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in the classroom but how safe are they and their teachers from corporate 19 we have a report from nairobi. and president. has won a 2nd term in office in the central african republic but will he be able to pacify the country. and will meet a former separatist fighter from cameroon who has surrendered and is now in a reintegration program. hello. to the program it's good to have your company millions of children are back in the classroom in kenya for the 1st time since last march with the government closed schools in response to the cove in 1000 pandemic students in grades 48 and 12 returned in october so they could prepare for exams now all primary and high school students are back in school you visited one school in nairobi on the 1st day back. kibera is one of the largest low income areas in their rupie here thousands of people live close together interacting on a daily basis social distancing is almost impossible now that schools have reopened pupils a waiting in line to get in. kenya is one of the last countries in east africa to fully reopen its schools according to the world health

back in the classroom but how safe are they and their teachers from cold at 19 we have a report from nairobi. and president morsi in oshkosh today or has won a 2nd term in office in the central african republic but will he be able to pacify the country. and we'll meet a former separatist fighter from cameroon who has surrendered and is now in a reintegration program. hello i'm christine to the program company millions of children are back in the classroom in kenya for the 1st time since last march with the government closed schools in response to the cove of 19 pandemic students in grades 48 and 12 returned in october so they could prepare for exams now all primary and high school students are back in school you visited one school in nairobi on the 1st day back. kibera is one of the largest low income areas in their rupie here thousands of people live close together interacting on a daily basis social distancing is almost impossible now that schools have reopened pupils a waiting in line to get in. kenya is one of the last countries in east africa to fully reopen its schools according to the

pai he's a columnist at business day and the financial mail gentlemen welcome to you all david in nairobi can i come to you 1st for the countries have signed up to this what is this in theory mean for them well on the one hand you've got a big opportunity not only to borstar us into african exports and imports but as well as an opportunity to achieve your common development goals of influence for the reason that most of what is treated within africa is actually originated from africa and saw these tend to be africa's value add in manufacturing sectors and so there's a huge potential for that only creating greater primitive what unity is but also increasing incomes as you say you specialize and you generate. a greater value of your value to poor 1000000 london lots of people are saying look this means good or better infrastructure but for some of the signatory countries they don't have an infrastructure to speak of to start with anyway. no that's certainly true particularly in the central african region i think it's really striking when you look at the map the west africa is relatively int

on those things and otherwise they're actually going to continue along the same path they were in nairobi there is also surely on the part of the people who are driving this there is an economic assumption that the fundamentals of every signatory country are basically sound but they are not you know and the fact explain say for example why nigeria wasn't particularly. the keen on this idea of a free trading zone encompassing all of the african countries because the reality is 56 months ago on the show we were discussing how nigeria was heading towards bankruptcy and it needed to borrow money from people not in africa yes certainly. it warrants for analysts and. keen observers of these affairs in africa to also think about the political implications that you know the continental featured brings about with them and suddenly the hesitance that we saw from nigeria perhaps provide insight to that i know there was a lot of debate and discussion around you know their. small economies and the action to which they would lose out particularly if you look at west africa where nigeria you know sort o

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nairobi. it's home to yvonne idea. of world renowned intellectual voice of her country kenya is on the move with strong support from china which is financing bridges railroads and ports here as part of the new silk road a controversial project for sun. i understand that guess that certain people are extremely worried more worried than we are about china's return to the african continent and i think we like to see that the sky's about the fall of africa. that's really i think. represents a new opportunity for the african continent. to kind of defy in what it is and where it if they want to be in the world and we who. we are there is on the way to part of an island off kenya's coast 500 kilometers from nairobi. party is the fixed point from which the narrative thread of her novel develops over the world globalization does not appear once in it $600.00 pages it is what the story is about the dragon-fly see the title of the novel is the author's name for this body of water the europeans called it the indian ocean one of ma

kibera is one of the largest low income areas in nairobi here thousands of people live close together interacting on a daily basis social distancing is almost impossible now that schools have reopened pupils a waiting in line to get in. kenya as one of the last countries in east africa to fully reopen its schools according to the world health organization prolonged school closures post risks poor children from poor backgrounds like here in canberra for example higher rates of teen pregnancies born attrition and dropouts some of the reasons why the kenyan government said it was time to finally fully reopen schools. janet ones yet is excited to finally bring her daughter virginia back to school yet she is very aware of the risk. didn't mention jane. when despite i had a child. not even. even a common cause. because the many many. about. after they arrive they have the temperature measured and abortion senate ties the hands that's the new normal as kibera primary school for girls $347.00 girls are expected in the next few days divided into classes of roughly 20 pupils a distance of one m

