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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 | ||
| • | UN to Help Maasai People Preserve Their Heritage: Two people from the Maasai community of Laikipia in Kenya are to be given training in documenting and archiving their cultural heritage through a new project launched today by the United Nations World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). | |
| • | Change of Focus Needed in Food Production: Skyrocketing food prices are pushing people from poverty to desperation and hunger and may lead to annihilation of populations in Africa. Of the 36 "crisis" countries named by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), 21 are from Africa. | |
| • | Saving Lake Victoria Will Benefit Millions: Lake Victoria, the source of the White Nile, is the second largest freshwater lake in the world, covering nearly 68,800km squared and a water catchment area of 184,000km squared. | |
| • | Coffee Regulator Confident of Better Crop This Season: The coffee industry regulator is optimistic of improved crop output next season on the back of a favourable weather. | |
| • | CBK On Alert Over Tightening Liquidity in Inter-Bank Market: Concerns are rising at the inter-bank market over tightening liquidity as large amounts of money continue to be locked up in the receiving banks for the Safaricom IPO. | |
| • | Tame Rising Fuel Prices: The move by the Government to rule out cutting taxes on fuel products in order to tame the rising pump prices is not only ill timed, but out of order. | |
| • | Strategy for Services Sector Coming in June: An official strategy governing Kenya's fast growing service export sector will be ready by June this year as the Government set is eyes on exploiting fresh economic opportunities. | |
| • | Rhino Charge a Test for Man And Machine: The long Madaraka Day weekend is around the corner. | |
| • | Caltex Sues East African Spectre Over Cylinders: A leading gas cylinder manufacturing firm, East African Spectre, which is associated with Prime Minister Raila Odinga, has been sued for allegedly supplying defective products to an international oil company. | |
| • | Engineers Redraw Map to Achieving Vision 2030 Goal: The International Conference on the Engineer and Vision 2030 that concluded last Friday raised certain fundamental issues that exposed the quicksand on which the blueprint could be anchored, looking at the economic, political and social pillars. | |
| • | Impunity Equals Economic Sabotage: All the parties in the grand coalition campaigned on pledges of toughness on crime. None of the parties campaigned on anything other than a law and order platform in so far as safeguarding the security of Kenyans and their property was concerned. | |
| • | Farmers Turn to Eucalyptus in Search of More Income: Demand for hybrid eucalyptus trees has shot up with the onset of the long rains as farmers switch to tree farming. | |
| • | Investors Turn to Private Equities for Long Term Profits: According to Fortune magazine, "the private equity boom is breathtaking and is making investors rich as well as changing the mindset of corporate managers everywhere." | |
| • | New 5-Nation Project for Homes Affected By HIV/Aids: Older people, orphans and vulnerable children living in multigenerational households affected by HIV/AIDS are the target of a new project in five Southern and Eastern African nations. | |
| • | Catholic Church Rolls Out National Healing Programmed: The Catholic Church has announced a six-month pastoral healing programme to promote sustainable peace and justice countrywide in the aftermath of the post-election violence. | |
| • | Schans Names 23-Man Squad for Kenya: BRAVE Warriors coach Arie Schans announced a training squad of 23 players as Namibia prepares for the World Cup qualifier against Kenya at the end of May. | |
| • | Millenarian MDC-T Seeking Allies in Kenya: IT is now clear that Zimbabwe's opposition is trying so hard to get a platform in East Africa (Kenya) to continue with their tirades against President Mugabe and their mother country Zimbabwe. | |
| • | Tea Farmers Face Hard Times As Mini Bonus Comes Under Threat: The future of interim payments to farmers allied to Kenya Tea Development Agency factories has been thrown into uncertainty because of the effects of a strong shilling and rising cost of inputs. | |
| • | Scangroup Opts for Ghana to Enter West Africa Market: Scangroup is looking at Ghana as its entry point to the lucrative West African market following the collapse of talks with a strategic partner in Nigeria. | |
| • | Branson Plans to Open Lodge Near Maasai Mara Reserve: British magnate Sir Richard Branson may soon be investing in a new lodge outside the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. | |
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