My name is Marlene McCohen and I want to welcome you to Parent Tip Tuesday. Today's video is going to be about bird toys because everyone wants to know what their birds like to play with right? So today we are going to break it down for you including all the ways to make your own bird toys as well as different ideas for toys for your birds. Today I have with me Picasso my mustache parakeet I have Jersey my umbrella cockatoo chilling in the background and I have Cody hi Cody do you want to come say hello? Cody's over here on his stand oh he smells so good and Vinny is actually here you probably hear some crunching in the background that's Vinny chewing up his box something which we will get to in a little bit. Let's go over the toys that you can buy from stores. Do you acquire toys for your birds and how do you know which kind of toys your birds like? Some of you write to me that your birds don't like toys at all and I know that can be frustrating but do you know that there's many different types of toys and maybe you just haven't found the type that your bird is most interested in. So I'm going to break it down for you these are my categories of toys for your birds. The first kind of toys that you can get for your birds consist of wood. Lots of birds enjoy chewing on and destroying wood. Wood toys are excellent for larger parrots. However, lots of toys are made out of wood for smaller parrots. So let's look at this toy for example all these beads and all of these little stairs they're actually made out of wood. See Cody's really excited about that. Cody loves wood toys that's something that Cody is very interested in so if you have an African gray your bird may love wood but all birds are different so it's really important to get to know your bird. Rocky loves wood toys but for Rocky he gets toys made out of larger pieces of wood and I'll show you more about that in a little bit. So this is a good example of wood toys but there's many other different types of toys made out of wood. What if your bird is not interested in chewing up wood? Well some birds love beads.  Sometimes birds really love beads and maybe you want to try bead based toys for your parrots. This toy for example has small little beads Picasso really likes beads like this but I don't think he would notice these right away Picasso is more interested in actual beads. Beaded toys quite often have beads like these you'll notice I know you've seen that my birds like to play with them they're very hard plastic very hard to break a lot of you ask me if my birds will swallow them this is an important subject to go over. First of all these beads are quite large it'd probably be impossible for them to swallow to begin with if you look at Picasso you can probably see let's see if I can get you to see you see that's not something that Picasso can swallow but it's really important to know that these are the beads that are on parrot toys when you buy them so my birds just chew them off and then I also give them beads like it and make new toys made out of the beads a lot of birds love beads they love the colors they love to see if they can break them they love the hard plastic now for those of you worried about swallowing beads these are too large for my birds to swallow if you think your bird has a problem where he is trying to swallow the beads you should be careful but in general birds chew things all the time they chew plastic they chew wood they could really swallow anything by accident so if you feel like that is something your bird is doing you should be careful of that but Picasso if you look at him he's very into beads and we will get more into this exciting tray in a little bit but right now I am losing Picasso to the beads oh Picasso also likes wood and he loves yellow so right now he is playing with a yellow wooden bead which is very popular for Picasso Cody actually likes purple you want to see the purple one yeah Cody likes purple and blue so right now we're going over the toys that you can buy from stores so we went over wood we went over beads the next thing that you can get on toys for birds are bells Jersey loves bells she loves to play with the bells and the inside of the bells it's really exciting to her Jersey is such a girl she loves the beads and the bells and Picasso loves the beads so get to know your bird all these silver bells and pieces on toys that are silver both Picasso and Jersey love interestingly enough they fight over the same toys Picasso likes bells that are a little bit smaller but Jersey loves the inside of the bell she likes to play with it and Vinny also likes to ring bells but he likes to ring the solid hard bells that also Rocky enjoys playing with and for those of you who are curious about anything that you see in this video today I'm gonna have it in my link below under products that I love so check it out you can go online and order anything from there that you find interesting and I will put descriptions in there too of things that I buy and why I buy them so that will help you a lot if you think your bird is into silver which a lot of birds are then you can get some bell based toys they'll of course break the bells off but I mean that's what they're there for right the next thing that you may find on a bird toy or your parrot may be interested in is paper paper is amazing it's great for foraging toys it's great for foraging in general you can put paper around birds food hide birds food I think we did that in last week's video on taking your bird outside that just happened and that was pretty cool you'll see paper in a lot of different things like this is what you call a foraging perch your bird stands on it but he can get busy with all of this paper which Cody seems to be very interested in I find paper to be the easiest thing to get your birds to like birds love chewing up little paper pieces anytime I've wanted to keep my bird busy in a pinch just a piece of paper or like even a paper plate would do it doesn't matter as long as they're chewing up this is where boxes paper mail that comes to the door that you're not interested in you probably don't need a shredder if you have any bird like Picasso or Vinny Cody's really enjoying this actually so I'll probably give this to him and put this in his cage he likes it that's so cute I just got this out of the toy box now so I'm excited to know that he likes it you may have a bird that is interested more in jewels if you have one of those birds that like is always at your rings or earrings and things like that that's the kind of bird that would definitely enjoy toys with a lot of bling and silver in them do you want to play with this silver thing he's kind of interested in that that's just a ring by the way just like a simple ring for the toys which could be just as entertaining for your birds surprisingly the next thing that your parrots may love are reflective toys mirrors some birds really enjoy mirrors Vinny enjoys mirrors Cody obviously enjoys everything that I am playing with I don't know him to like mirrors but he's liking this right now right Cody Vinny loves mirrors he loves to look in mirrors he has in his cage mirror that is like a four-way mirror that hangs that he can just push and play with Vinny loves that so your bird may enjoy reflective toys that's another type of toy that you could include in your group of toys that you let your bird play with what do you think of that Cody are you handsome yeah you're kind of handsome right hey this is really good guys because Picasso's right here and they're not freaking out because usually Picasso would bully but I think Picasso's interested in all the toys here so it's good for bonding for the toys to be in the same area here's another thing that your bird may enjoy and you can actually find this on a lot of bird toys that you might buy and that is fabrics now I should say you have to be careful with fabrics due to cloth and paction so you want to make sure that your bird isn't trying to swallow any type of fabric always be careful with that but some toys have really cool leather pieces and other fabrics that are interesting if you find your bird interested in chewing up towels and things like that and you're sure that your bird is not swallowing them then you can do a lot of things with different types of safe fabrics it's always important though to make sure that the fabrics are 100 content that's the best thing you can do to make sure that your parrots are safe so what we have just covered are parrot toys that you would find in a bird store or online the obvious things that you may buy for your parrot what I want you to get out of that group is that there are many different types of toys that parrots love to play with but there are other cool ideas for parrot toys and we're going to go over them right now the next coolest thing that you can get for your birds and I love this this is something I thought I came up with but I wasn't the only one with this idea I've been doing this for my birds for so long because in my head this was the safest thing that you could do for your parrot and here it is baby toys baby toys are amazing for your birds look how cute this is one they're colorful birds love color two they're pretty much safe because nobody wants to give their baby something dangerous and three some of them can be very interactive so toys like this we love to play with jersey jersey we love to have her take these off and put them back on and we make a big deal when she does anything with it you can teach your birds colors they're soft plastic always soft plastic is really important because it's easy for birds to choose so they really enjoy that what do you think Cody do you want to pull the top one off the orange good bird and the great thing about baby toys is you can go to a store like tj max or Ross or