After the f. B. I seize classified documents from his florida state. This week. They reportedly include material relating to nuclear weapons. The author, a son man, rusty, is on a ventilator after being stabbed at a literary event in new york state. His agent says hes suffered injuries to his arm and abdomen and may lose, and i, a suspect has been arrested. Im a child jury is a novelist, poet and literary critic, he explains the significance behind rest these career so far. I admired his work and i had my him deeply and, and what is wonderful about rusty is he can make room for a great deal of diversity as far as what she likes in the, in the arts in writing is concerned are much, much greater diversity, a kind of diversity that marks out that true office can writer in comparison to his some visit myers. So i would say that he has his, his kind of presence has been transformative for, for india fiction for indian fiction, ample fiction, generally. But there are things about his writing and about him which, which i was acknowledging, which we still havent fully understood and acknowledge thousands of supporters of pakistan, former Prime Minister him on con or gathering in the city of the hor, theyre expecting to hold a mass protest in the coming hours, con is pushing for return to power after losing a no confidence vote in april dozens of women. And ive got a son of elder, rare, protesting capital just days before the 1st on a verse of the taliban returned to power. About 40 demonstrators more on the Education Ministry chanting bread, worst, and Freedom Fighters be some of the women and fired into the air to break up the protest. Days on from a general election, voters and kenya are still waiting to know who will be there. Next president , veteran Opposition Leader right low dinner and Deputy PresidentWilliam Roots are close raised for the top job. Kenyas Election Commission has until tuesday to announce the results youre up to date with add lines on al jazeera up. Next, its the stream. Thanks for watching bye. Bye for now. When a hands on celestes working in asia, africa, thered be days where id be shooting and editing my own stories in a refugee camp with no electricity. And right now, where confronting some of the greatest challenges that humanity has ever faced. And i really believe that the only way we can do that is with compassion and generosity and compromise. Because thats the only way we can try to solve any of these problem is together. Thats well to 0. So important. We make those connections with. Hi, anthony ok. On august, the 12th approximately 1030 p and east africa time canyons are waiting for Election Results. I want you to join after results a watch party. Lets see what weve got to discuss in a tightly ford election. What is next . The kenya . Kennedy went to the polls on 9th douglas to elect a new president to tacoma from president who can answer the questions. Kenneths want to address or who between mr. William router of the you da and mr. Ray loading of the as the Meal Coalition can be trusted to fix our economy, to fight corruption and to unite the country. After very d received elections. But next, the couple would there be more jobs with as thomas already been go up canyons or looking forward to the results for the good expectations hoping that it will be a new beginning more like the country when we caught our independence. Or when we wrote the post independence, but it did come out of power crit, he has a growth oh, waiting in our watch, marty, leading our conversation, she co been right. So nice to have you on the stream again, she can welcome to the stream. Welcome back to the string teller what . Who you are, what you do. Think if it me linen michigan, kicker from the crew county, kenya, i laquissa young people. I try bless you. A muscle social justice and rights defender. Get to have been. I know its this yourself, the audience around the world. I hello, my name is a be now my center, the executive director, buddy the africa. I call to be politically engagement over grass with 3 men organizing in chalmers and the young women. Lets have a look at the for president ial candidates. Ladies. Tell me how nervous each one of them is likely to be right now. So lets start with violet. I think it is a feeling confident she co. Hes very nervous at this moment, but also theres a little tension and i was, i had to, i let it. So i think also with the pressure that hes receiving from support does, i believe is super super of us at the moment. Lets go back to william router vina, how do you think williams feeling right now . The margins between both president ial candidates are very small. Currently given the lust results that we were able to see is trimming in before they were brought down from the media stations. So pretty much even for president ial candidates, william, brutal, he is pretty novice cherokee and are anxious at the same time as weve also seen, support us from both sides trying to claim victory already the head of why they even doing that. Thats not possible. Well get back to that in just a moment, right. George koya is easy, easy out having a been really relaxed because hes like, no chance. She co. I want to say hes a joke. I dont think his have a he doesnt even care what it is hoping i will make that jealous stood him there. You can be and period but as a 1000000000 people, i think once you put that i loading that. So i just seeing, hes just, hes from field, hes mid 5 of a whole the critical to be, but hes been a good destruction. Yeah. Ok and, and then the leader of the a gone. No party been a you help us out with this final kind of, they havent heard much about him. Of course. Can you have a lot International Audience . What do we need to know if he knows if he getting any results at all . I think he is a rather disappointed because he read on morality ground and given the fact that we only see that in kenya and 80 percent of us actually christian. So to see the low number below one percent and standing up. I mean, even these christians, i think it is the point that youve been remember voting day was a painful, easy full you. What struck you from tuesday, your voting experience. So what struck me, number one was the very short q. I remember in 2017 when i went to vote, i took about fall and i sped about to fall was a cute