toxins including heavy metals that serious because the wetland is the source of a tributary of the nairobi river on whose water is the capital depends. the friends of the undoing wetland have persuaded some farmers to give up this kind of intensive cultivation. and they're helping to undo the damage. we are plankton bombo trees along this wetland they are very good. trees when it becomes too. so i've been in the metals that are coming out of the greenhouse farming for a long time in the local authorities did little to protect the swamp but that too is changing. we are working their way through their farmlands because. india is. part of the allied so we are. getting them and creating awareness but. to do. because. thanks in particular to the efforts of the friends of on dairy the wetland has started to recover. the next project is to build a trail for that watches. the bugs that are found here. be very important. to this area because one. those areas that have been marked. by the area i'd be is. learned is not one of them i'm not is one of the things that friends of mine didn't want to achi

she's among hundreds of people who work at this dump in kenya's capital nairobi they're part of a small recycling industry which struggles to cope with the piles of waste that grow with the economy whatever can be recycled is separated and bagged up ready to be taken away organic matter eventually decomposes and then if you look closely at what's left is just plastic which can take more than a century to decompose environmentalists say kenya's plastics problem is about to get much worse because of a free trade deal that the government is negotiating with the u.s. many of america's largest oil and chemical companies who profit from plastics represented by a lobby group called the american chemistry council he wrote to u.s. government trade officials suggesting that kenya could serve as a hub for u.s. made plastics in africa enabled through the kenya u.s. trade deal. kenya's environmentalist are alarmed james who k.b.'s one of them he started a campaign led to kenya planning plastic bags 4 years ago he says america's plastics industry wants to increase its trade here and the dumping of am

kibera is one of the largest low income areas in nairobi here thousands of people live close together interacting on a daily basis social distancing is almost impossible now that schools have reopened pupils are waiting in line to get in. kenya is one of the last countries in east africa to fully reopen that schools according to the world health organization prolonging school closures plus risks children from poor backgrounds like here for example higher rates of teen pregnancies born attrition and dropouts some of the reasons why the kenyan government said it was time to finally fully reopen schools . janet ones yet is excited to finally bring her daughter virginia back to school yet she is very aware of the risk. i didn't mention jane is the windus but i had a child for coffee. not even only even a common cause other. diseases because the many many garbage about. after they arrived they have the temperature measured and abortion senate ties the hands that's the new normal at primary school for girls $347.00 girls are expected in the next few days divided into classes of roughly 20 p

bbc news, nairobi. katty: solving crimes, or committing them?launched a record 143 satellites this weekend, the company's first so-called rideshare mission, a chance to put more hardware into space in one go. it is an accomplishment that raises questions as to who is monitoring the satellites and how routed it is going to get up there? >> 3, 2, 1, 0. reporter: spacex's record-breaking rocket leaving cape canaveral in florida. it is quite a sight. but is the path ahead for satellites coming more clouded? the launch of 143 satellites used to take a year, not a single moment like this. this load, a veritable airborne vendin machine from multiple customers, will spew into orbit broadband boosters, cogs that connect the internet of things, and dozens of satellites taking pictures like these from san francisco's planet company. >> they scanned the whole earth looking for changes. that's used by a variety of people in commercial areas like agriculture to understand crop yields, forestry to understand deforestation, mapping to improve maps, humanitarian

is a wetland in campbell county in kenya and also the head of water over nairobi river tributary the wetland is i think one source of water awful farming and domestic use and the reason more new to the swamp also helps to reduce the impact of floods during the rainy season and helps improve what a quantity the area has suffered a major degree addition as a result of the illegal discharge of west and encroachments by local people that motivated members of the community to find a course of action project to protect the vital ecosystem. thank you steve b. lots of great crowned cranes here but not any more on the wetland was once home to all kinds of birds the duck and herring populations of also declined. c o 2 and store rainwater on daily is a key source of water for the nearby town of kikuyu as well as the kenyan capital nairobi kenya is growing and getting ever closer to the wetland greenhouses and fields now reach right up to the edge of the swamp which covers 3.3 square kilometers the equivalent of $450.00 football pitches farm is used to harvest large amounts of grass from the wet