marshals and get them for a really good price here's another baby toy I love for the birds these rings you can do so much with you can piece them together in so many different ways you can hang them like a toy you can hang other toys on them they're safe they're a harder plastic so it takes them a lot longer to destroy and it definitely does keep them busy Cody really loves his baby toys on the subject of baby toys I love these for my birds let me show you this is a bucket of pantry items inside you find things that you would find at the grocery store when shopping for you know groceries except it's all plastic it's for little kids to imagine themselves cooking dinner or whatever little kids do but I buy this stuff for my birds so you'll see they'll have like strawberries they'll have a whole chicken you know I can use this to show my birds what could happen if they don't behave right Cody just kidding baby just kidding so they play with these things they have lots of different shapes they have like fake potato chips they also have fake french fries for some reason the french fries are always a big hit it's easy for them to hold there's lots of different shapes lots of different sizes and most importantly they're really lightweight I'll tell you why that is very important to your birds so baskets like these are excellent they often come in their own container so you basically have your own bird box and it's easy for them to chew it's safe it's another baby toy that is excellent for your birds with that being said I have seen birds on our parent station that's our Facebook group playing with xylophones and pianos and all sorts of things so you can really engage with your parents and get some great videos and entertainment with baby toys so baby toys are always a really good option for your bird next is the do-it-yourself toys so you guys saw this box let me show you this box again and I'll show you a close-up of it too this is in my drawer the case originally held something like the pantry toys it probably was an old version of the pantry toys and I turned it into holding my beads and wood blocks for the birds this is where I go to to make my own toys for the birds so let me show you some things that I have ready all the time for me to make bird toys with first of all I have these sticks you probably saw me with these sticks before it's just sticks like these they like to choose colors and hold them they're wooden sticks I can do lots of different things with them this is a toy from amazon it's got some leather so it's got a little bit of the fabric the wood the beads and these things are kind of like smaller versions this is something I could make myself with my own sticks also I got from Target and I'm pretty sure you can order these on amazon I'll probably add this to my link below these are little wooden balls with holes in them which is awesome for putting together your own toy I have these kind of wooden ones and look guys this is a toy also from amazon that I buy a lot very similar it's made out of the same exact thing so essentially I could make my own ladder or whatever I want with these toys of course in my collection I have the good old plastic beads that I love adding to their toys do you guys like that I found out that my birds love this color so I got them this color of all the beads which is so interesting because there is a bird that collects all of this color in the wild so I thought it was kind of funny that they do like this color so sometimes I just go buy them the colors that I know that they like instead of them fighting for it I also have little bells so I have jingle bells that I can attach to their toys if I want to with the bells and the wood pieces and the beads and all of that I can make my own toy here's another great thing you can buy to make bird toys this is a big bag of wood so if I was to make a toy for Rocky I would use this large bag of wood and some rope and make toys for Rocky out of something like this these are so great to have on hand I love making bird toys I got a few different shapes see these ones are bigger sticks for Rocky and it's really fun you could actually have an arts and crafts night and have people make bird toys for you if you feel like it becomes work because we all know that they destroy them so quickly now this guys brings us to our fourth option for bird toys revamping old bird toys so this is kind of going along with the do-it-yourself bird toys but we're going to use old materials so let me give you a great example this is a brand new bird toy they've already got at it because you know while we're making this video and while I was setting up they're pretty excited it's a ladder I love this ladder I buy it all the time the reason we buy this ladder so often is because one they love it two it makes the bird section look really cool especially when we've attached the tree in the middle and put this it just looks like a birdie wonderland so we use this a lot but I want to show you something really important as beautiful as this is they are going to chew it and they're going to destroy it and there is a chance that it is going to end up looking like this this is dangerous you can't leave this hanging in your bird room or on your perch you always have to be aware you always have to keep an eye out for how damaged something is take it you don't have to do anything with it right away you can revamp it later so let's talk about how to revamp bird toys so I would take something like this put it aside for when I'm ready to deal with it because at that moment I may not want to take it and revamp it but I definitely want the pieces of this to maybe make it again for example out of that I could get something like this this wire this is a great wire for bird toys and on that note all of the little hooks that you ever find and get with your bird toys like these types of hooks these types of hooks and especially all of these little d-rings I think they're called d-rings I don't actually know what they're called you always want to keep these save them and put them together for future toy revamping George's nieces came over and they knew where the toy box was this is a very bad example I'm very old because the birds loved it and they got at it and they asked if they could make a bird toy so if you know any kids in your life that are really artistic you can help them by giving them the pieces and beads to make bird toys this is already been taken away because I need a little more revamping now and you never want to have like wires hanging for too long you want to make sure that it's always in the safest way but you can do little arts and crafts and have kids make something and then you could fix it and put it together yourself so that is something that you absolutely can do guess what guys I have tools so these are my tools I don't know where I got them one day George said oh by the way those are your tools and I'm like okay and then I learned from doing my bird toys that these are really cool arts and crafts toys you can have things in your box like these wires and you can break them with this and cut them and bend them always save things like these this was holding a bird toy you need things like these these are nice strong pieces of metal that won't bend and they're not able to be damaged and with that with these tools you can open it right I don't know open it and you can put some new beads and things in and you can make a very nice and safe bird toy and after you do something like this whatever you want like real quick things you can attach this to something else you can put on bell at the end you can do whatever you want I'm just doing something really quick for you guys right now just to get an idea of how important it is to save all these pieces then I have my tool no idea what it's called and I broke it but okay hold on I have my tool and I can bend it there we go so now I bend it safely and then I can put a little ring on it whichever ring fits most of the time you'll have lots of different things these are great things to keep I could put one on each side and make a swing like look there's so many different things that I can do with this I'm putting this ring on this let's see how this works out right Cody this ring will enable me to put something like this okay that's a little exaggerated because this is really big I know I had a smaller one I just showed you guys but something like this really quick toy this is really small I just wanted to show you how you can revamp their old toys using your new things that you always have on hand beads wood blocks wood balls paper you name it you can do so much you can take little balls like these I have a pack of these balls that I use for Rocky and look at what you can make really you can make so many toys yourselves these little rings they're just little plastic rings that you might get when you put a quarter into a machine reminds me a little bit of this pacifier this is Cody's pacifier if you watched my baby shower video for Tracy's baby shower we hung those on the trees Cody loves that he gets so busy with this pacifier I could hang that on a toy there's so many options let's get into the makeshift toy now let's talk about the spur of the moment toy you're busy you're hanging out you're with your bird but he needs to be occupied because otherwise he's going to I don't know eat the keys on your computer board that is when I have little tiny toy boxes on hand and I keep random things in there like for example pen caps of course they're clean no ink was spilled in these pen caps that's very important Cody is like totally left because of this toy box things like pen caps can be really interesting to your bird and can keep them busy for a moment or two at least enough time for you to get something done same with caps from