my guest today is an investigative journalist and writer in kenya. anti is also a researcher on native rights welcome to africa possible so what is the tension between the kenyan government and the messiah community in hell's gate national park tell us. of all 1 just facts i thought of wonder show 1st. i think. it's important to give a little bit of the situation. side. of a ridge you know to move from the area that he was going to with valley area. 'd to be precise. in 1904 followed by the british government fire 'd. so we sort of forced you to your snooty each of which then move on from the simple result of area to further up north to like into the mosque which is which is all construed to say as well for the mafia living in that area of the moment a remnant community a very small a very small community and therefore very vulnerable and exposed they don't have much in the way of political representation they have of their other relationships with the state that is predatory against them you see he seems to be describing you know as as far as as i c

julian has pushed to change kenya's take seem started 12 years ago kenya's capital nairobi at that time kenya's a position to go to the streets to protest the disputed election the entire country was in crisis. together with other developers giuliano from that a crowd source and platform shahidi which is kiswahili for testimony it's allowed ordinary people to report incidents of violence in the areas they deal was to create a platform where people could quickly say this is where i am this is what i see this is what's going on and this is because there were lots of incidences that were under reported so we wanted to create a repository where we would. put all of this information so that there would be our record of what happened to the country today share he is an internationally recognized platform it has been used to report crimes during the us elections documents the war in syria and help disaster relief after the earthquake in the poll. and giuliana has evolved from a young turk nerd global room model an advocate for freedom of information. and she's here in person julia neurotics we

kenya has a high 'd penetration rate. internet and also can use the power of mobile money and this has created. 'd what you need do is follow foreign investors another expanding sector of the economy is waste recycling that's born of necessity as kenya has become a dumping ground for waste from industrial nations something that economists james she feels is no help at all. the western countries one we have become full support just across the board look at their own food print we should have to agree but not approach to to every way it is in part or in poor countries so that if there is a ticket for payment or compensation then that has to be something that is the group of. kenya is certainly being impacted by climate change temperatures are rising in rainfall is growing more intense and unpredictable just a few kilometers from nairobi is wealthy centers kibera often called africa's largest urban slum life expectancy here is just 30 years people in their wisdom countries addressing the challenges of climate change talking

we will take you to mount kenya to find out about giffords to protect the antelopes leaving. them to look in a fossil where women run a project through papa's plastic waste they kill from the streets. on a week and come in with a famous american company is helping to replant the forest. but forced to kenya to meet one of the rarest species of until of africa the mountain bungle they are critically endangered with less than $100.00 still living outside conserving says they are of the most of porches predictors disease and hard bitten close the government is the land and has implemented a plan to save the species and also boast its numbers at the fault of mount kenya it will africa visit some commute of course a vision it's working hard to make but the reality. of the. animal keep us women more ruthie has come to check on his charges he looks up to mountain bongos of the mount kenya wildlife conservancy he feeds them twice a day and makes sure the head of their antelopes is intact i like it i love the job and i'm proud you know having that. that was no more there but now it's h

with the increase in numbers to conservancy plans to release 25 into the mount kenya forest where kenya 4 is sadly it's ok if it has and located about 800 acres for a protected century. this enclosed area as the foretold mount kenya is not just a sanctuary for mountain bungalows knows the rare white zebras and halves of buffalo also find protection from porches and pretend we divide this into different products because of the. challenge that we have a moment. in the near future when we put them in the sanctuary this. problem would be so they don't prevent so what you can see here is one of the breeding hunts the conservancy also offers to us to tourists and schoolchildren to get revenues and donations are the main sources of much needed funds for the schools on the discussion program is very important was number one because we are trying to create our. in this to the future generation. species like the monkey bongo. grew up. passing the information to their their parents and their friends and people to minimize the watching. the habitat destruction of their one of the highlights for vis