that is all for this episode here in nairobi.nd accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello, this morning was not as cold as yesterday morning, but it has started frosty and foggy in some parts. but through the day we are looking at milder air to push in. with that frost and fog lifting across the south, it may brighten up across the south, it may brighten up a touch this afternoon. but generally a lot of cloud. we will see the rain turning heavier in western scotland, temperatures here reaching eight degrees, i think five 01’ reaching eight degrees, i think five or six will be typical. maybe lower in the south—east. a cold day here, but not as cold as yesterday. for many, overnight we keep cloudy skies with some rain and drizzle. wetter in western scotland, threatening some flooding with the snow melt. for most parts temperatures just above freezing w the cloud thinner in the south—east we could see a bit of frost here and we have still got cold weather in shetland,

we're really one and wanted to have like a stable program in nairobi a big one and then from there go to the other counties my home state is actually from new york. so i would be really happy to see a club in q soon. and the north and the south of course too so we should expect very soon there's going to be a fence and i hope so. absolutely if i can help with that i would be so proud yeah no you are not following the conversation. simply put she can stop you and get awarded for it now i've seen the girls in kenya and i feel like this is something that i can do easily so i'm going to get into my friends but while i do that. history make up. a lot it's a ugandan kick boxer who is a world champion has his story. with 13 titles to him named patricia is the reigning world kick boxing champion in the female lightweight division. a lot of courage to stand up it takes a lot of courage to have to make it to the top i mean even when you make it to the top some people still doubt but if you listen to the voices of other people than listening to yourself you find out you block out your so from wh

nairobi. it's home to yvonne undiano a work of world renowned intellectual voice of her country kenya is on the move with strong support from china which is financing bridges railroads and ports here as part of the new silk road a controversial project for sun. i understand that can guess here that certain people are extremely. more worried than we are about china's return to the african continent and i think they like to see that the sky's about the fall of africa's head. regarding bad. 3 and i think the space represents a new opportunity for the african continent and 'd certainly for kenya to kind of defy him what it is and where it if they want to be in the world and with who. they are there is on the way to an island off kenya's coast 500 kilometers from nairobi . party is the fixed point from which the narrative thread of her novel develops over the world globalization does not appear once in it $600.00 pages that is what the story is about the dragon-fly see the title of the novel is the

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nairobi is only practiced by about 75 fences but coach stephen o'connell. it's on a mission to ensure that this sport is recognized. fencing come. fencing is a new sport in kenya but now it's slowly becoming widespread and this makes me have to. be more sadia you know but you can see from my trainees it does help them a lot and that's changed their lives and when we started with them they did not have shoes then but today they do have shoes then on a year to. run on may change a key key and their behaviors have changed we do and they've become responsible in what we're responsible. in 2012 steven started offering his classes today fencing has gained more ground attracting people from all age groups who want to learn more about the sport. one of them is actually one gary she is one of 20 female fences the 21 year old started fencing a year ago but she's already making huge strides. see. when they realize oh when i had a. chance to. win yes. it is like. everyone. actually family was skeptical at 1st a mother could not believe it and because of the weapon was

that is all for this episode here in nairobi.re first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. we are seeing a real mixture of weather around today. across parts of east anglia, fog lingered all day, with temperatures for some staying below freezing, sa nton downham, for example. temperatures about —1.5 celsius at best. sunshine did come out elsewhere across the uk and in the sunnier moments temperatures reached around 3 or 4 degrees quite widely, but the mildest weather was in western scotland, where the hebrides saw temperatures as high as 8 celsius and that milder air will continue to push into western scotland as we go through the night. there will be some rain around, maybe a bit of wintriness for a time across parts of scotland, just enhancing the risk of icy stretches here and certainly there will be some snow showers at times in shetland. and that fog reforming, re—thickening across parts of east anglia and across parts of southern england as we

and for more on this i'm joined by on duncombe i don't he's an intern a policy researcher in nairobi hi good to see you firstly what do you make of uganda's government shutting down the internet and social media of the election. i think it's a completely deplorable act and i think one of them was interesting things is how it's now the 4th quarter to go home and to do when they wish to stifle if you don't with the expression of this it isn't so you know it's very much a low point for democracy in uganda and video much across the entire continent as he is saying these internet shutdowns and social media bans all common on the continent how is it possible for full governments in africa to do this so the most likely that usually happens is that the given all the telecommunications companies that exist within their. jurisdiction to shut down the internet or to directed to revoke their licenses if they if they refuse to do so oftentimes this has to happen in steps where they would. provide to 1st of all. switch off access to a certain number of websites mostly our own media and social medi