water bottles it's just hard plastic some of it is actually soft plastic it's really made out of the same thing that lots of birds toys are made out of caps from bottles can always be a really great thing to save for your birds if you have larger birds you could keep the caps from shampoo bottles and such things but you always want to wash them thoroughly if you feel better you could put them all in the dishwasher and give them like a real good high pressure rinse as long as they don't melt in there then you're good these are things that I love to have on hand old shoelaces things like these you keep things like these these are also amazing things that I can just put beads through or again these types of things Jersey loves this type of stuff and you see he's enjoying all of these toys there's so many different types of things how about a straw let's see if he's gonna enjoy the straw are you gonna enjoy these straws any of these stand out to you green wow just simple it's a straw it's something that I have on hand and guys when all else fails you can literally give your bird a paper plate to chew if I gave this to Vinny right now where's Picasso oh Picasso's up there being a good bird little things like paper plates you can poke holes in them and hang them and put beads on them you really have so many options for toys for your birds in your own house my favorite thing to do though is to keep a little box everywhere that I hang out of different things for my birds tiny little boxes I'll have like a few pen caps a few water caps some other beads and toys and then I will just use that to keep my bird busy so if I'm on my computer and Cody's on his play stand next to me he's not just standing there bored otherwise he's gonna want to destroy so many different things in the room so it's always good to keep your birds occupied and have available things for your parrot so start thinking differently in terms of what can I keep and what can I save it's a great way to recycle could save a lot of things for your birds that your birds will enjoy in fact if you notice your bird destroying certain types of things then see what you have in the house similar to that and save those things for your birds another thing that I like to do with my birds you might have seen Rocky's laundry video Rocky loves baskets if your bird is hormonal this may not be a good idea but some birds love to hang out in baskets and boxes I should mention boxes as a category of their own because Vinny can be busy with a box all day long he just loves his boxes he loves the FedEx man he loves the UPS man because to him they're bringing him a new prize package so that's very exciting to Vinny there he took the plate you can't see him with something like this a basket some birds like fabrics you can throw different items here's something else that can be very interesting for your parrots that you can save around the house so you can put some fabrics in there for uh oh he flew to the drawer that holds the toys so as you can see this basket's all chewed up because there's some birds that love hanging out in baskets namely Cody and also Rocky for Cody I put actual toys in the basket and let him play in there all just sorts of different toys for Rocky I put fabrics in there he actually doesn't chew up the fabric at all he doesn't swallow or chew it so I don't need to worry about that he just gets really excited about the fabrics and he likes to throw them around and throw them out of the basket and pull them in the basket so that's something that Rocky likes to do and it's a real good idea for keeping them busy when you want them to be next to you but you need them to be a little more occupied with themselves so I really like giving them baskets just make sure you are not simulating their hormonal behaviors so if it's certain times of seasons then be careful with that if they're at a certain age be careful with that and also if they're getting aggressive towards you because of the basket or the box or anything that you give them that's when you know and you've got to watch out but if your bird is enjoying it and hanging out Cody just stuck his head Cody why can't you do these things for the camera look Cody's sticking his head down there now before I go I want to talk about a few hazards that I think are very important pertaining to this video oh my god I wish you guys look you're totally like upside down right now try to immerse yourself in all the toys purple yeah you got the purple oh that's Cody look at this this is like a wonderland for him right now you like that purple again you love purple huh yeah so you're heading there you're so funny leave you guys let's talk about some potential hazards that could be dangerous to your birds when making toys very important to talk about you may or may not have considered these one do not put loose items in your bird's cage that are heavy especially if you have more than one bird so for example things like these like hollow they're really easy and great for your birds but if you have more than one bird it's not a good idea to leave a large wooden block sometimes I give Rocky these blocks that have like ABC you might have seen them like square blocks for Rocky to chew on if there were multiple birds near Rocky I wouldn't give him those because there's always the risk of the birds dropping things on one another I've heard of birds getting concussions or dying because some bird dropped another thing on their head so be very careful with all of the loose toys that you may have in the birds area two we went over this but it's really important of course to remove all of the wires left behind you don't want to leave anything that looks like this for your birds to get strangled in or hurt themselves I know that it looks like there's still what to do but they can always hurt themselves and strangle themselves three you want to be very careful about any strings that you have hanging for your bird make sure they're all serving a purpose so don't hang anything like this in a very lazy way because they can fall they can catch their leg on it they can be hanging upside down they can choke themselves so that is also very important for cloth and faction we want to be very careful of anything that has buzz cloth if you see your bird is chewing up those cozy corners those fluffy things that birds like to sleep in be very aware of that we don't want any birds to have a build up of cloth in their intestines so make sure whatever you let your birds play with it's always made out of 100 cotton and if you notice that your bird is prone to chewing these things a little too much rather than just hanging in them be very aware of that and the last and very important thing I want you guys to remember is if you see your bird enjoys playing with certain things around the house you might think hey let me create more of that but you still want to be careful of things like wires and stuff that they chew like on keyboards it might feel to you like well I have a spare keyboard here to chew it why don't I just give it to him or why don't I give him a bunch of old wires you have to be really careful of lead poisoning and metal toxicity we have gone over that in another video if you want to learn more about that just a hazard that I want you guys to be aware of I hope you enjoyed this video I really enjoyed going over all of these things and having all of these toys out one last thing I would tell you it's always great to have a toy box I have a large box here filled with all sorts of toys some I haven't put out yet some I have I like to do a rotation with the birds so sometimes I'll pull things out that aren't completely destroyed and put them in a different birds cage or surprise them a little bit I want to keep them 100 entertained all the time so thank you guys so much for watching please subscribe like and comment on this video it helps motivate me to make more videos please let me know what your favorite part of this video was in the comments because I love those types of comments if you're interested in anything you've seen here today check out my link below called products I love I'll have a lot of information on there on things for birds I think you guys will enjoy it and please come join parrot station it is my facebook group for parrot lovers where I can see all of your birds because I want to get to know your birds as well follow me on social media come say hi if you want to see what these naughty guys are up to all day long follow me on instagram at marlene mcconan and you will see a lot more of these naughty little babies I love you guys so much thank you for watching bye


So this is a fantastic initiative to bring together recipes from around the region that's been covered by the regional office here in Vienna. What's really striking is the idea that these recipes were not just from one country, that they each had a journey that's involved in migration or trade. What's really important is that this is terrific support for the Together campaign which is aimed at changing the narrative about refugees and migrants. A toxic narrative that doesn't need to be like that if we can have the right kind of conversations between the host communities, countries of transit and countries of origin so that we can bring people together to talk about what it is that is prompting people to move and why it's so important to embrace this movement of people and many people on the move for different reasons of course. A crucial point, working with the International Organization for Migration as a key part of the United Nations family, the UN Information Service here in Vienna feels and we feel that we can contribute to those efforts and to help to promote the Together campaign. So great job on the cookbook and we look forward to further projects on these nights.


