to those to know understand can have a site like provide to present dw, move on instagram, follow the over the past months, we've had all eyes on euclid protests in kenya, and seeing youth raising their voices across the continent. and today we wanted to meet some of these people and discuss the issues that addressing. welcome to the 77 percent. i'm your host. ok to english not. so here's what we've got. first, an exclusive interview with k as president william till the pro fee y act of us like keeping up the pressure on kenya.

and will need to stay for girls challenging called for those tennessee. okay. but full thoughts here in germany, africa was the spotlight of the book assess or citizen festival held by germany's president. every year. the event even came with a special guest, kenyon, president, william, brutal, my colleague, 5 to any come lo, she got an exclusive interview with a kenyan president, diving into the court issues the kenyans want to know. but 1st we give you a glimpse of the behind the scenes for to over to you the

a good afternoon mister president. thank you so much for being here and thank you very much for. so let's go back to the buy electronic exchange here on these exchanges. what dividends have they use that for the continents so far? especially in specific, you can speak to can yeah. one of them is definitely meant we just signed disagreement with look with and look at sorry, at 250000 job opportunities for young people from k. that is a bilateral agreement between germany and k. it. it is a win win nowadays, a big lib lib but deficit in germany. they is a big lip lip but also supply in can. how do you, a benefit can by giving them the opportunities in here on how do you remove the difference which you buy a liberating can you have seen the annotation from young people on the recent product is not the very most pleasing situation. any president or any of you know,

would obviously want and young people that clearly not happy with this situation as well. and of course, over 20 people died 300 more in judge you promised to give these families some explanation. you also said that you will support the in judge and that, and the kind is in, is there to hold the police to account how far have you gone in realizing these days, a lot of progress that has been made in the fucked part of the launch or that cdns program, that island is possible responding to some of the issues that have been raised about jobs. the reason why i'm in germany is because of the same reasons around jobs for our young people. the same way we have a housing program for supporting 3 jobs for the young people, the same reason why we are doing the digital nickel system because we just want to be dropped because ultimately go back to the product that you have before we talk about it of jobs, things like that, they put a swap out of paternity. that's why i'm saying, but they also do not want to tax hikes and which also bring me back to the question

of that, how the influx suspended. that's what you said, the alternative. but then you made a problem is we knew apology on extra these young people that you would ensure that it doesn't happen again. and these families will be given an explanation. absolutely. so the president taking responsibility for what happened to the absolutely, my government has dipped for what to say. we have them to support the families that lost their loved ones. we're working on them. they kind of thing to make sure that, that happens this 2 months on the 2 months own back. you know, we just, i just assemble the new government. they are working on the nuts and bolts to make sure that we get there. i am responding to the issues raised about opportunities, and that is why i'm telling you we just launched before i came to this city up to 100000 job program that will support the young people that are coming from brought up on a boat even as we respond to climate action plan, climate change. that is the essence of why we have us trained economy. we have a straight economy because of climate change that's switching from drought to flags

and using our resources instead of developing our social effect. i instead of being odd that we are now focused on managing, they fix of climate change. and that is the reason why it has to be always a balance between what you're doing for the great amount and what you're doing till monday. the crisis. i'm glad that you said you are walking deposit to make sure that these people have given an explanation for the debts as well. and i'm sure you also know that the people who want you to terminate their social contract, the people who went out to the street stunting, who to my school no longer appreciate them. now what's from presidents? what is the insurance to these people? i shortens these, the, they, they would see as an option they, they then roll out of the programs that's out there and put your information. much of the protest was fueled by stick news and

majority of this information and misinformation, all these, these ducks about dogs or these, these talks about the slot about this. i'm the one with that, you know, ultimately when people realize that what was being used to drive them, they've got the router to finance be why actually issues that, why not in the independent was that why you said the screaming else and people involved entries and of course their walk criminal was involved. i mean the people to bundle in parliament, the people who buttoned down people's businesses. why would you call those people, but the price protests us and how we, how does a beautiful brook desktop burned down a building? we didn't say that the actions that we've seen on ground aggravated the situation in a way that the young people have to also retired to stay on the ground. do you agree that the people who bundle in building sacramento? i do not condone violence, mister president, but the fact i'm the combined energies here and you also get you out of the national security kind of you minute hold the guns. you have to pull the guns. let