hello, and welcome to witness history in nairobi, with more remarkable moments from the past as toldthere. and today, we present five of our most memorable recent stories. coming up, how hiroshima's trees became a symbol of survival. plus, revealing the truth about a civil war atrocity in el salvador. the algerians who fought with france against independence. and the man who invented the revolutionary prosthetic leg. but first, with a remarkable global effort to create covid—i9 vaccines, we look back at a previous world—changing vaccination breakthrough. in 1955, a group of us scientists led by drjonas salk announced the discovery of the first polio vaccine that saved millions from death and disability. his son, dr peter salk, spoke to us about his father's extraordinary achievement. back in the 19505, people were overjoyed at the fact that here is a vaccine that is going to protect us from this terrible, frightening scourge. polio is a disease that's caused by a virus that gets into a person's mouth. the virus grows in the intestinal tract and then gets into the bloodstream, from wh

and for more on this i'm joined by on duncombe i don't he's an intern a policy researcher in nairobi hi good to see you firstly what do you make of uganda's government shutting down the internet and social media ahead of the election. i think it's a completely deplorable act and i think one of them was interesting things is how it's now the 4th quarter to go home and to do when they wish to stifle the freedom of expression of their citizens so you know it's very much a low point for democracy in uganda and video much across the entire continent as he is saying these internet shutdowns and social media bans all common on the continent how is it possible for full governments in africa to do this so the most likely that usually happens is that the given or the telecommunications companies that exist within the. jurisdiction to shut down the internet or directed to revoke their licenses if they use data if used to do so oftentimes this has to happen in steps where they would. provide to 1st of all. switch off access to a certain number of websites mostly our own media and social media we

in the mountains of waste at this nairobi garbage dump the workers chipped away to salvage or recycle some of the city's trash but they barely make a dent and some 500 metric tons of plastic waste generated every day here. in another part of the city an alternative effort started by a group of 4 engineers and focused on some of the plastic that would otherwise just and to nairobi's trash problem. so that he decided lead it's like a plug where instead of having the plastic to go to the dam site we like to turn that week and hence start to influence the making business is called gen game makers and they recycle stuff like cooking oil containers drink bottles and bottle caps shredding it melting it reshaping it to make bricks for paving outdoor landscapes which is that they saw an opportunity because wisdom itself is a resource gen game makers mainly sells its plastic paving bricks to homeowners and to schools in various colors depending it turns out on the original color of the trash from which they were made. walking on them freedoms like you're walking on rubber because i i understand

and for more on this i'm joined by on duncombe i don't he's an intern a policy researcher in nairobi hi good to see you firstly what do you make of uganda's government shutting down the internet and social media ahead of the election. i think it's a complete deplorable act and i think one of them was interesting things is how it's now the 4th quarter to go home and to do when they wish to stifle if you don't with the expression of this it isn't so you know it's a it's a very much a low point for democracy in uganda and britain much across the entire continent as he is saying these internet shutdowns and social media bans all common on the continent how is it possible for full governments in africa to do this so the most likely that usually happens is that the given all that telecommunications companies that exist within the. jurisdiction to shut down the internet or directed to revoke their licenses if they use data if used to do so oftentimes this has to happen in steps where they would tell the provider to 1st of all. switch off access to a certain number of websites mostly our own

nairobi. it's home to ivana. world renowned intellectual voice of her country kenya is on the move with strong support from china which is financing bridges railroads and ports here as part of the new silk road a controversial project for sun. i understand that certain people are extremely worried more worried than we are about china's return to the african continent and i think we like to see that the sky is about to fall of africa's head. regarding its mind really i think this space represents a new opportunity for the african continent and certainly for kenya to kind of defy in what it is and where it is they want to be in the world and with who. they are there is on the way to part of an island off kenya's coast 500 kilometers from nairobi. party is the fixed point from which the narrative thread of her novel develops although the world globalization does not appear once in it $600.00 pages it is what the story is about the dragonflies see the title of the novel is the author's name for this body of water the

that is all for this episode here in nairobi.st—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello there. quite a few of us had a pretty cloudy day, really, on sunday, but there were some cloud breaks, a bit of sunshine around. in the right place at the right time was pandapix, spotting this beautiful sunset in the doncaster area of south yorkshire. now, sunday was a day that was a little bit less cold than it has been over recent days. still chilly, though. just one in hereford, four in manchester. but it's turning milderfor the vast majority of us, and through monday, temperatures between 8—10 degrees celsius pretty widely. now that milder air is working in at the moment, so temperatures are lifting. we do have rain around, though. damp across north—western areas, rain turning a bit more persistent in northern ireland and heavy rain in western scotland combining with snowmelt brings the risk of some flooding here. the only place, really, that's really cold overnight i

