are also at risk of being disposed by the police. they spontaneously mobilized a crowd of social media in support of the injured protest is here to the mid july, the 10th, some of our fellow you ways and we had didn't know enough blood. so we have come to have purchased has changed for being about the cost of living prices against the tax bill to demanding justice that accountability for those killed june. last
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week's deputy demonstrations, the protest as one president william brutal to resign. you i know to it's uh, even a 1000 of us die there will be more to come on be must remove that guy from about the inside the hospital. david monkey is concerned about how he'll support his family if he can't work. but like the buddhist, as he remains to time, you know, to ride a motorbike, you need your legs. i'll just have to deal with it. i will get back to the bottom. i will get back to him upon a let's speak to come out. why? really? electra in criminology at edinburgh, napier universities and express on policing violence and criminal justice. good to have you on the program. now, what specific actions of reforms do you think it necessary to address police brutality, i think and improve accountability within the floors and can you i think there has
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been but a significant discussion about reforming the wave that the police in can police public assemblies of process infection just this morning, the majority leader in the senate was talking about the need for the government to make sure the guidance on o guys and policy guidance on how to present petitions in a peaceful manner to, to parliament. the main idea is the problem and or the police need to, to engage with the people who are organizing the process to understand what the intentions are to provide security. make sure that people's property is protected to an influx of the government agency that investigates police abuse. the independent listing oversight 30 came up with guidelines but
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a few years ago now. some of which include, you know, the police reading uniform and having, you know, the identity. they do the, the policing of protests making sure that people who are injured provided these medical support and also ensuring back investigate, does that allow him to the drug test and not the drugs of the come back to the police. i think we saw the at the beginning when the process a, you know, logically peaceful, the police responding with force, the president's present router hasn't actually come to condemn the police of the. he's even defend them. what impact do you think that has on public trust and the perception of police accountability as well as seeing the pollutants generally have a very low level of trust within the community for 2 main reasons. one of which is please use all of us often even when it is not why don't it. and the other is the
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inability to actually protect people in need of protection of the call of this to essentially be defending the police really do not exist to protect the public button state you existing in order to protect those in june. i think this is part of the criticism that is being leveled against residential though, because by failing to convince the violence, especially the one in which various pieces of evidence that gives you nothing but testers or bystanders, such as children. there the signal that the government handle endorses is kind of police come back. and in fact, in previous times we have seen presidents and ministers. i actually commented to the police for, you know, deploying excessive violence during union process. so i think this breathes a level of destructive the system so that you know, in that sense,
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but the use of violence, the use of tear gas becomes almost emblematic all the products in right, the protest movement say they are lead to less. how can the government and the law enforcement agencies better engage them then if they is the nurse, if they know specific people to, to, to address, to bring to the table, i can be addressed the grievances and avoid further violence. well, i see what i have seen in hugs listening to the spaces without being hosted by the people hoping that the front line of this of this movement is that there's really no need for engagement. the issue of talking about quite clear they are well known that the attempts to invite people to even further from positions is
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frustrating because there has been, it can assist you maybe, you know, commission on the big credit investigations that. ok, so for instance, you know, just recently there will be a national look on the report that you know, kind of and the purpose that's why let the backup position before before that you have made these reports about how come and in fact, just listening to the senate speaking this morning, the, the ticket letting you know physically discussing the same issues. so the issue but quite clear, it's also governance, wastage of public resources, corruption outcomes. so some public offices. so what the fee meant to think is not meet the full engagement, what they need to see on the side of the president and the government is actually and i think this is what many members of the senate,
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including the leader of the majority in, in besetting to is a member of the ruling party. i've also been calling for. so you know, the ball in my view is squarely on the sides of the government to take action. and eventually that will actually lead to this edition of the movement and the process . okay, come all i really like to have coming down at the terminology at edinburgh napier university. thank you very much for your insights. in somalia, women are now taking a policing roles for the 1st time in years. it comes as a forty's and the capital. mogadishu are intensifying security operations in response to terror attacks, and while the women would previously have been limited to working behind desks in administrative jobs, they're not being deployed to help direct mortgage issues traffic situation. there