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Nigeria is not yet ready for a direct primary elections model, says the Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC. Nigeria's electoral system is still broken and needs a list of reforms. We'll take a look at those reforms and of course, the checkered election system in Nigeria. Well, this is Plus Politics, I am Mary Annaclal. The issue of Electoral Act amendments Bill of the year 2021 dominated the political atmosphere in the later part of 2021. President Mohammad Bahari rejected the Electoral Act passed to him by lawmakers. At first he said nothing about the bill until a few days after the times stipulated by the Constitution for the ascent or rejection of a bill expired. Now, the president's later declined his ascent with his major reason being the inclusion of direct primaries for political parties. Despite some tough talk from the Senate which threatened to override President Mohammad Bahari's veto of the bill, senators backed down claiming that they needed to consult with their constituents. It's also said it would consult with the House of Representatives on the issue when plenary resumes this year. Well, our question now is what is the way forward with this bill? Well, joining us to discuss this is a senior advocate of Nigeria, Muiz Bani Reh. Thank you very much, Sir, for joining us on the show. Many people actually say that the electoral system in Nigeria is broken and that there are a list of urgent things that need to be fixed for us to be able to say that we have at least even scratched the surface of even having free, fair and credible elections. Do you think that the system in itself is broken or that there are things that we are yet to achieve to make sure that we have a proper electoral system? Maybe not totally broken. On that day it is broken, but not totally. It has not collapsed. But certainly the kind of system that we have in place now cannot enjoy any people election. That's the reality of the situation that we find ourselves. So as far as I'm concerned, we are on the first lane to total collapse of the electoral system. So what are some of the things that you think, you've been around for a long time. You should be able to tell one of the things or a few of those things that we need to do to get the reforms in place. But first and foremost, let's talk about the Electoral Act bill that is on the floor of the National Assembly. Many people thought last year that the National Assembly was going to veto Mr. President and make sure that that bill was passed into law. But as we speak, that has not been the case. They're still saying they want to consult with us Nigerians and they want to consult with members of the House of Representatives who were at the time on recess. What's your take on the whole drag? Well, I don't know. Isn't it in terms of the mode of primary or in terms of the refusal to assent? Which one of them do you want to go on? And of course Mr. President had made his reservations known. Many people are saying that it's not enough reason for that bill not to be passed into law. In fact, there are people, I talked to a member of the House of Representatives and he's a PDP member. He said that this is a ploy for the presidency and members of the APC to bypass this or keep this particular bill until elections. When the elections are getting closed, then they'll say it's a bit too close for them to rush into it. Well, I'm of the view in the first instance that the president should or to an effect, rightly decline the assent of the bill based on the idea of the direct fromaries. I do not subscribe to the legislature or the draft legislation at all, particularly in terms of compelling political parties to adopt a particular move. So to that extent, I think I'm in concurrent with the president on that point. As for the issue of whether something else could have been done, the truth of the matter is that the bill came holistically. So it's difficult to start isolating. The president on his own could not have isolated the provision relating to direct fromaries and then sign the orders. So the only thing, the option that is left for the National Assembly of course is to respond to that provision and represent for assent in the circumstances. The president could not have done to on his own. And I think that is the right position. So you're saying that you do not necessarily agree with the issue of direct primaries. And that has been an issue that has been debated over time. But the Interparty Advisory Council are here saying that they want the president to actually assent to this bill. So it means that, and I'm guessing that IPAC is made up of different political parties. It means that maybe the political parties represented by IPAC do not necessarily think that direct primaries may be a problem of sorts. They're looking at other issues like the e-transfer of votes to electronic transfer of votes. They're looking at other issues that are in this particular bill other than the direct primaries. Now, INEC has also come out to say that if we were to go the way of direct primaries, then the burden of the finance burden would be on political parties. And I always ask, are political parties ready for this? Again, let's not forget there is a cap for political parties spending, even though there's not necessarily been a check and balance as to how much money is being expended by these political parties. Will this not also cost the political parties to spend above the cap that has been stated within the bill? You see, there are so many issues that are involved in your observation now. First and foremost, let me say that the work they are suggesting is impossible for the president to isolate the direct primary provision and assign the rest. That is an impossibility, but I can't say to elaborate that there are so many other areas that require attention that are contained in the traffic that should be considered. That's why I said that if truly the National Assembly met well for this system, what ought to be done as a matter of agency is to isolate that, represent the remnant, to replace them for assent, then we can start agitating the issue of direct or not direct. But for me, the issues that are meditated against the adoption of the primary as the only way of nomination are so many. In fact, the first issue I disagree that it's a subject of legislation, totally fundamentally, it is an issue that I believe is within the freedom of the political parties. That's why there's no political party in Nigeria that does not have a provision, allowing the different methods of nomination. That is to say the direct, indirect and consensus, none of them. So what we are indirectly saying is that to the president to assign that particular deal it is that all the political party will have to go and convene a convention urgently to amend their position to reflect that. And because of constitutional, it's not a small amount and the logistic is not that, it's not something, it's not a tea party on its own. But beyond that, I believe seriously and I say without fear of equivocation that what is required is not legislating model party. The fundamentals are the problem that we have with the transparency in the conduct of the primary. What are these fundamental ones? Let the political party come out and tell me that we have a credible membership register. Let any one of them come out. That is the fundamental thing that needs to be addressed by INEG and you can go by a station in Nigeria to truly mean well. All political party must have a credible membership register that has integrity and that is open to everybody to see. That's number one thing that ought to be addressed. Whether you are direct or indirect, the truth is that if your membership register is not credible, you are wasting your time. I remember the last time you and I spoke on the APC, the proposed convention that the APC was going to have amidst the interstate primary issues or congresses that they had. You kept asking if the APC did indeed have a register and for me, I'm wondering, for the APC who did a nationwide registration, for re-registration for their members, one would believe that they would have a register, one that reflects all the information of their truly registered members. But here you are saying or implying, not just about the APC but political parties in Nigeria, that they do not have credible registers. What does that even say about the whole inter-democratic process within the parties, let alone the people that they threw up at the end of the day to run for these offices? That is the issue. That is the very first thing that needs to be addressed. For example, APC embarked on what I call a membership drive jamboree that led to purported collation of raw data. All these raw data are still lying in the very opposite and local government across the place. Nobody has put them together. Nobody has challenged, nobody has verified the authenticity of all these names that have been put into the letter. No filtration process, no identification process. Nothing like that has happened. So how do you conduct either direct or indirect without the membership register? It's a complete waste of time. That's the first thing. But nothing will assume without conceding that there is even a credible member of the register. What of the identification process? How do we identify the right members that are entitled to vote? This is still lacking equally. You find out that where you have direct primary, you have all the members of the party going to a particular venue. That means that if a person going to that venue is a member or a valid member of the party, how do you identify them? That again is lacking. These are the areas to pay serious attention to.  