kibera as one of the largest low income areas in nairobi here thousands of people live close together interacting on a daily basis social distancing is almost impossible now that schools have reopened pupils are waiting in line to get in to leave kenya as one of the last countries in east africa to fully reopen its schools according to the world health organization prolonged school closures plus risks put children from poor backgrounds like here cara for example higher rates of teen pregnancies porn attrition and dropouts some of the reasons why the kenyan government said it was time to finally fully reopen schools. janet ones is excited to finally bring her daughter virginia back to school yet she's very aware of the risk. of many changing. the windus but i had a child. not even only even a common cause of the. diseases because the many many child age for me about. after they arrived to have the temperature measured and abortion senate ties the hands that's the new normal is to bear a primary school for girls $347.00 girls are expected the next few days divided into classes of roughl

the tango is the poor district of nairobi and the well known red light district we won't show any of the sex workers for their protection gender based violence is rife and not just for sex workers. florence kayo also suffered abuse and now works to help girls in need it is not is it just in the in the in this village when you are. it has a lot of talent is especially young girls so lucky because i i got a good support doctor and that is what i'm still giving other 2 of them doubts. it's estimated that one in 7 women in kenya has suffered gender based violence if you find help. florence k.s. set up the my he circles safe house to address the problem the original location was this apartment building but it wasn't safe then reboot in a gallery just from the community and then the family of the big church i knew about it so they came at nights to to destroy their windows of the house and that's what actually what that what made me to show more. now my goal safe house is in a safer part of nairobi 26 girls and young women live here 7 of them with children of their own they receive medical

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that is all for this episode here in nairobi.e first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history. but for now from me and the rest of the team, goodbye. hello, there. after what has been very cold week both by day and by night, we start to see some changes to our weather now, particularly across northern and western areas with some less cold air moving in, outbreaks of rain. though it's still pretty chilly for the rest of today across the south and the east of the country, which started off frosty bits of dense fog around. the cloud is thickening up out west with patchy rain and drizzle, persistent rain affecting the north and west of scotland, a bit of snow over the high ground. the breeze picking up too, temperatures recovering, 8 degrees there for stornaway and for glasgow. further south, low single figures for most. though a degree or so up on what we had yesterday. as we head through tonight, those temperatures continue to climb, more cloud pushes in from the west, the breeze picking up from the south—west as well. it

catherine soy there for us in nairobi many thanks. u.s. pharmaceutical company madonna says it's coded 19 vaccine appears to work against new variance but only findings showed success against the mutated strains 1st detected in the u.k. and south africa health experts are concerned about the new variants that appear to be spreading faster and to get to reports. as the fight to contain a global pandemic continues several new variants of the code 1000 virus is spreading early research suggests these so-called mutations are more infectious and potentially deadly are one variant 1st discovered in the u.k. and another in south africa and now the focus of madonna's efforts to develop a booster injection the company says its original vaccine does fight the u.k. variant of the virus but there are questions about the mutated strain discovered in south africa i'm hearing reports that there may be some concern about the south african variant years reduction in the ability of the vaccine to neutralize the virus i'm hearing a 6 fold reduction will see

been deadly in kenya $1716.00 people have died corresponded each of committee met with families in nairobi who have been impacted by the pandemic july was the toughest month in 2020 for sure maria key and her family her father john maria key test a positive for kofi 1000 his symptoms initially not severe allowed him to remain home with his family to care of him. a week later he was taken ill and admitted to an isolation ward at that time the number of those infected in kenya stood a just and the temples and and even though the figure paled in comparison to global numbers she wrote the broadcast journalist knew that at 71 and diaby take her father was among the most vulnerable to the virus and she was worried. when the 1st death was announced in kenya it was a 65 year old man with their wheaties that terrified me even more because i was late 1st of all to someone who is younger than my father with the same condition and he's passed away from corps with 19 so that to me. in fact i was more afraid that my parents were exactly a week after he was admitted she was father died from covert relate