and this time round, i only spent about 15 minutes on q and i observed, according to the majority of the young people in q and especially young women, so that struck me or not. So im just thinking sheeka short choose because a good organizational short case because no one could be bothered to vote. Actually bus. I think this time val. And are they electra what has been a beat or better or get it done before . So we saw that or the land. So our 1st moving out, they were not as stretched us other times, but also there was apathy within a we saw it as that in most cases have 80 percent or reduced. What does appear hot . No head that are out 45 percent or so that means we had the higher number of people lot coming out to what i am curious about the move in kenya right now from the people who didnt vote in the people who did vote. I am going to go to back to you chicago, but via 2 residents of nairobi, thinking about this space between the election day and the results coming out. This is what theyre thinking about right now. No, i j out even though there are not many people in town. I do see signs of peace. People vote peacefully returns to work and i see kenya moving forward. And that will be talking that monday. So for so far, theres no fighting. Ive not heard of any problems anywhere before, even though they have not announcing the winner. I urged the youth to be calm that way and maintain order. Come up a 0 problems. Anyway, chicago, what he thank i its been come. I only call it the season after christmas when you dont know what youre supposed to do before its new. Yes. How does that this . I was full of anxiety. I just think kenyans have really this for us has struck us because i can say we can see how democracy has grown over time. And being able to see people engaged and people make fun of each other site and good luck to the making good means somebodys election. I was looking for these actually i said clearing, send me means that are suitable for work because my work is broke up. And if i get some really good ones during the show, i will show them to tell us about a few. The means that youve seen that have cracked you are. So we will actually head means of pick with dislike, making fun of how one site will behave after the lot weans and also dislike that tension. I think one of the common things that good news ive been saying is that when that this time around was kenyans have used to live with us more than any other time in the world. So really been using our bathrooms because of that. But also the question of there is something that was saying, but its coming home. So weve been laughing and saying since that the media stations is showing different tallies, depending on where theyve started telling us what people have been saying, everybody has their 5th president. So depending on if, whoever i does switch to your best, this should say this is curious looking yes. How should i this is really curious because theres a gap of information. So you can look online and you can see how the Election Results are coming in from the electoral body and in about 70 percent results. Right now the last time i looked, but that gap with information is being filled by misinformation been what have you seen . So personally, i have seen some supporters from a different side of the coalitions, actually claiming victory and some going as far as saying, you know what, weve won this, were just waiting for the announcement. But also people sharing different statistics and percentages over which president ial candidate is leading, which is actually misinforming their supporters, right. And at the same time, also not being able to see the electron management body i b c. Moving so fast to counter that information. So i, yes, i can, i think weve also seen so many politicians declared themselves when as of in the process. So i think the politicians also played a key role in misinforming the support as can you help us understand how thats possible, how that happens . How do you decay yourself when and knowing full well . I can sitting in america. I know can you style . How do you, how do you do that knowing through well the, you actually have won the election. So with this time, especially with the electoral, but the opening does have us to public where we could see the form that for aids that are coming from the telling station. So if we can, them could access them and you had the right to actually tell them by yourself. So everybody and it side head their own tell is the telling sessions with a different politician. Say we have like a bunch of 10 young people who are doing tiling for them. So people collect their information or whatever they tallied and what they see, they deemed right with them. And they would do that statistic to announce themselves in, as weve seen candidates who i announce themselves when, as in social media and then the electoral with the analysis of the, someone totally different of the winner. One hope for aspect of these elections, of these campaigns. Ive seen a number of women participating and women in politics been can you talk to me about that . Because i think thats going to be one of the milestones for this particular election and kenya is women on campaigns and women data results. Lena . I thank you so much so flexible. Im. Im very proud to see women taking us tab, especially the highest electro positions in the country. I think weve seen women who reinforce, give an attorney, a thief, into a box or we are seen. Some of them will already been announced, as we know, i think, you know, in the course to read john in, you know, in cru county weve seen wins, especially in that will be a terrier race. And also the fact that the, you know, like 3 president ial candidates have women as by, you know, Vice President. So these that, so in as much as i love to celebrate in this election, i think the progress is still a little bit. And i want to back this up with the statistics because in this election we had 16100 candidates across all the positions from the president ial to the member of county assembly. And of that number, only 1962 while female candidates. I would love to hear about the crew county she cove because if something pretty historic that is about to happen, i dont, i dont, i dont wanna jing fit. But from a women perspective, tell us, its amazing, right . I think i have been happy enough typed these all over because for the 1st time we have an entire top leadership, mid of women, we have a woman gover. Now we have a womans saying its out of the women, of course just that weve been friends and we have a poodle, 5 elected m, p s, who are women off. They live in a no constituencies, sorry. This has not happened before. So for me to send this and a pulley of women, m c is also so for me, for this to happen, it has given me hope that the future is actually brighter for young women. What to a was fired to get there, but also not to forget that much of my check was county also has the top leadership of women. Also, they have a woman, governor woman said its i and of course the women dress awful. Me here. I me like we are making those steps and i feel like if there is nothing else to celebrate in this election, is that weve seen women get to the top tire. See they got me out now that they cant mess up because they and people are getting no, youre just like the men. No, no. They have to be extremely high. Rise. Better than of us being, but i can an election is very pacheco. Yeah, the sticks are very high for these women. My cancer, everybody is looking at. When will they miss up . How would they be . There is of course, a little her around women cannot walk together, women will do right. That will do. So the sticks are quite high for us, but this is the time we just step in and walk with them to make sure everything looks good and that theyre delivering the best and the, you know, and if i could just add the fact that we actually had to more women gender race to run for political office, it means actually in the next election, that is actually going to encourage more. We meant to run for a better term. Its been a tourist, its, you know, ill way from just being told to run for the women reps. It because that is your space because that is also exactly what she was speaking to. Half the time when youre running for office, your old is pushed aside and being told, or theres a seat for you there. So just thing we men kick us down, but the empty position at the Vice President position is going to encourage more women. And i can not wait to see this point of women actually in the coming election, including off of the show. No pressure ladies of and yeah, no pressure. All right, this is a canyon Election Results watch party 2022. And we have our Community Online who are watching as well. Ladies, will you answer that question or react to the questions as much as you can . So many people are just thankful, no violence bina quick thought that so just coming, you know, when we reflect about 2007 and the lives we lost and the impact of that on the economy. And again, the pockets of violence in 2013 in 2017. And now were talking about corporate 910. 00, which affected our economy. So just to see and witness the central calmness currently in the country. Its encouraging because that means after weve announced the president ial result, and if we still maintain the theme, then people will go back to work. Because also, i think one thing i do is its taking time to actually open up their businesses. You know, currently, i dont know, but i look were county, but in a row be just, you know, just moving around, feel very anxious to go and its only opening up but quite slowly. Yeah. And you know, the project starting with the results will be announced to morrow or on sundays. So as much as i b cs within the mandate of the 7 days, because i dont know exactly what its going to be tomorrow or sunday. Ok. More questions i hope for this election, this is on youtube is a crack down on the cove, rob xico. Wow. Im not sure how hopefully going to be about that. I want to be hopefully, i want to not be physically sick of him. But looking at the both sides of the device, no one is better, and this is also informed by a little bit literal in justices that weve seen before from the political but you know, relations to where we are right now. And the question is likely to fight or option at this point. We are not sure who the much who can speak for and grateful is that our economy is low to high. Sure enough for the next 5 years. Calvin kamani is watching right now coming. Thank you so much. This is what calvin country contributes to our discussion, the cost of living and can use very high know jobs, low wages, the lift is endless. Who will be our savior . We off, irene earlier. What are the priorities . The kenyas electorate . This is what she told us, the most placing issues we can use and most king, and now that you expect to then mix a new titian to address is access to basic human needs. And nash can abode, could what a different housing dissent jobs the highest at any. Will health care standards, access to education entitled to a dignified life as our constitution clearly sees in that 43. And as for the lesson, collaboration of human rights which our country is about to do, but she can re selection address those very basic needs. Every kenyon has also said me because lucinda manifesto have read the book manifesto from the 2 president ial. And i will just pick up the 2 president ial candidates because of the numbers that missing right now. So weve read that many festivals and that also speaking about the economy that all speaking about providing an easy life. Ok. The question is how that will happen. We also know that we are very, we are country full of debts at the moment. So is the question of, are they able to do this within the next 5 years, weve been able to match up our budget, the budget that was sent up. A said for to didnt to 2023. So if were able to much up that then we may be able to create an is in life or canons. But that sounds far fetched for now. We just pray that we have a president of care and, and one to listen to what can and certainly need. Im just going to compliments about on the beta is on an at, excuse me, think about one second. The modem is on you, she, she says, i love the devaney says i love the introduction of voting process for persons with disabilities. I think others can learn from canyons. I just had to thought for a moment because i think thats really nice to hear of, of initiatives that are coming out of this current election process. Been a go ahead. Sorry. I think, i think i wanted to say that, you know, l