kenya's most expensive infrastructure project the distance between kenya's capital nairobi and the port city mumbai just under 500 kilometers and 2 years ago in 2017 this journey that we are on would have taken up to 10 hours in fact some passengers on the train see that up to 24 hours have been spent trying to bridge that gap between these 2 cities. town. very fast. very fast. is bound to happen which means that the standard good will be running across the country of kenya and eventually leading up to a regional partners uganda and eventually south sudan opening up the region to trade and movement of persons the railway was built by chinese contractors and financed largely by chinese loans that poses a debt burden. putting all this together hasn't come cheap $3800000000.00 kenya has had to fork out in order to get this done and the tricky thing is 90 percent of that funding came from the china eggs in bank the foreign investors celebrate the results in the promotional videos the chinese provided both financing can technology to operate the railway for the 1st 5 years. express is curren

one factor making kenya attractive is cheap and plentiful labor. that's drawing this indian manufacturer to the country to make. we as a manufacturer we are looking forward to a woman who fracturing program to start all manufacturing programs became after we see how the market is responding us. this is also growing industry waste management and recycling. the sector was born out of necessity as kenya became overwhelmed by the garbage of industrialized nations. the western countries one where they can offer support just across the world look at their own food print we should have a driven approach to to every way it in part or poor countries so that if there is a ticket for payment or compensation then that has to be something that is that the victim can use example shows that environmental protection is important but that economic growth is essential if the lives of the poorest are to improve. now for more on this i'm joined by joy to ring in uganda joy good to see you spend most of your time in kenya we saw in that report that the country has been

say that kenya. burundi and uganda would find a way of sharing the value chain similar like the us model. and with that dennett competing with each other from simple example kenya to one type of eco passenger cars tanzania commercial vehicles rhonda electric costs software. whatever and then use it within the free trade zone you could scale the business so every investment would make sense he says v.w. quickly came to learn that the key to success in africa is working closely with local experts an example is the mobility upmove that v.w. uses to coordinate its rental fleet in kigali local developers programmed it to work with the often modest allowances of mobile users here tailor made software like this would be next to impossible to get in europe or asia. this reporter japonica bailey who has been looking into the story for us and he joins me now in studio to ponder good to have you here electric ride sharing car ride sharing program in rwanda is this a novelty or is this a long term solution for t

the national headquarters of culp in kenya in nairobi. patrick yoker has been a national director since 2013 he took up his post at a difficult time there was friction between members with various tribal affiliations. we are beyond. that. with. and without bringing the politics and the lineage in the cotton under for now we are saying we have grown beyond the tribal lines and you find out even copying what cannot. stop. faith has been working as a project manager at the national headquarters for the past 3 years. she introduced the vertical bank project here as an agricultural scientist she understands the problems that farmers face. bring kenya's management team visits the various groups regularly face a movie also instructs the members on how to use the vertical sacks. a man challenge right now is their climate change because for the previous years on that rain has not been well so most of the groups they've banned or agriculture and have ridden or rain there's a lot of drought and for them food is that are becoming a challenge. it's ex

and kenya has too much to. a better harvest has driven prices down leaving growers scrambling to find alternatives. this is your business or business report i'm stephen beard's in berlin it's good to have you with us u.s. president donald trump took to twitter on tuesday to say he'll sign a phase one trade deal with china on january 15th the trump tweeted that the deal will be signed in a ceremony at the white house was with high level chinese representatives the deal was concluded earlier this month but many of its details have been slow to emerge including a signing date went on to say that he will go to beijing at a later date for phase 2 talks with again. for the us china trade conflict couldn't do it a slowing world economy couldn't do it slowing the global bull market proved almost impossible in 2019 putting indexes at record level by year's end the dow jones industrial average pictured here there it is rose 24 percent over the course of 2019 the biggest setbacks for the dollar in may after president trum