me tell you that the police have a responsibility to protect both of the protest us an email, sent citizens and property and life. and that's what they must do, which is a delicate balance. but it must be that we hope to see a positive outlook for the african continent is the president. thank you very much so much for your time. thank you. thank you. i. so you can watch that full interview on the, the, the news youtube channel. trust me, it is worth it. we have seen many african leaders promised a lot during election, but who reminds them of those promises? well, a kenyan lawyer has taken up the task using social media. he's educating kenyans on their rights, and this thing is from the government. even highlighting promises made by been vice president bhutto in 2017. in 6 months time, the federal income, ready in, in westport, which is his story, wouldn't be complete in 6 months time. this did you come by the name, which is this clinic? will it be complete?

this is social media activist and lawyer laura capacity between the 9 year old has made it his business to follow up on government funded projects. check that progress. i mean, some cases, if they have been started, i think the public about the issues of the time. can you also do not vote or have not what did in previous election on the business of issues they've been working on issues of this bus uncomfortable my tribe. this one comes from my class and that has given the west quality of lead that's available for our stuff that assessment start projects after king institute to the streets in june. his hope to keep the momentum going, walk, calling them government to work for people. absolutely. this is a great reminder that a civic duty doesn't end at the ballot box. even off the elections, we must stay engaged and hold on need is accountable for the promises they make. access to information is a powerful tool for change,

and this makes treat to be also held at the book of us and berlin. my colleague lou show dives deep with 3 young africans, exploring how more we can unite to build a better more inclusive society. the today is the citizens festival. the part in the country for this year is can yeah. and that is why the model of this year's festivities is the swahili words mod. yeah . which means together, and i am here with young africans. we're going to talk about how we can create a good communication environment so that young africans can feel like be a part of shaping best society and shaping democracies. all right, we're going to jump right into it. mercy, i want to start with you because you are from kenya and we all witnessed the protest. the us led protests that were happening and can you talk to, while i'm say, social media, social activism actually works. it's very important to let people know out there that it really walks it as walked past few months. it was,

but it's important that the young people have the right information understand. so they need to stay informed with accurate information information that is video objective. so you're saying that they're not only about going out there and raising a voice, but also having the accurate information just to say tony, i want to bring you into the conversation. what do you say about what she just told us? i mean, i agree with her that it's not just important to show up in your numbers, but to show up with the rights information. because sometimes it's um, information is what's as powerful knowing the rights we use to tackle the issues. because the problem i can speak from a guy in perspective is that we have lots of partisan politics. so it's very difficult to know what's actually accurate. and what's his propaganda or the information from the of us that trying to sign is the image of best. it's in governments, so it's important to actually get credible with that. but these are credible information. sources that can tell you that this is wherever you approach us. then

these are the reasons you mentioned the credible sources that what would be an example from ghana? i get most of my information from twitter and this accounts called fucked tech guy, which basically, what most of the people i, for the most book, the sweets i see is if there's a, there's a, there's an election in gun in december. so when there's a campaign event or a riley or there's a press briefing, basically people just see when this person said this is a true and nothing can be mentioned about accounts and see if these fact take the fact ticket for us. and then we have a website, so you can go and under pvc claims by so so and so a person and then to give a value to it that is actually true or false with the dates of the box. it's all the documents from maybe the parliament of the reports that speaks about the issue . then they tell you that based on this and that's, it is actually the fault. and sometimes that the false and use is based on the truth. so it can be very easy to, to just spin, it's in a positive way. so i put the lie. the idea of having those back to that car is

