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now a library are vital for any city there are spaces to learn relax and read nairobi kenya as capital has a beautiful library but it's rundown and the books are ancient two women have taken it upon themselves to restore the library to its former glory style an eco reports . traffic jams and busy street life is what most people associate with nairobi but nestled in the city center lies the macmillan library a space of peace and quiet but also a building that transports its visitors back into a different era yeah this is my favorite room. in this room at media. and i. want to restore the colonial era library as well as two smaller libraries in nairobi a mammoth task seeing as many of the books and documents have simply collected over the years. tons of books that we knew water air of an entire collection of roosevelt's writing. and more recent have been digitized but we fear from of the old stuff and then just stop keeping these massive dusty. in twenty eighteen the two partnered with a county government and found that their organization the bank. as active members of nairobi's writing

we are in nairobi kenya most pacifically kibera it is infamously known as one of the biggest slums in africa and when you look at it it's easy to see why i mean people are packed into really small shacks in a really small area and it really goes to show how big the problem of housing in this country is and i want to begin with someone who actually lives here mr zorra he tells me his name means navy blue but you say living here is not so pleasant when you. talk. about. everything is sounding a little depressing right now but where is the problem i mean you are in the construction business you made your work is to ensure that not only do we have housing but there are proper houses always a problem all these years. in africa. i mean right now we are talking nairobi alone. two million houses for families like us. two million be pending every year we need one hundred thousand we really need must be building but when we talk about affordable housing for the people who are watching in the background what does that mean to you affordable give me a price range what does that look like for you

and course we need nairobi kenya as capital has a beautiful central library but it's rundown and the books are ancient two women have taken it upon themselves to restore the library to its former glory cellar and they go reports. traffic jams and busy street life is what most people associate with nairobi but nestled in the city center lies the macmillan library a space of peace and quiet but also a building transported visitors back into a different era yeah this is my favorite room something about the growth in this room that really appealed to me. and i. want to restore the colonial era library as well as to smaller libraries and there'll be a mammoth task seeing as many of the books and documents have simply collected dust over the years there are tons of books here that we nor are there other than an entire collection of roosevelt's writing the mare a lot of these new more recent have been digitized but we only fiefdom of the old stuff and then just stop keeping these massive dusty volumes in twenty eighteen the two partnered with a county government and founded the organization

talked sub-saharan african representative of the committee to protect journalists she joins us from nairobi kenya maria. is director of change tanzania a social media movement she is in dar es salaam and from the tasmanian town of machine we have i candy clement kwai you she's a development research political scientist who everybody is good to see you so we have an issue here when we're talking about freedom of press and journalism and that is journalists feel comfortable about coming on this show let me show you one example of what we've been dealing with in the last few days i would have loved to be interviewed as you suggested but this is not practically possible now job issues and underline press freedom circumstances in the country at the moment and we just translate that we've had number of people who have been just to sketch it you know when the strain to talk about this and we actually heard from someone who's not a journalist but is has been looking at this issue for a while now who talks about why that might be to give us a tiny little history lesson here and she explains in a video com

we are live in nairobi, kenya. good to see you again.e leader ousted, another stepping down. where does that leave the situation and who is running things in sudan? >> reporter: at the moment, all i can say, natalie, it has been an incredible two days in sudan's history. to answer your question, he has been appointed the leader of the new military counsel, which is asking for a two-year transition period. amonth of curfews, which has been ignored across the country. take a look back now on how things unfolded for the former leader, on thursday, april 11th. the people and government releasing on thursday, april 11th. nearly four months, they gathered to protest, demanding more. after three decades of control. om omar al-bashir. they did not expect al-bashir to take over. until the appearance, he was al-bashir's president. they announced a nighttime curfew. al-bashir was under arrest and in a safe place. he hoped to appease the crowds, the words had the opposite effect, anger across sudan. >> translator: we wanted a new regime, not the sam

cnn is following developments from nairobi, kenya. hello again to you.t's happening in sudan, there's potential for tremendous change. the question is, will the military thwart the people's hopes? what are your thoughts? >> reporter: that is everybody's thoughts across the continent. to give you an indication of what's happening at the moment, it's palm sunday. sudan, being a nation of multicultures and multifaiths, the catholics in sudan would like to hold their palm sunday mass at the military headquarters. it's this entire revolution. the aspirations of these people spread across all sectors. the fact they are still at the military headquarters indicates they may think the same. of course, we heard yesterday from the lieutenant general the man who is now in charge of the military council. he is urging for dialogue. he promised many things, including freeing of prisoners, the curfew we spoke of. that is no longer in existence. the real issues, of course, as a military council, can they bring about this change in those two years, they ask. for example,