my guest today is an investigative journalist and writer in kenya. can tie is also a researcher on native rights welcome to africa possibly no so what is the tension between the kenyan government and the messiah community in hell's gate national park tell us. all 1. just for example out of new edition. i think i think if you want to get through growth particularly if you. get. good luck or. over it you know you move from the area that he was going to with valley area. 'd to be precise. in mind for full size a british government file 'd. so we set up for street your snooty each of which then move on from the simple result area to further up north to like into the mosque which is which will construe to say as well for the mosques are living in that area of the moment a remnant committed to a very small very small community and therefore very 'd vulnerable and exposed they don't have much in the way of political representation they have of their other relationships with the state that is predatory against them do you see each seem to be describing you k

julian has pushed to change kenya's take seems started 12 years ago kenya's capital nairobi at that time kenya's a position to go to the streets to protest the disputed election the entire country was in crisis. together with other developers giuliano from that a crowd source and platform shahidi which is kiswahili for testimony it's allowed ordinary people to report incidents of violence in the areas they deal was to create a platform where people could quickly say this is where i am this is what i see this is what's going on and this is because there were lots of incidences that were under reported so we wanted to create a repository where we would put all of this information so that there would be a wreck org of what happened to the country today show he is an internationally recognized platform it has been used to report hate crimes during the us elections documents the war in syria and help disaster relief after the earthquake in the poll. body and giuliana has evolved from a young tech nerd into a global room an advocate for freedom of information. and she's here in person julia th

the mountain born goal was nearly extinct in the wild in kenya and so are a few. and taken to the us is breeding and in pools of in 4 we received. from different groups in the us and from was a team we started the breeding program here on sunday and we have a total of $77.00. last youngest was born on the 7th of july and it is that is 7 to 7 the bungle. with the increase in numbers the conservancy plans to release 25 goes into the mount kenya forest where kenya 4 is sadly it's ok if as i'm located about 800 acres for protected century. this enclosed area at the 4th of mount kenya is not just a sanctuary for mountain bungalows knows the rare white zebras and halves of buffalo also find protection here from porches and created. or we divide these bungalows into different products because of the species that we have a moment. in the near future when we put them in the sanctuary this is problem would be so they don't completely so what you can see here is one of the breeding hunts. conservancy also offers to us to tourists and school children to get revenues and donat

back in kenya melissa also has local customers but she's happy to get one or 2 additional orders from germany each month via urban change lab. i think what appreciated rene do we're just looking for. somewhere you know it's a very good question for me. in progress. yeah. thanks to that extra income melissa who's a single mother can now afford to study. and one more story i'm joined by joy the reindeer are how correspondent in nairobi joy to read how do the earnings from such where compare to average incomes in kenya randa and so forth. well to be honest i think the income that the gain from c. average change is an additional income to what they try and compare to what they are allowed. to change gives them an incomplete get from these outsourced products and services that they also give people or even believe for instance is much more than what they get locally because locally the negotiating power is face to face so it's possible that client and the person offering the service is going to come down. as compared to when they're outsourcing services and making products to people who ar

it's being felt quite deeply because what we're seeing today is that tourism in kenya contributes to about 8.8 percent all over the country's g.d.p. and just looking at the numbers from 2018 would be so that kenya actually owned about $7900000000.00 from tourism alone and that puts it as the tourism economy in africa that is after south africa and nigeria so you can actually tell that there are about 1100000 jobs that were created well that are created from the tourism industry i was the picture like in those lesser and less popular countries lesser known countries in africa i think what african countries are not doing so well is aggressive marketing because most of africa can actually be a tourism destination we have of so many walled heritage sites on the continent that the world doesn't know and i guess the steerer type that africa ease the continent is still the perception one way but that is changing with aggressive marketing digital marketing and global campaigns that various african countries are having saw the less a khana mees like chad like the central african republic are

nearly extinct in the wilds in kenya and a few balls were captured and taken to the u.s. is was for breeding and in 2004 we received it from different groups in the u.s. and for those 18 we started the breeding program here on sun and. 77. last youngest boy was born on the 7th of july and it is the 7 to 7 the bungle. with the increase in numbers to conservancy plans to release 25 into the mountain king of forest backing up or is sad but it's ok if this has. $800.00 acres for a protected century. this enclosed area at the for 12 months kenya is not just a sanctuary for mountain bungalows knows the rare white zebras and the halves of buffalo also find protection from porches and pretense or we divide this into a different part because of the species that we have or the moment. in the near future when we put them in the sanctuary this is a problem would be so they don't completely so what you can see here is one of the breeding hunts the conservancy also offers to us to tourists and schoolchildren to get revenues and donations are the main sources of much needed funds for th