You must have an identification process that is able to say this is our member, that is not our member. Otherwise, it's usually like that. That's why you have a bloated figure. See what happened in Anambra, for example. Look at the figure that came out, look at the one that came out from the letter. We've had this in several states like that. So for me, those are the two fundamentals. Then the third aspect to address is the issue of the monetary and supervision. Is INED truly monitoring anything now? Look at the judgment given recently on Anambra. It was by the grace of INED that one of the agreed member was able to prove his case and no primary took place. So to do that in all the words of the Federation on the direct primary is going to be a Julian. Sir, it's not an impossible task for INED. Apart from the logistic, the financial implication even for the party's aspect, how you come to the fourth aspect of it, security. Are you able to provide security at all the values? Again, that is impossible again. So there are so many of them, I can continue to multiply all those challenges that are associated with direct primary. But even assuming with that concept that that's the way to go. Even in terms of the indirect primary, mind you, the only difference between direct and indirect primary is one is a single transaction. The other is a double transaction. The first one, all members go directly. The second one, indirect, they will first go to elect the delegate. The delegate will now elect those who will be the candidates of the party. So whoever you take, direct will take place. So for me, what is most important to be addressed, I don't think you that are elected earlier. And we must be addressed if you want to have an incredible nomination process in this corridor. Why we continue to be garbage in garbage out and the quality that we are, we continue to be challenged within our system. Let me talk about the internal democracy within our political parties in Nigeria. Now, IPAC again is mauling over the idea of establishing an African institute for democracy. And this is basically or purely to train politicians. Now, in Nigeria, you hear people say that they're career politicians and there are people that are politicians who are made as by circumstance. Is this an idea that should be explored and what change do you think this would bring if it were to come into fruition? Well, in the first instance, the situation we're trying to struggle to draw is between those we call professional politicians and professional in politics. The political in politics are closed with alternate vocations. They have their jobs that they are doing. They are interested in good governance. That's why you find them with their political arena. But the other ones, they have no job. They are ever desperate for political fear. That's the only means of survival. Politics is their industry. Those ones that can go to any lady can do anything to get to their destination. So for those ones, you are not likely to get anything better. The truth of the matter is that because a lot of good people stay away from the political arena, we continue to have this challenge in surplus within the political arena. And there are the people that are usually the advocates of all the viruses you find associated with the nomination process particularly and the general election eventually. So the idea of having such an institution. Of course, INEC has won already. They won under INEC. To what extent has this gone? The last time I heard about it was that they have to lend their funding. Of course, they cannot do it alone. We need the civil society organization. We need the media particularly to educate the people on all these things. For instance, I believe that there are so many setbacks to address just this year in my own column now. I'm writing several letters out to the politicians, to the electorate, to the judiciary, to the security and so on and so forth. All of us must be interested and must participate in these processes. That is the only way to sanitize the murky water as it is right now and it's not likely to give us any good product at the end of the day. Finally, some pundits have also canvas for INEC to be independent in the true sense of it. They're asking that there be the removing of the president's powers to appoint the chairman and members of the commission and making appointments. They're also talking about the fact that this should be the job of the National Judicial Council. Is this something that we can make happen in five years? I mean, we hear all kinds of interesting ideas, but the reality of the fact is will we ever agree for these things to happen? Because INEC is called independent but is it really independent? Because this is why fingers are always pointed to INEC and its credibility. The truth of the matter is that that idea of the proposal has been on-ground for some time now, since the year I do have days, it was the result of the 360 ways panel that came out with several recommendations to make INEC independent and electron credible. But it has not seen the light, nothing has happened. I am of the view that we can't toy with that idea, but we toy with the idea, if the national judicial country needs to be the structure constitutionally, it's a constitutional project that needs to be tampered with to ensure and guarantee that at the end of the day, the capability of the people there is equally impeccable, is at that point that we can then settle there with that responsibility. But there are a lot of other areas that require a lot of intervention, particularly stemming from the waste report, which of course is guiding us somewhere in the country right now. Okay. Now finally we always talk about these things and we talk about the constitution amendment, all this it comes back to the table of the members of the national assembly. These same members, who are politicians who sometimes have ambitions in the midst of trying to draw these documents. So of course, interests come to play. But then when we're talking about sanitizing the electoral process again, we cannot do it without these guys. So how do we ever envisage in the future that this might be a thing if every time we talk about this issue, interests arise and these politicians don't seem to be prioritizing the sanitization of the system? Well, in particular, I do not expect much at any point in time from the national assembly in terms of any serious electoral amendment. I do not expect much. But with the pressure of the people themselves, I think we can get somewhere with them. We can, for example, take the issue of electronic transmission who are all on their neck until they reverse themselves and to the right roots. And the same thing we consider, the power of the people, the sovereignty of the people is still there. So we only need to educate our people and make sure that we all stand by our convictions at all times. They are supposedly our sufferers. We must be able to be clear to them what we want. They are not our masters. And except we agree to that at the point in time, and not to show that we expect anything magical or miraculous from the national assembly in particular in terms of electoral amendment. You write this off that they are first before any other interest. That's the reality. Well, Moise Bainere is a senior advocate of Nigeria. Thank you so much for speaking with us. We appreciate your thoughts. Well, thank you all for staying with us and still plus politics. We'll take a short break and come back. We will be discussing the electoral challenges, of course, of the electoral reforms in Nigeria that we're hoping for. And of course, hoping that they do not replicate themselves in 2023. We'll be right back.


So here's the rotor caster. So how does that work? It uses rollers on the outer perimeter of the wheel to provide secondary directional control or capability rather. Nice. There we have it here. Do you want me to move it? Yeah. Can you come towards me? So it goes in every direction? Yeah. And all of these are turning or are only the other ones? The ones in contact with the ground are turning. Alright. So where are you from? Australia. So what is the technology that you do here? What is this? It's generically known as an omni wheel and there's basically two types of wheels in the world that allow 360 degree movement from a fixed axis and that's an omni wheel and also a meccanum wheel. I've seen one of those on the Honda sitting wheel. That's quite a complex technology. These are quite a fundamental type of arrangement. They're generally developed out of the conveyor industry for conveyor transfers. So it's already mass production? Yes. And can we lift this up? Yeah. So right here. Oh, this one over there. So basically it goes in every direction? Yeah. So it has a full 360 degree capability without any real restrictions. So you can go this way? Yeah. That way. Right. So it has three predominant product market groups that it caters for. One is a generic or an alternative for the swivel caster and it's one of the only omni wheels in the world that's actually developed to be a floor wheel, a real floor wheel, whereas most of them are fairly still conveyor wheels. But this also seconds as a great conveyor wheel because it's quite robust and takes a lot of impact. And thirdly, the robotics market. So I can show you this one. This is the robotics conference right here in Seattle, right? So lots of robotics makers need to consider this? Yeah. You know, with the growth in service robots, it needs the mobility of a human. This is pretty advanced. You're not going to fall. Whoa. What's the limit in weight?  So like Americans, it's okay. Yeah. The motors on these and that are generally, this unit's geared less weight than I over my... But this is only okay indoors, no? Preferably a flat surface. Yeah. But they're used on materials handling equipment out in the streets on curbs and asphalt and concrete. How about push wagons in supermarkets? Yeah, we've tried that. We're still to break through there, yeah. It's a fairly commoditized market. So it needs to be very cheap. It needs to be very affordable to get in there. But one of the big benefits is its tracking capability. You know, where a caster might float around, this will track very straight. So when you turn it, it actually turns rather than you've got to wrestle it. It's a big deal for the robots to be able to turn smoothly. It's very important. Well, yes. Because what you see in a lot of the robot, service robot industry at the moment is the push to make them as interactive with a human on the same level as a human. The one thing they haven't done yet is that fluid 360-degree mobility that we exhibit. I was doing a video conference with a telepresence robot and the guy couldn't turn around to go back. Exactly. So it would be easier with your solution? You can see this work. If you watch this, it can do pretty much. It's smooth. So once I set my north here, I can turn the same way. And you control like this? So it's smooth? Yeah. All right. And you can put them on the chairs? Yeah. What does that do? In this video, you'll see a chair by Eshla Tech out of Spain. A printer out of Israel. I've seen that one. Superlabs? So does that mean the printer uses our wheel? That's how they move around on the paper. We built this wheel based on what their requirement was. Nice. Lego, robotics, and Festo, Germany. This is a real robot? Yeah. All right. So how much for those wheels? They vary. These are around the $20 to $30 depending on the configuration. And we also do a three-rim one. So this is a heavier duty. They go into the $30 to $40 mark. And down to $6. Where do you manufacture? Australia. Australia. Yeah. And the US at the moment, but mainly Australia. How many wheels have you done so far? Oh. A secret? No, but it's in the hundreds of thousands sort of things. So since when? We've been running about eight years, but we're starting to pick up. We're getting a lot of interest from key OEMs in both the medical and different areas. Cool. So I'm looking forward to these smooth robots.