live for us in nairobi, kenya, keeping an eye on all of these developments in sudan.at is the latest information you have on all of this? >> reporter: at the moment, l e rosemary, it's been moving full scale ahead. we got rid of al-bashir. the man who succeeded him resigned on friday night. then, of course, now in charge of the military council took over and on saturday he made all manner of promises and opened up a door of dialogue with the protesters. he got rid of the curfew we've been talking about which had been imposed immediately after mr. al-bashir left office. that's why you see so many protesters heading to that military headquarters. and, of course, the sudanese association, the very people who started this way back in december 2018, want a great deal more answers. they're not sure yet of the direction the new military council is going. they want two years of a military transition, and, of course, the political groups and the sudanese professional association with many others, including the very young and youthful protesters you see there, want an immediate

i was born in nairobi, kenya.up listening to all these rock songs and i was familiar with this song, "knockin' on heaven's door," and i was quite confident it was a guns n' roses song. and i was havi this fight with a friend who said it was by this guy called bob dylannd i was like, no, it's not. so we made a bet and i lost the bet, but by losing the bet i discovered dylan and fell into this rabbit hole of folk music. when i was 17 an music and made this conscience goal, dream really to move to america and try to find a career as a folk singer, i tried everything ttry to make that foen. you know, i applieschools, i applied for jobs and nothing really worked for years. i came to america through the green card lottery. with this card you can be a resident in america, you can move to america, you can settle in the there. and have a life when that happened it randomly felt as though it was some kind of manifestation of destiny. with this record, tales of america, contemplating about the times that we are in in america

partnership in nairobi, kenya. in 2018 she conducted a watershed assessment in java, indonesia, for the u.s. partnership and will be going to ethiopia in may to conduct a similar project on the zobaba river. thank you for your contributions over the years. we brought sam here on purpose because of his significant experience as a partner with a.i.d. and other organizations in finding business solutions to help improve the water systems across the globe. sam's got 15 years of project manager experience in water supply, infrastructure, financing, urban sanitation, utility reform, business planning, corporatization, resource management -- it goes on and on, the list. and presently he's serving as the chief of party, as jeff mentioned, for u.s.a.i.d.'s water sanitation and hydrogen finance wash fin project. last but not least, barney, it's great to see you. thank you for coming. barney has worked in the field of water resources for more than 25 years. if you add up all this experience, it's pretty impressive. specializi

the sub-saharan african representative of the committee to protect journalists she joins us from nairobi kenya maria high is director of change tanzania a social media movement she is in dar es salaam and from the tasmanian town of machine we have i can do. we haven't quite she's a development research political scientists however players get to see you so we have an issue here when we're talking about freedom of press and journalism and what it's will join is feel comfortable about coming on the show that we share with you one example of what we've been dealing with in the last few days i would have loved to be interviewed as you've suggested but this is not practically possible now owing to the job issues and underline press freedom circumstances in the country at the moment let me just translate that we've had number of people who have been just to scat to come in the stream to talk about this break and we actually heard from someone who's not a journalist but is has been looking at this issue for a while now who talks about why that might be to give us a tiny little history lesson here and

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talked sub-saharan african representative of the committee to protect journalists she joins us from nairobi kenya maria. is director of change tanzania social media movement she is in dar es salaam and from the tasmanian town of machine we have i candy clement kwai you she's a development research political scientist hello everybody it's good to see you so we have an issue here when we're talking about freedom of press and journalism and that is who join is feel comfortable about coming on this show let me show you one example of what we've been dealing with in the last few days i would have loved to be interviewed as you suggested but this is not practically possible now job issues and underline press freedom circumstances in the country at the moment and we just translate that we've had number of people who have been just too scared to come in the strain to talk about this and we actually heard from someone who's not a journalist but is has been looking at this issue for a while now who talks about why that might be to give us a tiny little history lesson here and she explains in a video common

one comment we have had on social media from nairobi in kenya. he said i am a worried man. overty because the funds are misappropriated or looted. he says it here the newly built nairobi to mombasa railway is operating at a loss despite the hype that it would bea game loss despite the hype that it would be a game changer. lots of criticisms that this programme was grossly overpriced and that it could have been done at a much, much lower cost and now can you finds it has to repay this massive amount of money —— kenya. repay this massive amount of money -- kenya. there are many examples of the negative split they far outweigh the negative split they far outweigh the positives. what is happening in africa and countries like kenya, you cannot blame china for the efficient utilisation of that infrastructure. your blame local firms, government, corruption, the fact that they are not maximising their resources. there are many things many people or entities need to be blamed for underperformance, not just china. china is, infact, giving kenya an enormous opportunity to connect to th