deja news africa coming up in the next 15 minutes africa's people wanted any zweibel born refugees in kenya sosias they said they all still refugees it's a fake shared by millions of africans and many have lost hope. some of my friends are from them selves because of what they are going through the next stop them several times in this county sometimes i think about killing myself because of the hardship i'm going through. and broken promises thousands of tampere states of the streets to call up the president to step down. i'm christine one bill welcome to news africa it's good to have you along a global summit aimed at finding ways to support the growing number of refugees is underway in switzerland it's the 1st meeting off its kind bringing to give the politicians business leaders and refugees a day to get at that summit but 1st the majority off africa's refugees on the continent and many face adverse conditions in their host countries they're denied citizenship and sometimes basic human rights report is in kenya home to one of the biggest refugee camps in the world. mohamed he has come to

ringback kenya like most of the world realize those small scale farmers for food. farmers like william large weighing in uganda in kenya as fertile west a former city dweller farming is now is like. you miss out on clean looking and the . 2000. lupul token it would be. a sequel do a sequel. says a real consequently. you pick a kid might. need to because. we guess and. good to. meet. you say you were doing well planned. 2000. and making. do. and. don't see. in. but don't. maybe william can find the help he needs among the bright lights of kenya's capital city. mayoral beat. it's full of life it's a miracle. i knew how to put you guys want. me to one of kenya's new breed of young software developers our new karaoke i want to pick your songs develop a living and they will be called a small startup with my friends called bt and consultants we create tools even i will go on to use more news challenges to design a mobile phone app to help william and millions of other small scale kenyan farmers who mobilise it's cool and it's not a craze in their o.b.'s socks it's just m

a cash crunch in kenya east africa's largest economy can't pay its bills will it need to ask the i.m.f. to help and the king of streaming is about to face a multi-billion dollar onslaught from the likes of apple and disney will find out at netflix can hold on to its number one spot. weeks of violent street protests were brought to a halt in ecuador in mid october after the president walked back on a stair a scene that has led to marino withdrew the international monetary fund backed agreement to increase fuel costs that decision had paralyzed the economy as it hit the poorest and minority indigenous population the most kito had the i.m.f. or a $4200000000.00 loan as it struggled to cut its budget deficits and debt the government decided to cut fuel subsidies which cost the government $1300000000.00 a year at the same time as receiving the loan big business is one of concession wiping out past taxes according to the former economy minister well missile gado which raises the question why would you take a loan to help corporations but cut subsidies to the poorest. i'm delighted to say tha

you traveled to kenya chill that's ok sit in the highlands the kenyan rift valley also known as kenya's capital because most of the tea that comes from kenya is gross. the miles before hardship and suffering has swallowed her dear to teach her and tire life when she was just a child she was separated from her family together with thousands of tell lies and keep ciggies people she was expelled from her incest for lands at 96 years old she still vividly recalls the trauma of that experience. i don't remember the date. but the hour we were chased away was 4 in the afternoon . i was so frightened my stomach started aching and i started vomiting. lydia's parents were forcibly removed to so-called national reserves making way for acres and acres of profitable tea plantation today they are owned by multinational companies. stayed behind to work on one of the british states that she was repeatedly raped by her employer who got her pregnant. when the white man as she calls him a tech took for the 1st time she was only 13 years old and. there was nothing i could do used a lot of force to overpowe

a security concern in kenya i think has a role to play. at the end of this week there is going to be a summit the regional organization and it's very possible that at that summit ethiopia will hand over the chairman ship to kenya. that is an assumption that people make, we from the european side would welcome it and i'm told the canyons that if they do that we will be very happy. it means real engagement on kenya's power to facilitate not only in somalia where it is pretty heavily invested in different ways but helping with ethiopia. helping with south sudan in the lake. so if it takes on this roll formally it would be biting off a big chunk that it's going to have to chew on and we are going to have to be very helpful to, them as a say we would welcome it. >> thank you, we will let my ask a question. >> mike u.s. department of state, first i want to thank you for your comments today and also thank you for your tremendous work in a region of the world that i think is the toughest neighborhood on the globe, so thank you for that. i want to