Ah, you caught us. Hiya. So we're just getting to know each other and you just happened to find me asking him what youth means to him, which is a very interesting question and I can't wait to hear his answer. However, let me just bring you up to speed real quick. My name is Valentine or at Colour Me Vals. Always an honor to be just around you. One hour like at 254 on Facebook, 254 on Twitter, Y254 on the Squared channel on the Grand Hashtag of the day. It's one in the morning. It's a beautiful Monday, nothing low about it except someone's suit. Who don't want to to say. Yeah, talk to us, interact with us. We want to hear you. We want to see you. We want to know you. And we also, wait. His Excellency President William Ruto excitedly announced 100 scholarship opportunities for commoner students to study in Kenya. That was three days ago. A couple of weeks ago, his Excellency, Riga Degashagwa also attended a graduation and told them, akuna yo, jobs. What has your president done for you today? Yeah, good morning. Hi guys. Hi. How are you? We're doing good. Why are you so blue though? It's my color. Blue is my color. Sorry, sorry. Next, I'm going to say it in your side. Yeah, I'm going to say it. Please introduce yourself to the people. So my name is Mashaki Protich. I'm a student leader at Zitec University. I'm interested in matters ethics, governance and liberation politics. I'm a leader world-rounded. I'm a secretary general of an organization called Lukamo, which is determined in improving the lives of the youth and encouraging them to do innovations and supporting them. Yeah, that's me. That's Mashaki. What kind of innovations? What kind of innovations? Yeah. I'll give an example. We as an organization are helping the youth. For example, in the place I'm coming from, in the university that I'm in, there's a certain student who is good at making liquid soaps. But the guy has not had a platform to market his soap and gets to earn money out of it. So us as Lukamo, we come in and chip in to market and to organize them to have some employers so that they can supply the product they have. Soap and muddle. You're strong, yeah. We'll talk about it. And you are? Okay, my name is Osundwa Chief. I'm from Zitec University. I'm a student leader. I'm their secretary general. And my passion is about youth in leadership and youth in politics. Yeah. We were just asking each other. Youth, what is youth to you? Youth to me. Youth to me are those young people. Young, young people. Between the age of maybe, from maybe they're 18 to maybe 35, just above 35. You're Sunday youth. Who are yearning maybe in the shipyard. That's the only youth. How old are you?  Did not just. He did not just because we're telling each other where the youth of today are to be. And points to me, a young person in parliament right now. A young person. We have lineage children. Yeah. I'm 282. Yeah. Yeah, but you can count them with your fingers. One, two, three, four. The rest are above. Maybe the rest are above. I think me too, too maybe. But the rest are above. Do you feel like the youth are disregarded? Yes, we are. Yeah, we are the, it's in French assessed and they are more regarded in matters for more leadership. And that is what is worrying me. And those people like my friend has said there are more innovative people and they should be maybe given priorities in matters of governance, in matters of making policies in our national politics or our national government. I have a very sensitive question to ask you. Please remember this is not a reflection of the stations thoughts or thought process. It's just us talking. But I don't know if it's true or not, but what are two new days? Because we said we're youth, right? So, Mesh, let me start with you. Do you think we don't have a voice because we're not very stable as a people, as youths?  Is that true? I think that's true because the youth have not been given a platform to do what they can do best. For me, I know the youth as brilliant people. This Gen Z generation, the youth of this generation, they are good in matters of leadership, innovations, and content creations. They are best in it. And I feel that the government has not given them a platform. And I'll talk most probably about leadership. We have not been given a space to do leadership in this country. We are not giving them jobs. We are not giving them platform. What do you want the youth to do? Do we have to be given things? What do you want the youth to do? Okay, as you said... Why do you feel so entitled?  I'm not making it personal. We are not so entitled. Why? But we are feeling like we are left out. We are left out. Do you have any idea why you are left out? Why are you left out? We had positions like C.A.S. Thank God they were scrapped off. Yeah, thank God. There is no single youth that was elected as was appointed in those positions. Even like a ministry... Let us be given even one ministry like sports. We can do better than even the... The famous words. You know those C.A.S. in Ruto's cabinet. You know them. We youths, we can do better than them. We know and we understand. Yeah. Do you feel like you are left out? No. So, what... Okay, what now I'm surprised about? What maybe is paining me is that we like young leaders we have not come out so clearly and we have not yet started that conversation. Yeah. And people who maybe are coming out they are moving to the opposition side. But there is no any youth who is coming out so vibrant who is saying or who is maybe fighting for our rights. Who is saying maybe youth must be included somewhere or we must get this. So, and we have started that conversation and we will continue that conversation. We will continue to come out. I will continue to come out. I will continue to come out. And in the near future we will try to come out. And delaying in near future. And I want also to oppose this guy. Oppose? The youth, we are not for coming out. Basically when you say coming out, you mean Manda Manu. Yes. I don't want the picture of the youth to be... I don't want this picture of the youth are for Manda Manu. Now, as we talk about Manda Manu I want to give you examples. Recently, during the Sabah Sabah Manda Manu how many lives did we lost? And even before I say it I want to pass my condolences to the student who was killed in Kisi County. Her name is Eunice. Us as comrades, we lost one of our own because of the Sabah Sabah Manda Manu. We have lost many people in this country because of Manda Manu. And I don't want this act of saying the youth are for Manda Manu. We are not for Manda Manu. We can issue out or we can tell our issues best. It's not a must for us to go for Manda Manu. Basically that's a political move and many people do this because of their political benefits. So the youth are not for Manda Manu. Please let us kill that in the atmosphere. But as we talk now you have agreed that we are in Manda Manu. Nobody is coming out. You have said somebody was killed. God forbid. They were in Manda Manu, right? No, no, no. Can you tell me an example of a youth who is just coming out like he's not going in opposition side he's not going for Manda Manu. I believe the youth can come with their own forum. It's not a must for us youth to join the opposition. Yeah, it's not a must. We can do our own, you see. We can create our own channel. How we can issue our grievances. What if maybe that's now the conversation I'm talking about we must now start it. And by the way, the conversation of fighting out our views. The student who was killed was from Kisi County and the Cabinet Secretary for Education comes from the same county and he has said nothing concerning that girl. And that says much on what kind of leaders we have in this country. No, actually, I'm quite concerned about the youth. If we decided to be organized, for example, we had a media blackout. Media is quite powerful right now. It's taking over the world, isn't it not? This is the world we're living in. This is what we're coming into. If we decided to kill him too, I took it to Twitter, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit. If we just all decided to shout, would not the international community see us? But no. What we want maybe No, you want to be returning of your class. What we want that now platform in the organization the youth now we are championing for youth rights. It still has to be organized. Can you just be organized about it? You have not been organized. And that's why I'm saying I personally am the secretary general of an organization called Lukam. This is not it's an ungovernmental organization. We don't choose sides in the political field. We champion for the things concerning youth. Also, there's a guy who started the Kenya Comrade Solidarity movement. This guy is not in government and is not in opposition. So youth come up with their own thing. It's not a must for you to go opposition or to government so that your issues can be heard. You don't have to shout. We don't have to. That was not even part of the topic by the way. It was a very nice conversation. Very much. Hashtags when in the morning. The headline today on the pay pair the 10th day of July there's no place for small tribes in public service. To go to 2023. How we still being tribal? Do you think it's an issue? Tribalism is an issue in Kenya. It is not a new thing. It's something that has been there ever since the founding fathers came in place. And right now the way we are moving in the next generation tribalism is not going to be an issue. Why are you so confident? I'm so confident because this then the youth have interacted in campuses. The youth have interacted in in tivets and in various forums. People are having friends not based on any community you see. Like for example I'm a leader at Zittac University right? But I don't lead only the Kalingin because I'm a Kalingin. I lead the whole school and all students of Zittac University.  