Friday, August 15th, 2008 | ||
| • | Visiting Kenyan Student Drowns in Dar: A Kenyan student, Vincent Waweru, 15, drowned at Dar es Salaam's Mikadi Beach on Wednesday when he and his schoolmates were on a recreational visit to the area. | |
| • | Civil Servants Given Huge Salary Increase: Civil servants Thursday welcomed their pay increase which in some cases tripled their take-home packages. | |
| • | Kenyans Very Much the Underdogs in Women?s 10,000m: ’s competitive women’s 10,000 metres final at the “Bird’s Nest” that is Beijing’s National Olympic Stadium. | |
| • | Track Action Begins: For many, the Olympic Games start Friday with the opening of the track and field programme. | |
| • | Kenyan Breaks Olympic Record in Swimming: ’s semi-finals of his speciality at Beijing’s National Acquatic Centre. | |