reporter: the river's source is in kenya's mau forest.from there, it flows over the border into tanzania through the serengeti and into lake victoria. deforestation and large-scale agriculture upstream damage and pollute the river, and that has an impact here. scientists are collecting data to form a water allocation plan and facilitate a political agreement between the kenyan and tanzanian governments. they want to make sure people on both sides of the border have access to water and avoid any future conflict. the current health of the river is an important aspect of the project. the scientists examine water quantity, , ph balance, temperaturure, and otherer fac. al: wewe msure thehese parametersrs because if wewe d they are o outside of ththe cot range, t then we know there is pollution n in theiverer. and thatat is somethining that d affectct all the lifife in the r as well asas other usersrs, lis human n bein. reporter: today,he waterh h is nonormal but water levels both in the wet and dry seasons have fallen over the years, which cou

last year kenya's president or her kenyatta announced plans to move the country to 100 percent green energy by 2020 to meet the target kenya has had to expand its existing geothermal power projects and that is where the mass i come in they have been forcibly removed from their land in the past for this project and now they're fearing father of actions. deep inside hell's gate national park kenya as green revolution is brewing literally here in the rift valley kenya's energy generating giant ken jenne operates 5 geothermal power plants they convert steam generated from hot rocks deep underground into electricity. before can join came this was the home of the messiah and their cattle is now all that's left here. don you know all the shah is one of the original inhabitants he was relegated by kenja and now lives in the house provided by the company 16 kilometers away plus one east. keep the outlets the. call there's also. broke there are a wire that the relationship between. the man and the livestock we're not we're not. civilized people so we're just in the middle there. is a lot of li

then who said african stowed keep time this past weekend so kenya is again bring it cost gave both smash boundaries in america. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa introducing to news is new president site the 61 year old law professor overwhelmingly won sunday's election the vote was closely watched because it's only the 2nd democratic election since the country's fault the so-called arab spring site thanked the country's young people for turning a new page and vowed to try to build a new to. go it flowed on the main boulevard in. still bedding the muck crissy thousands of sites supporters celebrating the men with a say can keep alive the spirits of the 2011 revolution. can use their vote to change the system several political parties give a lot of money to win the presidency but the people and the young ones who are part of the revolution in 2011 did it again a new revolution this time with a ballot. ok slate is a low profile conservative low professor he campaigned for radical decentralization and pledged to build a democracy that all tunisians including the youth can h

is news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes really appropriating heritage needed up and coming kenya designer who's using cues from cultures across africa as inspiration for her fashion. goals the hundreds of groups of strive for creation of course their stomachs. and the healing of the scars. was almost covered in the rock group. before there was then less to send. into the next stage. and you need christine she's been lost in lagos for decades and it now turns out she's worth more bad a $1000000.00. africa i'm glad you tuned in more and more africans are proudly expressing their heritage through their appearance and the renewed away in this has created business for local fashion designers on the continent is the story. and up and coming kenyan designer who is on her part to break into the international fashion market with elements of tradition young and fresh designs and most definitely in style i'll be talking to her in a moment. for as long as could touche can remember she's been fascinated by textiles when she was only 8 years old she knew she wanted to be a designer and created

the boost is due to an agreement with kenya and china signed last year opening china to agricultural products from the east african country china has become kenya's biggest trading partner accounting for 17 percent of its annual trade by value or more than a $4000000000.00 titled or tilted heavily in china as they are. business africa for me and the team member thanks so much. blood. tape for me personally i already with all the wonderful people and stories that make the game so special. for all true fans bomb. the gulf war the foot long line just listen this is the sound of time tossing as forests the size of 25 football fields a lost every minute adding to greenhouse gases but what is the sound of a tree not for cars the sound biodiversity tourism community development reliable food and water. the united nations development program is listening and working with communities to protect forests for the future we want if you're hearing what we're hearing find out more. coming out the death penalty inside offer guard. growing calls to be reinstated with volume's crime claiming nearly 60