Do you feel like it's a disadvantage to you? It's not a disadvantage, it's an advantage because I've been given the platform to lead. And among the things that I'm championing for is the solidarity of the students. The oneness. Let's talk in one voice. We don't have to talk because you are your I'm Kalingin, we don't have to engage. That's a wrong thing. And for us who are in the political arena of the Kenyan government, I think that's something we must kill. Yes. How do you feel about this? It's fine. On matters of tribalism it's so discerning and I want to say that it will be a very hard task to end tribalism in Kenya and tribal politics. I want to disagree with my brother that in the near future it will be done away with tribalism. I can't see a way of ending tribalism because our leaders from the top they are championing for tribalism and they could not have been where they are right now because of us without tribalism. Yeah. We are much into tribalism and I don't think if maybe it will be a miracle maybe spirits of our ancestors or the spirits of our leaders who maybe went long time ago we can end tribalism but right now I don't see end through because even in our campus politics I'm a leader because the basis of maybe tribalism that now we are electing leaders now that is why now you see in parliament like I've said those people who are throwing chairs they're incompetent Yeah. Do you think okay this is not even a question I don't want to say it because this is something that I've seen time and time again especially during the campaigning season you see there is a strong hold like corruption corruption corruption yes. So really if it's stemming from the campaigning season what are you seeing here? What are you seeing here? What I'm seeing here is I'm seeing here is I'm seeing here is explain what that means who are the investors? The government is a the investors are tribes like Kalenjin and Kikuyu there are more investors in the government and we are not lying about that and I'll stand for my community and you'll give me time to stand for my community you cannot say Kalenjin and Kikuyu have dominated the country you see the top positions are looking for competent people who can come and champion for the rights of Kenyans and what they can do to normal people so if a Kikuyu or a Kalenjin is competent then why should he not be given a chance? Is it? Perhaps a problem with numbers You know in leadership No no no no Leadership is treated by attitude and among the attributes of leadership is competency and sacrifice to the betterment of humanity If a Kalenjin, for instance comes to your office looks for a job and then another tribe comes to your office and is less competent to the Kalenjin who are you going to offer the job? But my friends here were not talking about competency You can even see what's happening you can say out of 10 positions 8 Kalens are competent Yes It's not even logical Why is it not logical?  It's a problem that's why I started by saying I'm disheartened and I'm surprised I don't know where we are heading to That was my view about Symbolism It will take time as a Sakenya to heal from that disease Yes So it's a problem So after we've finished say Wait a minute I have to tell my brother now, if it's a problem you as a leader first you have to be a decision maker and a solution maker You have to be more brilliant to see the problem that people are facing and come up with solutions on how to curb the problem So what solutions do you have instead of coming on live and telling us that it's a problem and then we leave it like that That's why I said we must have leaders from the top Especially the president Yes Those people must have those spirits of Thomas Ankara The spirits that they not exclude anyone in government It will start there It will not start by us down here It will start at the top So the moment we elect people who are more trebolistic it will not end any soon What solutions do you have You cannot come on live telling us about spirits How do you want the spirit of Moe How do you want the spirit of These people are dead And rest in peace to the four fathers But I want to tell my brother the solution is not spirits Come up with a modern solution What is your solution If you fit in let you be given the opportunity As long as you fit in you have the required you are able to do what you want to do Yes I'm not sure if you're familiar with the book Animal Farm Some people are more equal Everyone is equal but some are more equal than others I want to say a little bit before time runs away from us So today the verdict is about to come out for the finance bill You had me at doubling VATE and then you came in with the housing and then suddenly now EPA is just doing things illegally out of their mandates Surely we cannot be at 195.53 What is that Do you see the number of fathers increased by they are very annoyed And I can tell that you are very annoyed on I can see it in your face I can see it in your face It's carrying me one million What? I don't know how to say it I will say I will say I will say I will say I will say I will say No other means of me getting as quiet All right so they are about to take a part What fascinated me is learning that the court can't deliberate Yes, the judiciary is a separate by itself Yes, there we go, but it's self-suffering. Anyway, it's an independent institution. So, as it is, it can take apart the financial system. For example, my heart is breaking small as I'm saying this, but for example, if they agreed this 3% house levy should go forth, but something else would remain. So, if they refused Fiat to be doubled, maybe they would agree that Maftai Baki to Madinapak Baki Manpata. So, what do you want as a person, Kabla Trindile? What do you want to stay? What do you want to go? What do you think is fair that it should stay? Because I can be upset all I want about tax, but that's the only way the country will grow. That's the only way to make money and grow as an economy. But what do you think is really unfair about that finance bill? I've heard you, Val, and it's so sad to see government institutions doing things illegally. Like, for example, IPRA. This thing has not been passed. It's illegal, I think it's illegal. And it shows a bad picture on the government. And I move the opinion and I want to second you that some of the things shall pass, some shall remain. You know you people focused on the housing levy and what? Housing and petroleum and VAT. But then there are many other things that the finance bill has. Like, for example, money banking, its tax was increased from 12% to 15%. And electronic banking was left that way. And yet, many people in Kenya right now are using money banking to do their transactions, you see. So, those are some of the things that should go back to the National Assembly for debating. Though some people have issues concerning National Assembly, and I had last week the majority whip, Sylvain Ososoro talking somewhere saying they had to pay some MPs so that they could not turn up for the finance bill. And those are some of the things that should go back to the National Assembly. These people should be competent enough to go debate and go do things in favour of the normal monarchy and of the people that voted them in to go to that position. So, some of the things should go back to the National Assembly. Like, for example, the Senate was complaining they were not involved in matters housing. And yet it's an issue affecting even the counties, you see. So, it should go back. Let the Senate be given its honour. Meanwhile, my president is giving scholarships for people to study in Kenya. Talk to me, Jeff. It's amazing. It's wonderful, isn't it? It's amazing. And I wonder if it's going to be implemented. Maybe it's just a word of mouth. Because right now nobody is sure of what my president is saying. But meanwhile, he's just always talking to the media. He's always talking. Children are so innocent and just say what they believe. But if that scholarships are going to help even the comrades of Kenya. If the comrades of Kenya can go to the other countries to do further studies.  