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Global News Podcast

Kenya's president denounces anti-government unrest

Global News Podcast

BBC

Daily News, News

4.38.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Kenya’s President denounces anti-government unrest, saying protesters who use violence should be shot in the legs. Also, Nvidia becomes world's first company valued at 4 trillion dollars, and a new Barbie with diabetes.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service.

0:05.7

Hello, I'm Oliver Conway. This edition is published in the early hours of Thursday the 10th of July.

0:11.1

The Kenyan president, William Ruto, denounces anti-government unrest, saying protesters who use violence should be shot in the legs.

0:19.1

Invidia becomes the first ever company to be valued at $4 trillion.

0:24.2

And Britain and France say they need to do more to stop illegal immigration across the English

0:28.4

Channel, or what's the view in Calais?

0:32.9

Also in this podcast, the sheep farmer who's found a new way of making money.

0:38.1

When I started the sheep game channel five, six years ago now,

0:42.1

nobody else was doing sheep outdoors in the UK.

0:44.7

Now, you go on YouTube to be the only person doing something's near impossible these days,

0:48.4

so that gave me a real leg up and an advantage.

0:51.2

And what is Persian Flamenco? In the past two weeks, at least 50 people have been

1:01.4

killed in Kenya while protesting against the increasingly unpopular government. 19 of them died last

1:07.6

month during protests over the death in custody of a blogger. Then on Monday,

1:12.1

31 people were killed while marking the anniversary of Sabah Sabah, the day when Kenyans rose up against

1:17.8

the one-party rule of Daniel Arap Moi. However, despite the high number of deaths, the current

1:23.7

Kenyan president, William Ruto, is showing no sign of backing down. In fact, he's now

1:28.7

ordered police to shoot violent protesters in the legs, accusing opponents of trying to force him

1:34.0

from power.

1:36.3

I saw them saying that they won't wait for the elections in 2027. They want to plan chaos,

1:42.4

protests, burn people's property, cause death in Kenya,

1:46.7

so that they can overthrow the Kenyan government before 2027.

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