the boost is due to an agreement with kenya and china signed last year opening china to agricultural products from the east african country china has become kenya's biggest trading partner accounting for 17 percent of its annual trade by value or more than a $4000000000.00 titled or tilted heavily in china's. and i was business africa here in d.w. for me on the team member len thanks so much. to show. clear positions from international perspective turkish president pressure time during his long time defensive against kurdish forces in northern syria so why now around what's the goal and will it further destabilize the region coming down to the point of the children of. 60 minutes on the t w. stories from people who go for information provided. the means they want to express d w on facebook and twitter to help to get in touch follow us. as do the news africa coming up the death penalty inside offer. receives growing calls to be reinstated with crime claiming nearly 60 lives a day a rising outcry for cover so punishment but it's the recipe for justice also coming out. young on the bloc

kenya's lush western highlands are among the world's best most profitable t. growing regions but to keep secrets and people say they were driven out of these rolling hills and abused under british colonial rule. their violent expulsion condemned them to lives of hardship and poverty now they are banding together to call on the un to investigate their treatment. hold us the whole of us who are in pretty. ripping. profits out off the proceeds with these blood or now it's only. the land they left behind in 1904 is now prime t. growing land near cary cho is largely owned by corporate giants such as unilever which sources tea from courage show for some of its best selling brands like lipton . more than 100000 victims of signed the un complaint they want an apology and reparations for their homeland being taken and reallocated to white settlers they allege the british army used rape murder and arson to seize land and carry cho. are you learning i'm so angry because we were a very rich people i want to british to apologize so that we can be friends and embrace one an

i think there can be the solution to traffic congestion in kenya's capital. shining a light on the leader in argentina for how the president's re-election chances hang in the balance on voting day plus sports find out why the fastest man in qualifying for not starting from pole position at the next grand prix. hello we have some rather active weather in and around the middle east at the moment out in the arabian sea we have this very big storm making its way a little further westwards this is a tropical side flow is making its way towards i'm out as we go on for the next couple days some uncertainty as to exactly whether it will make landfall or not but one thing we are pretty sure of at the moment is a very powerful system sustained winds of 240 kilometers per hour make it the equivalent to a category 4 hurricane where it's in the land sick as it makes its way further west where it's it is going to push some very strong winds towards that east coast of our model even if it doesn't make landfall over the next few days some very choppy waters dangerous seas ou

she reveals what's really behind kenya's anti-gay law. hello there and welcome to the spread a safe space where we get to discuss everything sex and relationships today we got an e-mail from ted and it's a really important question he asked their cast thank you for creating a platform for us to be open about our sexuality i recently came out to my friends as gay and it seems like people around me seem to hate the idea of it i sometimes get bullied at uni and can't seem to understand what the fear of homosexuality is really about can you explain it thank you so much for that e-mail ted and i'm really sorry that you have to go through that but in order for me to explain to you the origins of homophobia i'm going to have to take you back to 181007 before the british criminalized same sex relationship why are you aware that homosexuality existed in many countries across africa and been in for example homosexuality was considered a rite of passage among boys in some kenyan cultures same sex relations were given marriage status complete with do

swollen and bruised on the other side of this involves running barefoot and special exercises help kenya to stabilize his injured foot good timing because there's more than just glory at stake at the eye and man triathlon on 100000 euros in prize money and sponsorships worth a 1000000 euros on the line kenya is investing his own money to the starting line in hawaii the training camp flights and insurance his wife for many a successful 10 kilometer run has self has helped with the organization. home corps not one i saw right for an hour over lacto vegetarian diet caused overworked oh yeah. that's what it's called. this it'll time to relax as the next training session awaits king who designed his own bike keeping it light weight was essential taking the vanish off the frame shaved off a precious 140 grams. and finally. tina trains in at least 2 of his 3 disciplines every day cycling running swimming class regular visits to the gym 8 hours of training a day is the no one. you've really got to work your ass off every day just to have anything close to a chance to hope. she knows what it take