in kenya and the regulations in kenya for the provision of electricity lake to connect can not provide power to the communities lake turkana must only sell to kenya power and light a company which is the off taker and the only licensed and regulated off ticket to be able to take. the wind farm is only responsible for generating electricity its distribution is in the hands of kenya power in which the government has a controlling stake we contacted the kenyan ministry of energy it told us that there are plans to connect the communities around the lake to the grid but it's not clear when. only a few people in this village have solar collectors. and there's just one t.v. for the whole community. many here are angry and feel the wind farm is to blame. if i were a sorcerer i would curse it so the whole when. pock would stop working. the foot that wouldn't help tolerantly polluted or his fellow villagers either they'll just have to wait for the day when electricity reaches their community. that's all from us this time but we love hearing from you so drop us a line global 3000 at d w dot com a

well staying in kenya countryside to the. traffic is terrible and horrible it's all about the petrol diesel that's being. electric vehicles it's the same one poet from who knew about sources would certainly make a difference well there really does need to see. more of the bias of c.b.s. news company on was being blown leads me. you don't see the difference you only hear it or rather you don't. 10 years 1st fully electric car is almost silent. in africa they can only operate in cities where there's a reliable electricity supply. charging takes about 2 hours. and once fully charged they can travel up to 150 kilometers the battery can last up to 15 years. a finnish company launched its the taxi named a ride last year in nairobi you can hail it with an app. today the company has 11 vehicles operating in the kenyan capital. and as the drivers don't have to pay for gasoline they charge less for a ride the normal taxis do. it will take many more electric cars to make a difference to the polluted air in nairobi but it's a start. and

so if you let kenya and you continue to do. it in 96 is also used in the manufacture of skin products contact lenses soaps and woman organic products the national sorry culture research center is contrary offering from a subsidy plans and marbury cuttings are very subsidized rates and with the help of international investors they are also working to transfer money and help them identify markets. in a few 100 years our goal. how did being just to see if it was poltava ended after that. we study that lot of say culture and. so now we have high technology and. about the we can't use it because. it's too developed and also the crime rate the crime rate in the kenya is much better. japan to take culture and by adopting to the chans in climatic conditions small scale sent from us like you to we know how fond a way of sustaining their livelihoods. were staying in kenya but moving from the countryside to the capital nairobi public transport very spotty traffic is terrible and horrible it's all about the petrol and diesel that's been fo

and kenya has a role to play. at the end of this week, there's going to be a -- a summit of egad, the regional -- the regional organization. and it's very possible that at that summit, ethiopia will hand over the chairmanship to kenya. that's an assumption that people ake. we would welcome it and we would be happy to be a support. it's going o be a real engagement to facilitate not only in somalia where it's pretty heavily invested. but helping with ethiopia. helping with south sudan and the like. if it takes on this role formerly it -- it will be biting off a big chunk that it's going to have to then chew on and we're going to have to be very, very help to feel them. we will let mike ask a question. u.s. department of state and currently -- to wilson center. i wanted to thank you for your comments today and also thank you for your tremendous work in your role over the last eight years in a region of the world i've always felt is the toughest neighborhood on the globe bar none. wanted to ask about south sudan. it'

for more on this our correspondent joins us from nairobi kenya hello edith so clearly people still need help how much support are they getting from the government. at the moment it's truly very difficult to gauge because this is a situation that is and falding as we're speaking so government is sort of trying to do preventative work as well as search and rescue but there has been quite a little bit of money that's been pumped into this the government of kenya has put in the equivalent of about 2000000000 u.s. dollars and i do know that the u.n. emergency fund has also contributed 3 $1000000.00 so quite a lot of fundraising being done in and around this issue as they said as it's unfolding so what is the mean charley image of people right now. right now for the ones who have survived obviously it is just that initial trauma some of these people have lost not just their homes but family members life stalk their entire livelihood because we're talking about entire farmlands being swept away this is their main source of income and beyond that it's where to sleep where to get food these are