It's just a word of mouth. If it's going to help, and I hope it is going to. We wish the government all the best. Talk to me, Jeff. I know the government. You know what Muna Inchi wants to hear. Maybe the basic commodities. Maybe something like petrol, something like wonga, something like skari. That's what you want to hear. But now if you're bringing us a house levy. Like you're 3% and maybe... That is like discriminating other people in the society. Like you're saying, those who are working, watch out when you're not working. Do you know 97% of Kenya's population is under 50,000. 53% are working under 50,000. There's a lot of HIV. They have increased HIV, they have increased everything. And I think... How is that? How is that less than 50%? How is... And I want to ask the courts of Kenya. Because it's today that they are going to say something about the finance bill. The courts should stand firm in the voice of the normal people. They should consider even the person earning 20,000, earning 10,000. The courts should be able to say something today. And I really hope they are going to. I trust in the courts of Kenya. And it showed its competency when it demolished the office of the CASS. I know we are coming to that... The House of Justice have been so busy. Because let me tell you something about the CASS position. We saw their salaries. Each one of them were earning up to 1 million and something a year. There were how many CASSs? Fifty. Fifty. Additional 27 for no reason. Fifty million shillings. Up to 51 because of their allowances. These people have security. He needs more hands and minds. How are we going to pay these people using money coming from the taxpayers? And then also we have the same person is increasing fuel. If the amount of money is 2,000, it will increase by 16%. Because when you raise the percentage of fuel, everything else is going to go up. Domino effect. If fuel price increases that means transport. That means now the food that we are going to get from the farmer to come to use it to double. So I don't know now what the price of sugar is going to be. Because right now, the KED of sugar is going for around 220 shillings. Now, if you will even give me a panda in the end of Cope Sangapi. We should be asking ourselves such questions. Alright, I think we have to wrap this up. Wow, time flies when you're having wonderful conversations. So many things I wanted to say. So many things we should have had conversations on. But we have touched on the finance bill. Very important because today is the day the verdict is coming out. We have talked about the splashing headline which is tribalism. Which I do not understand why it still has such a thing. We even have a new social media platform called Threads. But it's called tribalism. Anyway. And by the way, because we are on Threads, you can also follow me on Threads. Opersionist. Because now we are talking about Threads. Thank you so very much for coming. Maybe if you'd like to fit in on last word before we wrap this up. Yeah, sure. I want to thank you for giving me this platform to go live on air. I want to talk on behalf of the youth of Kenya. Let's embrace togetherness. Let's embrace peace. We don't want to hear cases of people dying because of picketing. Because of mandamanos. We don't want to hear people losing. Maybe people going to hospitals because they have been injured. We want a government. We want a youth where we build each other. We are there for each other. Let's be brilliant enough to see what's happening. Let's not go support political movements. Which are going in benefit of some other people. I wish all the youth of Kenya, all the best in whatever they do. And all the comrades in various universities. Before we finish, I come from Kericho County. Recently there was a tragic road accident in London. I want to pass my condolences to the families of the deceased. There are some comrades who have lost their parents. And right now Kericho is sad. Kericho has been having issues concerning tea farms. Now deaths. So this will speak to the ministries of this government. Let something be done concerning this. I don't have much. Thank you. Okay, what I want to say. I also want to passionate about youth leadership. And what I want to confirm to the all youth in Kenya.  Okay, let us raise our voices. And let us reject to be used by maybe opposition or political leaders. Who want self-interest for themselves. And as we have talked, young leaders in the nation are so innovative. They are so creative. And when they are given that opportunity or that chance, we can do wonders. And we can make policies. Strong policies that will propel this country to another level. Yeah, what now I want, I just want the government to also consider young people. We are so competent. And given the opportunity, we can perform better. And to all comrades, please don't be used. We will start now a conversation of now peace and whatever. So that we avoid the early days for our young leaders. We have lost so many souls and the souls we lost, they are young leaders. And it's so worrying and it's so disheartening. And it's so unfortunate that in Kenya we are not only losing lives. We are also barring dreams. Yeah, we are barring dreams. Brilliant minds. Brilliant minds. Yes. So what I want, I want to urge young leaders and comrades who are out there. We are coming for you. I personally, we have started a movement, a movement called Youth in Governance. So we want to educate our fellow youth on their rights. And also we want to create that platform that we can also be seen by government. So that even the competency we have talked about lies in young people. We are so competent and I know if given that chance, we can perform better. Thank you so very much both of you. It's been an honor to host you. All social media handles. People are excited to be on threads. Tell us. So you can find me on Instagram at Meshak Kiprotich. Twitter at Engineer Meshak Kiprotich. TikTok at Meshak Kiprotich. Facebook at Meshak Kiprotich. And the threads at Meshak Kiprotich. Sorry, Jeff. Okay, me on Twitter at Sundwa Chief. Instagram Sundwa Chief. Facebook at Sundwa Chief. And also TikTok at Sundwa Chief. Even threads at Sundwa Chief. Also you on the threads but who are going? Alright, I'd like that you stay. We are buried Twitter. No, no, no. It's more than alive. We are buried Twitter. Makosa, Makosa anyway. These apps keep coming and going, coming and going. One day is this one, next day is that one. But anyway, I want to encourage you to never disregard your youth because this is exactly what this is meant for. It's a youth platform. Yeah, we want to talk to you and think. Don't fight. Don't allow anyone to influence you to do something you don't want to do. Miss Sawa. It's okay. That's right. From Facebook. Go to my channel on Twitter. Why 254 underscore channel on the ground. Hashtag of a day is why in the morning. My name is Valentine. It has been my complete honor to be with you next. We'll be talking about some other serious things, but I think I'm done for now. See you later.


Military policemen with Combat Logistics Regiment 17 run through Marine Corps martial arts drills on a regular basis to keep their skills fresh. This drill has a new wrinkle. First time on ship, pretty exciting. I feel like the Marines are getting back to their amphibious roots. We're finally doing water-based missions again. The Marines are participating in exercise Don Blitz, which will hone their abilities in disaster response and humanitarian aid. More importantly, it's a chance for them to train on a ship. Many of these Marines have combat deployments under their belt. Getting on a ship is a new experience, and it made routine training a little shaky. Ever since we left port, we felt the ship rock, and at first it was a little bit of queasiness, nothing too serious though, and after a while I get used to it. Accounting for the weight shift of left and right, because we're traveling on sea, is the main difference. As Marines continue to shift their techniques, they'll be more focused on returning to their amphibious roots. Reporting from the USS Bonham, Russia, I'm Corporal Benjamin Harris.