newsreel: an ecologist from kenya has become the first african woman to win the nobel peace prize.as spent more than... she just didn't believe that it was her i think for a while there. she probably thought maybe it's a mistake, i don't know. but it was one of the most amazing moments to see her enjoy, the spotlight and the platform in a way she didn't have before. i think the whole day, she sort of spent saying, "i didn't know anyone was listening." my mother died on september 25, 2011. she's left quite a legacy i think. certainly for us as kenyans, as women, as africans to believe in the power of one. i think the fact that one woman from the highlands of kenya could be such a potent force for change remains one of the most inspiring things for me. wangari maathai's daughter, wanjira. by the 1980s, a deadly cocktail of toxic factory fumes and car exhaust had turned mexico city into the world's most polluted city. in response, the mexican authorities came up with an ambitious solution. each of the city's 2 million vehicles was banned from the road for one day a week. ramon 0jeda m

country even if you're looking at but generally internet is expensive in africa but for countries like kenya where internet ease as fast as $36.00 m. b.b.'s the 2nd or maybe a baseball 2nd you can actually say yes the cost desk tell you to speed but if you look at a country like chad you would actually say that is not the case because added to the we still have countries in africa that are using 2 g. internet and some are still using 3 g. internet while the rest of the world has moved to 4 g. and 5 g. internet and so you could actually say the price would depend on the country whether or not the speeds tell you the cost and $1.00 of the other challenges that most african countries are facing today is the fact that the fiber optic cable is limited and it would cost about 15000 $1.00 to $20000.00 to connect fiber optic or to get fiber optic into some of the african countries so there is a challenge that. joy if internet access was cheaper across the board and across the continent what would that mean for the continent economically. it would mean immense growth and immense growth in terms of se

it takes 10 days for the flowers to get from kenya to the u.k. because under current e.u. regulations the plants have to transit through absa dam which is the e.u.'s flower hub if brits it comes into the bin at least see an open seat where you can get into direct street to every nations of the u.k. meaning that once you might be able to get like precious flowers because of the show tend to submission change and all sorts it means that they're going to have us late in the clouds we have a lot of us late which is also good for the consumer but the proper facilities and train customs officials necessary for such a trade are not yet in place to. hopes for a deal between the 2 countries before breakfast it is rapidly fading and yet key money remains confident that with enough care these english roses will eventually bloom in britain standing stoic unfazed by uncertainty nicholas hawke al-jazeera nairobi. time for a quick check of the headlines here the lebanese president michel aoun has addressed the nation in a televised speech after 8 days of protests he promised he would fig

kenya manufactured her boots from used rubber. the former students uses recycled materials such as rubber. and all the plastics she sells her creations in her shop in kampala. word of her label get a wardrobe spread fast and it's selling well. i decided to simplify my god into all small things that are used in our day to day life and i'm using right now i'm using question as a way of communication plan for fashion is my voice because people in the lounge and everyone in uganda and outside uganda loused question organizes regular cleanup days with her friends the 26 year old lives in a slum in kampala although there has been an official ban on pulley thing back for 3 years in uganda. it still hasn't properly taken in fact alice and her friends always find a lot of bags during the clean up which event recycles in her artwork right from. when i just used to you know she was sick they used to do this. and they put that much but as an artist i don't support that because it causes pollution once again the managed to collect a lot of pla

peter's one just a 2nd ever world gold for grenada. 5 on the track kenya's timothy cherry ought to produce a blistering performance in the 50100 meters pitting the front from the opening lot and never letting go of the lead. by joshua chip the guy won a thrilling last lap battle to take gold for uganda in a tense those meters from the sprint belongs to the united states 11 american one to win the 100 metres hurdles i was dull i'm a hunted i didn't really go to her success and the individual hurdles event was the u.s. women destroyed the field in the 4 by 400 meters by hand the men were similarly dominant. right benjamin and could be team to the final goals of the championships to leave the u.s. with a table top medal haul of $29.00. people fans will hope the organizers of the men's world cup here in 2022 can learn lessons from these troubled championships.