place in kenya have used tear gas to disperse dozens of anti-corruption protesters in the capital nairobi cottam is saying kenya loses one third of its national budget annually to corruption and mismanagement catherine reports from nairobi. the standoff between police and this protest is the not very many of the protesters but that same the going to keep coming to the streets and voices i have. this is all about corruption the thing is. a series of mega corrupt scandals involving public money. arrests senior government officials have been arrested as well as our politicians and businessmen as well but that's about it nothing happens after that people are taken to court and this case is crap and will drag on for a very long tangs are very angry about the corruption in this country they say they want the government to do where we're all so hard the president come out very angrily saying that no stone is going to be left unturned it doesn't matter who you are he said whether you're my closest political ally there are whether you're my brother if you don't call it up then we are going to hold

bags called non woven are also outlawed catherine one thousand has the story this is nairobi river a symbol of kenya's struggle to fight pollution in two thousand and seventeen the government banned single use plastic bags to reduce the amount of plastics in the environment they were replaced with non woven poly put piled in bags which are supposed to be reusable. but from the looks of this riverbank it seems these bags do more harm than good there was a vacuum and not move and bugs came into the market but when they came into the market the way. that ancestor and was to they were. they had this that i think ms and they were large enough and they were costing. i don't do in thirty and fifty initiatives so they were usable. and at the time we were not worried. the national environmental management authority says that since the ban the market has been flooded with a standard known woven poly proposed in bags that can only be used once and people have often thrown them away improperly the environment authorities felt forced to act the national environmental management authority has banned the importation

there are still lots of elderly cars on kenya's roads on the outskirts of nairobi used car dealers still offer foreign models over seven years old but that will change this summer when the government moves the age limit for imported secondhand vehicles from eight to five years a nightmare for dealers with the five. is that most of the because that i'm getting in but it will be expensive and at the same time duty were a bit costly for us so it demeans every local rich or be president sitting at. six hundred thousand. a million plus analysts predict that the ban will have positive effects on the local economy and on domestic car production. this technical college in nairobi trains hundreds of car mechanics and automotive engineers. rogers meroka gets why the ban will be hard on local dealers but he sees positive economic effects in the long term that of course there were removed big day before it's quite difficult here for imports we're now dealing with local manufacturing industries but now if you look at the bigger picture very. much any benefit as a country with a look at where we're go

there are still lots of elderly cars on kenya's roads on the outskirts of nairobi used car dealers still offer foreign models over seven years old but that will change the summer when the government moves the age limit for imported secondhand vehicles from eight to five years a nightmare for dealers. it means that most of the vehicles that getting in position to it will be expensive and at the same time duty will be costly for us so it means every which will be present we are setting out. six hundred thousand to shoot a million plus analysts predict that the ban will have positive effects on the local economy and on domestic car production. this technical college in nairobi trains hundreds of car mechanics and automotive engineers. rogers gets why the ban will be hard on local dealers but he sees positive economic effects in the long term. of course they were to move big day before it's quite difficult here for imports we're now dealing with local manufacturing industries but now if you look at the bigger picture. as much to actually benefit as a country where they're looking to get jobs

it seemed life ops invited to help william live three hundred kilometers east in nairobi kenya as capital. new startup company b.t.r. has been going for just over a year kenyan film director tony who helped come up with a life outside filmed new developing his life. a mobile application for small scale farmers like window. was totally and. william didn't know how much he speciality vegetables could fetch at the biggest local markets. a minimum of. thirty two she. in the south suburbs has a loophole that can get back to questioning the tunnel. in the. city this is something. says a good theory said is that as a. news team came up with an app that would help share information and costs like transports. it was well received. in the smiles this is simply. the smile on the other hand is what gives you the belief but . his company b.t.r. is still looking for an investor to help take his life forward. still in africa life apps also travel to namibia. local software design adult and sets off on a voyage of discovery in his own home life. is a challenge was to design a life app to help to him by p

kenya's new police unit is determined that will change. angus crawford, bbc news, nairobi. take a look at some of the other stories making the news. activists in saudi arabia say eight people been detained. this is the first round of arrests of perceived critics of the crown prince, mohammad bin salman, since the coming of the journalists jamal khashoggi. the world bank has approved the comments from the us treasury as its new president. the organisation said the appointment of david malpass organisation said the appointment of david m“ he 5s organisation said the appointment of david m“ he is the 13th american in process. he is the 13th american in a row to be given the job. process. he is the 13th american in a row to be given thejob. an inquest into two bombings in the english city of remain him in 1974 has found that a botched warning call by