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were some new faces on the busy streets of somalia as capital. another issue, women like $28.00 killed samantha abdulla and now taking them off public facing those as traffic police offices. it's a job that was off limits to women for a long time and the safety concerns because most the nation, traditionally they've ever scripted to administrative jobs. behind the desk submitted, his presence is assigned attitudes towards women and the loading society are gradually changing. some somalis even preferred them to the mile counterparts. the new traffic police women are very good. they're better than the mail traffic police before them. the mail traffic police were just looking for bribes and checking licenses, but now they are good female traffic. police officers who check licenses and observe and implement law and order for the law needs to be followed by the government is striving to keep it laid on security and the threat of alice
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about looms large here. march. so a spite of such attacks, encouraging on a busy market and a hotel it's a complex issue in a country facing a litany of problems. site security is a top priority for the government of somalia, which continues to undertake multifaceted efforts to defeat all sure. bob, for its part, all sure bob remains determined to continue terrorist attacks with little regard for the loss of civilian life. protection of civilians must remain a key priority in the conservative country living under the constant chatter of terrorism. the pioneering presence of women like samantha, is inspiring most somali women to sign up. she says the public response has be launch the positive and calls on the women to join her. i encourage demonte
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women to become traffic police officers. and what for the people? i tell the public what with us and we work with you correct to mistakes despite the ongoing danger of our sure, bob. the mere presence of women like samantha in uniform on the streets of mogadishu and respected in the community, is helping combat is that mr. audiology, i'm the own getting sweat an arrow trans cyclist has made history of this. he has to a difference medium gourmet has become the fast black african to win a stage during the famous race, celebrating the moments of a 24 year old ride, a dedicated his speech, 3 victory to the continent of africa, lights up hosting and social media. let me open the door a reference to his ambition to inspire him all africans to take up the support for
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the funds. he's also a really big motivation for the look at either, because yeah, this is, uh, yeah, one of the most, uh, uh, no andres. he knows moto so i think a lot of achievement. it's kind of help them a lot. so yeah, i'm still a or helping to design more and then to give the motor motivation. david, king's canyon cycling, pioneer and former pearl joins us from now. tomorrow in kenya, just after a ride, a good to have you on the program with us. um, what's your reaction to be near him gave my as achievement as a to a different uh, it's more easily go like, yeah, you know, but uh, this is, this is a good which is meant for low africa. you know, we've been waiting for so long to get somebody who can wind stages for us and you know, being a good man is more of a sprint at. and then he can already do these things. he won digital
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d tinier stage 2 years ago and now the 20 front. so we need to have no, i think i'm right as winning the mountain stages because we have more of a, like a mountain people than the spring does. but this is incredible, incredibly goodwill for each for give you. uh, give me, uh, what does it take to, to get to that level uh, its hello, how walk you know, appreciate and see a lot of determination. you know, you, you, you have to have a come a lot of challenges coming all the way from the africa into the heart of europe, into the heart of the biggest challenge in cycling ever. and looking at it, let's see a such a small country that there's been in war for many, many, many years. so this is, this is, this is the winning of the world that there's been india land and this is huge for us. can you tell us about your experience as, as a,
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a pro cyclist from kenya from africa and how the scene has changed since, not time to uh, everything changes. uh and, uh, these are things changing very, very quickly because of the advertisement of the technology. uh, obviously i was up on the fasts uh block, i think items to actually go into the had to view open. i've truly get to sign a professional contract to the professional team and they tell me back in the day, is that these 820020012003 know a very, very few the broadcasts we can say finding their way into the european site leasing . i was lucky enough that the i a good sports advice you model to write a big mountain bike race in australia, which was the vice shown basically the mountain bike vice on those 20 frames back in the days that was the crocodile trophy in australia. and then from this event, i finished the segments overall and uh,
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i quickly got an a ton in to interested in signing me in to the side of the road. but they are not very uh, sure that i can do road cycling. but would they realize that that was actually a large site lease more than a mountain bike? so i ended up going to the demo in the telly and i, i signed a 2 year contract with the index, alexia, but unfortunately, the, tim, the tim collapsed in the beginning of 2003 season. okay, well what, what those major challenges you do face, you mentioned you did get this sort of sponsorship deal, but i'm guessing finance as, as is usually one of the major things that would affect. so i clicked on the content and how did you deal with these, these issues? how did you overcome them? oh, yeah, absolutely. and somebody was, uh, that's what we call, you know, we call them survivors on the bicycle. so the 1st and foremost, he's a bicycle, he's up to for, for them to somebody if you need to, it's a wanting to do you use, they use it everywhere. but uh, when it comes to sports and competition wise,