our reporter is in nairobi, in neighboring kenya.has given live feeds during the day about how voting was taken place. many ugandans are on social media, but there has been difficulty to make phone calls or send messages. bobi wine has expressed this frustration, with his phone and his wife's phone over the course of the day. it is very difficult to determine how voting is ting place. the electoral system says it has its own system in place to ensure tallies coming in time, but this could undermine the ability of the election. james: how has the president managed to keep hold of power for so many years? reporter: museveni is east africa's longest-serving leader, in power since 1986, after a rebellion, and has gained revolutionary credentials through the 1980's and 1990's. he is seen as a key ally of the west and the region. he led mediation efforts in south sudan, intervened in eastern congo in the congo after that escalated, but over the last five years, he has maintained his stay in power because of the way his administration was s

that's monitor reporting from nairobi thank you mohamed. an exodus of hong kong residents is expected later this month as people seek refuge from the tough new security laws imposed by beijing and the end of january residents from the former british colony can now move to the u.k. for up to 5 years and then apply for residency and brown as more from uncle. many people in today's hong kong tend to choose their words carefully but fred z. is not afraid to speak his mind about the reasons for leaving a territory he says he no longer recognizes no place he would say you feel safe anymore everywhere when you see police actually get tense that's why especially as a parent with kids it worries me a lot fred hopes to soon join his family in the nearby democratic island of taiwan he owns a market research company another skilled worker who doesn't want to go but says he has to that decision motivated by concerns over the new national security law especially its impact on academic freedom when the true don't come to home you need to know. what lesson

and schools reopened there last week after 10 months a double is it is commanding reports now from nairobi on how some families have been affected by the ongoing pandemic july was the toughest month in 2020 for sure maria key and her family her father john maria key tested positive for 1000 his symptoms initially not severe allowed him to remain home with his family to care of him a week later he was taken ill and admitted to an isolation ward at the time the number of those infected in kenya stood at just under 10000 and even though the figure paled in comparison to global numbers she wrote a broadcast journalist knew that at 71 and diaby take her father was among the most vulnerable to the virus and she was worried when the 1st death was announced it was a 35 year old man with that tell you fight me even more because i was like 1st of all to someone who is younger than my father with the same condition and he's passed away from 90 so that to me. in fact i was afraid that my parents. exactly a week after he was admitted she was father died from kuwait related complications . you talked ab

be set free many thanks for that catherine soy monitoring developments on that story for us from nairobi. now a health crisis appears to be unfolding at a military barracks used to house hundreds of asylum seekers in the united kingdom or than a quarter of them have tested positive for the coronavirus many say it's impossible to socially distance their own hall travel to the site in kent which is in the southeast of england they've survived oppression poverty and war but for many the worst part of escaping has been arriving in great britain what is life like in this . widely battle last week 100 people call about 130 years ago who. was lucky if everybody everybody this is not a lot of a lot of people really hard coded 19 is the latest hardship they face a recent outbreak has infected more than a quarter of the 400 asylum seekers housed at this former military barracks behind the curtain a man who has tested positive this is what passes for isolation and social distancing. in a statement the government blamed residents themselves for failing to take proper precautions in response they add

social distancing in the classroom but here in a young the primary school in nairobi we are seeing a totally different scenario is not only shortage of mosques but also not and maff stations where the children come and wash their hands teachers are complaining that their biggest challenge to please is the overcrowding in the classrooms due to lack of enough desks to ensure that the social distancing between the school children when they're in class the costumes themselves are also really tiny the head teacher of this school told us that they have not received any funds from the government and that all the super on the government was some masks which are not enough for the 1500 school children of course some parents are choosing to keep their children at home fearing that they will contract the virus and have been homeschooling them we've been seeing a decrease in the number of 19 cases in the country in the past few weeks but there are fears across the country that we could see an uptick in the virus once again. in a recording that's been leaked to the public u.s. president or trump

really heartbreaking and lonely when today just as sure as family was dealt a blow kenya's capital nairobi little. despite strict regulations scenes like these were commonplace that july the number of those infected was to over 16000 people. tatiana qur'an jan her partner we knew too so were 2 of those newly infected tatiana took to social media to share the news video went viral i was so worried. it confirmed that younger people were also being infected and naturally the main concern was her children and i wasn't sleeping properly because i need to catch anything that was very difficult for me and i also felt a bit lonely like you know you don't really hear people to you didn't hear people talking about it so already from the beginning i was like oh my god everyone in this country is going to be like i never want to see this family again i don't know i had all this yeah i had yeah i just i was really scared about that as well. for sure o. who also tested positive for covert 19 the virus has left an open wound and something even more elusive closure we didn't get to give him the funeral we