officer dead in mandela before driving off with the city's close to kenya's border with somalia and ethiopia let's go live now to nairobi katherine sawyer is there tell us more about this could now. in this incident happened nine am local time that's about six g.m.t. and this doc two doctors dr harrier who's a general practitioner and landy rodriguez surgeon are part of an exchange program between the kenyan and gov and huband governments that started last year so they were heading to work at the main far all government or far off hospital in mid-air a town which as you mentioned is right at the border with somalia and they were company by these two police officers ease their procedure in areas like that considered hostile so these gunmen intercepted the vehicle there were using the gunmen were in the saloon vehicles that came out. shooting and as you mentioned killed one of the police officers also in the last two hours or so hard from the police spokesperson who has said that they have recovered the government vehicle that was carrying the cuban doctors and they are interrogating the police officer who was driving tha

officer dead before driving off with the two city is close to kenya's border with somalia and ethiopia katherine has the latest from nairobi. this incident happened at nine am local time about six g.m.t. and these two cuban doctors a general practitioner not and a surgeon are part of an exchange program between the kenyan and cuban government that started last year so they're heading to walk at the main government hospital in midair our town which is right at the border with somalia companied by two police officers as is procedure in areas that are considered hostile like. this gunmen intercepted the vehicle they were in to into saloon cars they came out shooting killed one of the police officers and we've also had from the police spokesman who has said that police have recovered the vehicle the government vehicle that was carrying the cuban doctors and our entire gating the other police officer who was driving that vehicle of the police spokesman has also said that. the military and other security agents up assuming the kidnappers who have entered somalia and now time is of the essence because their father they go into so

the issue of chinese foreign investment kenya has just secured a two point two billion dollars loan from beijing to build a data center and a highway in nairobi the funds are being offered at low interest rates and will see chinese firms partnering up with private kenyan companies controversial tech giant wall wave will be involved in the project now joining us now to discuss this further is georgia rena beer our correspondent in nairobi we should be seeing her in just a moment joy are you there there you are good to see you yes. so announcements of chinese loans joy are often followed by worries over a deepening debt tropp in the borrowing countries are we seeing similar criticism in kenya today. yes definitely there is criticism in kenya but despite this criticism the president of kenya i mean teams that as long as it is not being used in recurrent expenditure and he's not a word man he says that this in the long term will benefit kenya's economy because it's closing the infrastructure gap with the roads the railway as well as the ports and some of the electricity connection projects that are ongoing in the country today but what about whil

kenya's new police unit is determined that will change. angus crawford, bbc news, nairobi.'s other news. a man charged with five counts of attempted murder after a series of knife attacks in edmonton in north london has appeared in court. 29—year—old jason kakaire appeared at highbury corner magistrates' court. he has been remanded in custody. nhs tayside has announced a review into the treatment of 14 breast cancer patients, who died after receiving lower than normal doses of chemotherapy, without their knowledge. more than 300 patients being treated at nhs tayside since december 2016, were given lower doses than patients elsewhere in the uk. doctors said it was an attempt to reduce side effects and that the risk to patients was very small. the holiday company, sta travel, hasjoined a growing boycott of companies owned by brunei, after the country introduced strict islamic laws which punish gay six by stoning to death. the firm, which has 53 stores in the uk, said it would stop selling tickets for royal brunei airlines, in support of protests against the law. human rights

for kenya airways uganda as well exports coffee to sudan and all these protests and hash economic times have affected these exports to the country as well audrey and there our correspondent in nairobi thank you very much. closer investment ties between nigeria's petroleum ministry and saudi arabia. on the cards following the nigerian oil minister's visit to the kingdom nigeria says the visit ended with a pledge for talks spending the entire oil and gas value chain is five be africa's biggest crude producer of nigeria imports most of its fuel you to insufficient refining infrastructure around khaleesi spending refining operations and for the production in a bid to become the world's largest integrated and engine. much of africa has simply skip the age of land lines and moved straight on to cell phones today almost half of africans have a mobile phone that's nearly five hundred fifty million people mobile phones not all are only used to make calls but also to transfer money pay bills and manage personal finances huge market has developed in africa. telecommunications. anyone looking to buy a cell phone in mali's capital bamako will likely head straight to the mark she did telephone.

kenya to be specific but along the border is while. an italian humanitarian worker was kidnapped last year and police are still looking for her. as katherine sawyer lives in nairobi comes from many things. tens of thousands of displaced syrians awaiting to leave the remote refugee camp on the border with jordan conditions that are worsening which would lead to nearly two thousand people leaving using a corridor or opened by the russian military they have gone back to their villages which are under government control but many others in the camp are now seeking safe passage in the opposite direction to the opposition controlled north zaina harbor reports. forty thousand syrians are trapped in this remote corner of syria where there is little to sustain life there is a way out of rock band camp to record door opened by the russian military it leads to their villages and towns which have returned to government control after years of fighting worsening conditions in the camp is why almost two thousand people left even if it meant returning to their homes without security guarantees. muffles the situation is horrible there is no aid our children have been deprived of a