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then you need to awfully update the equipment and the you have to train and you have to ride the load. and this means you need money. you need budgets. and this is where the challenge number one comes in. right. and another form of leadership you meant that the cycling legend chris from how important is this kind of mentorship on the local scene and local supports and developing cycling talents in africa. yeah, there's a lot of groups now coming up in the lising that the it is very beneficial to do the grass. what's what that is to develop a young boys and goes into their sports. you know, at an early age we have a hayden canyon know in use, a setting up to come in the a 10 who had the most come from and they're recruiting lots of youngsters to land alley. and then we have the canyon right. does. and of course my project this,
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i've already seen buzz with chris footman board supporting me and the we, we see the importance of grooming these people. yeah. and, and when you look into the history of italy to you, they had lots of this kind of a grooming coming through. ready ages uh, do you see people like good been i'm good, maybe selling like decides lots of generation of f, what's done in the past. so we're looking in the same way in east africa. all right . david king's canyon cycling pioneer, we appreciate you taking the time to speak to us. thank you very much. i. i speak to kimberly coats c o of team ask like a rising, a non profit organization that promotes and supports cycling development in africa . good to have you on the program. kimberly you spent years supporting cycling as a sport in africa. just how big is being me. i'm getting a's achievement for the sports on the continent. it's huge. it's an epic moment for our getting
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safe, green and the names when is all about representation and representation matters. and he is the only black african in the pro palatine at the tour to france and our tens threw out the continent. see that? and they see him when and they to believe, right, we'll get to that development stage and a bit. but just looking at that level, that top level, what are the main barriers for african cyclist when they're competing at united levels like that as a tool to funds or it, it begins with them as really young children having even an access, even access to a bike and then it's about access to races, there's not a lot of races on the continent and the races that are there are not at the highest levels. so some of the challenge becomes, how do we get the kids to europe in europe is,
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is the gold standard. that's where they learn the most. then you have the challenge of visas because getting especially junior's into europe to train is really challenging. and you know, the cost of it all, i mean you have kids in europe and kids in america who have parents that have credit cards. our kids are sometimes the bread winters of their families and they have to support families on top of that. so pretty much by the time one of our african writers makes it to the start line of a race like the tour to front stay of overcomes so much just to get to that point you deal with them on the ground. what kinds of programs does team africa rising run as we look at it from a holistic perspective. so not only are we looking for in training, cyclists, but we're also training coaches. we're training mechanics, we're building mechanic networks and those and trying to end up becoming mechanic
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and bike shops so so that it also provides income. we trains when yours administrative staff because we do know that most kids will not make it to binion's level. just it's super competitive competitive and they might not make it. so if they're not going to make it, what can they do with in the sport? how do we keep them in the sport and make it so that they can have an income and, and continue to grow the sport long after we're gone. and if you as a grow the sport, what needs to happen for more of them to truly get to that stage what, what are the key things the key things are investments. we need lots of money. there's. there's groups like ours that work on the ground, but our budget is super small and we do a lot with a little bit of money. um, we're only talking a couple $100000.00 is what we work with. and it's
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a matter of collaborating with all the different groups working on the ground. it's, it's federations because federations are really strong on the continent. it's about federations knowing more about the sport and not so coming to corruption. that is rice throughout the sports at the federation level, and it's about we have to do something about the visa issue that, that is the biggest stumbling block. i have a young woman who was signed by canyon shram, wildlife, and in uganda. and she can't get her visa and it's just frustrating because she's talented. she's got the skills to make it. i have a team that wants her, and we can't get her out of you've gone to. so that's, that's our biggest challenge. right. and you've spoken about the, the, the, the world, the young woman, the, we've seen a black african man have this huge achievement. what, but what about the women's,
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the continents, women? what are the chances on the big stage? you know, they have the talent, the talent is there it's, it's giving them access to good equipment, proper training, coaching nutrition. but then with women, you have the whole, you have a whole nother side of it, which is cultural. women are not seen as the, the group that should be riding bikes. and generally the women got whatever is left to ask them after the main get everything. you also have cultural issues with families, not understanding why a woman would want to raise a base in some countries to get married super young. and there's so much pressure to have children get married, having children and those are all things. in addition to all the challenges we have with man that we then stack on with women. okay,
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we'll be looking to see how things develop over time. kimberly coats has been great having you on the program to kimberly cold seals, team advocate, arise. thank you so much. i as well, that's it for now, but be sure to check out other stories on our website on social media. the next time, bye for now, the
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