the huge need for wood fuel for cooking purposes has contributed to deforestation in kenya. now the government has banned the unlicensed production of charcoal. this is left to millions of people without a reliable source of energy for cooking. the award winning startup can cocoa in mombasa came up with an alternative coconut shells and husks are the basis for their charcoal briquettes. first corn starch and water are added. to burn shells and husks or ground. this mixture is then pressed into briquettes the briquettes burnt harder and longer than charcoal made from wood saving households a lot of money. to start up produces 2 tons of coconut charcoal a day. in the future the team wants to work with other war again equates to such as sugar cane. and how about you. if you are also doing your bit tell us about it visit our website or send us a tweet hash tag doing your bit. we share your stories. here in africa the effects of the climate crisis have never been more pa and i'm the farming sector is inevitably hardest hit in ethiopia for instance the farmers long what is suppose

on monday 63 years to the day britain runs the even effectively crush article of your rebellion in kenya according to the kenya human rights commission 90000 kenyans were executed tortured or maimed with 860000 said to labor council he was that's why a social media see them. thinking of getting a cute puppy once we got in there she. said you know it's still trapped in this evil why are you going to need a crate with him he will just start freaking out again he want is pretty much anywhere near it thousands of breeding dogs i paged in the interview lane conditions on people i mean 67 years you know they've been locked up in cages outside you see no protection from the weather the heat you know the courtier and the rain the snow the funder nothing they have no protection. thank you but you. know it's ok. across the u.s. cruel puppy mills are supported by dog shows and most of the puppies that are coming from these large scale factory farming kind of operations are in stores even giant good businesses are involved like. there has been a shocking amount of organized opposition to adverts to

adulthood feels for her generation channeling inspiration from the community who live in northern kenya. i noticed. a few interesting practices. statically with the girls they had a process of scarf a cation across their stomachs and the healing of these scars was almost covered in iraq troop. before they were then lets loose and well into the next stage contusion says her life and career are also at a transitional point her clothes will accompany her on that journey and along with them she also be carrying a mission to paris creating a different perspective opening creating awareness. so that's what i'm hoping for awareness and sailed. by is the catwalk and a chance to meet more young designers from around the world now that could touche has finally made it to paris she hopes it will be hard to break into the international fashion market. and is now back home in the robie and she's joining me now from our studio it's good to see you so how was paris hi this is really cool it was pretty exciting moment for me in my business and where reached 1st time showing in the showroom in paris dur

her ties asian african governments have not really paid much attention to innovation countries like kenya have increased budgetary allocation to innovation and youth programs or technological programs but that's not happening across the continent and then of course there is the barrier or dipping duplications of innovation where we are seeing many africans many african innovators coming up with the same ideas in different african countries which makes it difficult to market or even take to global stage and you talked about governments there what about access to or state funding or private funding if you do come up with a great idea. right the procedure all getting your ideas straight through to the government is also one tacky one because of the bureaucracy of course that isn't bold in having to pick your idea and having the government you listen to because of the demographic of the innovators as well most of these innovators are young people who are probably between the ages of 18 and 35 maybe at most 40 years old so having them to convince the governments that these innovations are goin

but just try telling that to these fans in kenya they packed in front of giant screens to watch their hero realize a feat some had previously thought impossible. to say. the positivity of sport. at the met the sport a clean sport an interest in sports whereby all day month in this country around and look at burial in the morning. and look at the landis for a look at this all of you troy. athletics has been short of positive news lately after yet more taping scandals official record or not for kenya and the sports in general sentiments and achievements are ones that you will see worth celebrating. and another thing to sell. who has equal the gymnastics record by claiming her 23rd world championships medal the american gymnast is just 22 years old and drew level with record holder vitaly share boy by winning the vault at the turn of an inch to guard 17 of her 23 podium finishes have been gold medals in tennis germany. has sealed his spot in the shanghai masters final where he will face of. securitas straight sets victory with an ace ousting italian the teo barrett in a 6364 win earlier