really, really help is really important. ok, i want to turn to use and now you are from is in bubble. you also study journalism, your a tech on top in nor, and we saw that the purpose in kenya, they really have some ripple effects in other countries in uganda. in nigeria, young people taking to the streets to protest different issues. it was all quiet in zimbabwe yet, so it's definitely not all rosy. is you say, historically there's been a history of suppression of the voice of the people when they try to speak out to the authorities. and so young people, most of the times, you afraid to actually go to different platforms because these also start valence. and we've seen used to have some people also being jailed. however young people have also come up with like that independent media sources. because you, we also have a huge role for one state control media source for a very long time. but young people have come up with those platforms such as bless

to 63 tides on twitter, and young people who would actually like, participate more in these debates through these independent sources. ok, i want to stay on the issue of social media mercy. of course you've raised that issue already before, but what i'm seeing, for example in kenya is that lots of politicians, even presidential to who was here in berlin. and he's very active and social media can see him on take talk like his dad's big is visiting schools he's attending rallies is that's the only possibility of politicians to reach the young king. and of course, it's the easiest way to have not because most of the young people on social media, the other wisdom needs to be a 150 for a spot very in the village. and that's why i'm really saying that the young people shouldn't come out and be part of civic education, for example. so big hundreds found people out that still in the village, just because not everyone who systems on social media, but everyone has access to maybe to data and all of that. so i feel like vision find ways in which become involved the public. okay,

but i want to stay on the issue of social media because a country like kenya is known for it's with a worry isn't i find it really interesting that we keep calling a twitter, although it's excellent. but you have all these little worries and i know that lots of campaigns really have happened online and can. yeah. so like where is the value of that kind of social media activism? because the keyboard while yes me in my country. i think i like that right now. people haven't been come out and then oh, going outside that really going down to face of the issues. we've had many issues you know out on the country sheets. i'll say like we've had, that'd be send but fi and one of the schools and we've had this keyboard right. as now stepping out of the social media network and going down bad to actually do what you called fox to checking. he mentioned that tony, your inputs, please, and lots of the social activism on going in to it. so for instance, is inspired by mederien. so it's all because we see the techniques be used. the kind of strategies they use, wendy, are organizing

a very recently from the canyon process, we've seen examples of how young people have mobilize, how they've used it, tuesday to d p t to spread more information. they've built like custom made investments way. if you need information about this specific thing, you can just ask the top to bottom and a den rates. it's for you. so it's good to keep it's, it's views very isolated when you look at these incidents. but because the internet to this, that's an expensive space, you get the content from all of other content from all over the world. so it's important to see these as lending opportunities. and so when you see something happen in somebody doing just think, oh wow, it can if i feel cool, you can now think, oh can that's less oh cool. maybe we can do this thing gonna. okay. so young people, if they wants to, you know, create a better tomorrow for themselves. what about them getting involved in politics very quickly. one thing like, as we mentioned before, you didn't all participate in something in kenya wasn't on the band. people actually they were diverse kinds of professionals lead totally feeding into that

demonstration. so they were dropped off coming out doing last out there. so that in case of anything validated to give legal advice, i think it's important to see that all the you to be in every proficient. everything globally is inside relate to that and it was listening very intently. okay, you get the final words and what do you have to say? yeah, so i definitely agree with what they have to say. it's not about only getting into politics but also from whatever profession that you are in to participate in the in the debates in the and also voice out the quin sends and keep the lead as a comfortable so it doesn't necessarily have to be on the young people who are involved or members of punishment because we do have youngs and by friends as well . well, i like empties and they're also doing their best to work with the community. then listen to the challenges that come in to have. so i'm going to take that as the final word my panel as you have been wonderful. thank you so much vanilla. thank you, tony. thank you. mercy. and thank you to a wonderful audience for being with us and for participating in this very lively

debate about how young africans can use communication and other tools to shape the democracies in the shape of the societies. this was the 3 debate from berlin, germany. thank you. so much for being part of the conversation is that the bait does not, and that will soon have a longer version available for you on our youtube channel. from hard politics. we now want to go over to the community level coming together as a community makes us stronger, but having a community is even more important when you need a safe space because of your sexual orientation. them's nancy. get quiet in johannesburg is also a young south africans just that, wow, this client is raising its voice for change, as it not only serves as a home for talented musicians, but also provides a safe space and family for its members. and that's why, because this is the am lonzey gay, quiet in your head is big being