the world have been forced to flee their homes some spend their entire lives in camps like this in kenya also on the program . production of its 737 mosques and line of regulators grounded the plane after 2 fatal crashes in just 5 months and now the u.s. plane maker is halting the assembly line for one of its best sounds. of france's teacher may just step towards dealing with cases of sexual abuse in the catholic church by removing. the people secrecy. i'm filled welcome to the program. a global summit started in geneva aimed at finding better ways to support the world's growing number of refugees the 1st global refugee forum brings together politicians business leaders and people who've been forced to leave their homes the u.n. says war and persecution of forced around 26000000 people around the world to flee their homelands almost half gone from just 3 countries syria afghanistan and south sudan before the contractor in syria the single largest refugee policy population of palestinians most refugees living countries bordering their own and some spend their whole lives in camps by moham

it is a 2 developed and also the crime it the crime made into kenya is much better. japan to take out and by adopting to the chance incremental conditions small scale sort of firmest like you to know we know how fond a way of sustaining their livelihoods. were staying in kenya but moving from the countryside to the capital nairobi public transport very sparse traffic is terrible and horrible it's all about the petrol diesel that's being. electric because it's the same you want power from going knew of a source it would certainly make a difference well there are being done easily operated by a subsidiary over thing nice company eco right on it was been growing believe me. you don't see the difference you only hear it or rather you don't. can you express fully electric car is almost silent. you know africa they can only operate in cities where there's a reliable electricity supply. charging takes about 2 hours. and once fully charged they can travel up to 150 kilometers the battery can last up to 15 years. a finish company launched its the taxi named no p.r. ride last

when kenya became independent in the 1960 s. video was left to fend for herself as an outcast with 3 biracial children and no money or land to live on to date she is one of more than 100000 victims who are demanding that a united nations special investigator open the inquiry into the plight of. british soldiers expelled families from their homes stole land and livestock and committed gross human rights violations all for the sake of planting this crop the victims of this land appropriation say there is blood in the to here they want reparations for them about treatment and above all an apology for the crimes committed under the crown. brought me dixon a lawyer from the u.k. representing this complaint says it's time for redress no it's also a very opportune time because around the world states and various bodies or looking at past abuses colonial grievances and how they can be addressed that they call be swept under the carpet for the dia and her daughter hope she'll be able to witness an apology. ok this one this next one gives

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in somalia warnings have been issued as cyclonic storm pawan nears the coast and in kenya its reported that at least 100 people are dead and more than 30—thousand have been displaced. francesco rigamonti is from 0xfam and hejoins us from the kenyan capital nairobi. ahmed 0mar ibrahim is from save the children in somalia and hejoins us from the kenyan capital nairobi. situation on the ground in somalia. the signs that a severe weather event is happening? thank you for having me. the latest information that we received, they are talking about five to 60,000 people affected in kenya. we have 18,000 people displaced and over 170 people that we re displaced and over 170 people that were killed. as a matter of fact, as are seen before, we are witnessing a phenomenon in the indian ocean, the temperature in the indian ocean getting closer to the coast of kenya is high and creating more rain and this is affecting the whole region and we have witnessed scenes like 0ctober, heavy rains across the region and they, there are expectations were normally they would be finishing. so this is a storm o

fields unwanted in kenya the government has been threatening for years to close the camp heightening his feelings of uncertainty he also feels neglected by the international community which has shifted its attention to other humanitarian crises else. dab was never meant to be a long term solution yet for most people life as a refugee here in the camps is all they know there's drawn out in camp ground the deteriorating level of humanitarian assistance and the only distant prospect of resettlement has collectively taken a severe mental health toll on thousands of residents. here one of the n.g.o.s operating here says the protracted crisis in the camp has caused a growing number of refugees to develop mental health conditions. depression is one of the illnesses we treat see alarmingly becoming increased amongst the depression is serious because most of the time you get refuges attempting suicide it's actually due to depression. mohammed says he suffers from anxiety and insomnia and he's not alone he says many of his former school friends have given up hope some of them drifted into drug

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