a musician of being an artist is a fullness that susan only is about to convince housing. people it's always about change. making to quiet is, are a popular part of south african culture, but why have church has proven to be challenging spaces for these things? the sense that the only piece of furniture that we have is within them was sounds that the community because most churches are not very welcome to us as a clear community. that's why i say never consented to ukiah, is that, that people like me, that people that will connect to that school like me, and the in the same space. and we share this common sense. who is the old enough to music in that space made me feel like i was at home. but how to use some of the other members to see that send you the choir made me realize that i can be myself without even thinking what other people was gonna say about my,

the security or myself or how i knew she needed the blessing to be part of the quiet, sweet face settings is with phase judgment. and being part of the choir, we built to this safe space the as the leader of the implants, the gay choir, c, a, grew up in court to him. a township east of john is big. we musicians, phones save us, but what was see is families responds to his queer identity. i'm grateful for my family. they never made me feel inferior. so it only is very welcoming and accepting of who i was just spiteful and africa's constitutional protection of sexual orientation. hate crimes remain a harsh reality. how did the tragic murder of police being football a u. d. c,

milan a in 2008. a fix? yeah. as it came and was a career posting that story attached to the internet triggered a lot of emotions inside of me and gave me a purpose of the in the way that this struggle continues. if i can see the, the, and there's something magical about hearing people sing straight from the heart. absolutely beautiful. back in high school, i was part of the choir. and while that was lovely, there's still one thing i wish i got a chance to do skating. i actually fell off with state board in my friends living room once in our next report, we're taking you to the vibrant streets of these above. but whether, if you can skate a growth of submitting themselves in the skating community, seem to skilled people when your social is or perhaps even on the streets of others

there. but if you can go k to dressed in the traditional, you have a high chemist at least go around the mission to change the image. it's amazingly native those we're how the show. we have a lot of cultures, norms and everything. but it's not that much inviting regarding to this kind of research to support that's 26. so seen that china is one of the pony is a female teaching in cube kit. she's been on the board for 9 years and she remembers a time when she was the only god of boxes in me and my cousins like we used this, marcia of water bosses and on so on his son, the owners, and they're like, we pushed each other and then we still do that so i like that. do i so scared board like the boys were like security and was fun in 2019 so. so you know, found a pin golf k to well that's what was the easy part. convincing of the golf to join ha was a bigger task. when i asked the girls,

like whenever i asked you want to try this or blah blah, there's kind of willie. but whenever the boys are like trying to approach them with the escape or they've kind of not okay. so i was like maybe if i start teaching one of the girls, they be so happy. so whenever i go there like i give them my school board, then i start bringing additional skateboards with me. gradually, a small group of like minded golf running around top and they started meeting up once a week. i get them on a social media. sometimes that i watched some cylinders and i was interesting to to escape one day i soon voice kidneys around and i want to join them and ask them about skating. and they told me there is a session for girls to leave on saturday. we have them 20 actually members and 45000 toys and instagram young gulf k to have have made a name for themselves. and while this for tonight has most of their confidence,

the support itself has also taught them a few last semester to learn skating. you have to sell so many times said you have to not give up on skating. so he called me fishes. he can see those forces, siena casing has become more than just how passion it's become a mission, to build a community and create opportunities specifically for the women and go as well as a society and their families might have been skeptical the 12th so. so, you know, believes that he just needs a few trained places like huh. 20 to wait. we are us of like a daughter of a very rarely is a sisters. so apparently we should have to be a little bit of, you know, really very valid to do something crisis into something for others. so you know what our parents is gonna say something. everybody is going to say something until

they so successful. so we should do it anyways. and while they see open bells, kate does our new on the scene that definitely wants to watch out for to and with that, it's time to wrap up this week. so remember, we have more great stories on social media, so be sure to follow us, but since i cannot get enough of the if you can skate the girls, we have put together a compilation of females status from across the continent. one of them is given the long boards that thanks, chris felt well, champion chose for me. and until next time the news

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