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Sunday, August 17th, 2008 | ||
| • | Runners Bag Two Silver Medals: Catherine Ndereba knew the gold medal was hers. | |
| • | Foreign Minister Hails Kenya Relations: Rwanda's Foreign Minister, Rosemary Museminari has said that Rwanda-Kenya relations are good. Speaking to Sunday Times yesterday, Museminari described the bilateral relationship as "fantastic". | |
| • | National Team Defeats Kenya to Qualify for Africa Tourney: It couldn't get any tighter. Uganda edged neighbours Kenya 57-56 to earn a birth at the Africa Junior Girls Championships due October in Tunisia. | |
| • | Safina MPs On War Path Over Alliance: An announcement by Safina leader Paul Muite of a planned political alliance between the party and other organisations is causing ripples within the party's ranks. | |
| • | Why China is Playing Games With the Olympics: With the Olympic games well under way, we'll now begin to understand the stories, dreams, aspirations, pressures and frustrations that go on behind the scenes. | |
| • | Now Raila Moves to Cool Down Tempers in South Rift: Prime Minister Raila Odinga has moved to quell mounting discontent in the South Rift by making a raft of promises. | |
| • | Morons Who Mistake Anarchy for Democracy: These brief remarks are dedicated to the people of Kamukunji Constituency in Nairobi whose political antics we have had to suffer since December 29, 2007. | |
| • | Scientology Comes to Country: There is a new religion in town. It recognises no sin, pays homage to no one, has neither angels in heaven nor fire and brimstone in hell and whose members say they can create miracles at will. | |
| • | Big Companies Scramble for Black Gold Prospects: With the cost of crude oil hitting the $110 (Sh7260) per barrel mark recently, interest among exploration firms in Kenya - widely seen as an unexploited frontier - is at its peak. | |
| • | More Questions Than Answers Over Fazul: Police spokesman Eric Kiraithe denies the popular view that mass murder mastermind Fazul remains at large because he has links with crooked and criminal elements in the Kenya Police. | |
| • | Future is Bright, Kibaki Tells Youth: Young Kenyans can look forward to better days ahead as the government works to fix the economy, President Kibaki said on Saturday. | |
| • | New Balance of Power in City Tests the Strength of Grand Coalition: The confirmation of Mr Simon Mbugua as the MP for Kamukunji brings to four apiece the number of constituencies PNU and ODM control in the capital city. | |
| • | 'Secret' Report Reveals Sponsors of Poll Violence: The state-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights had two disparate reports on perpetrators of post-election violence - one that listed politicians and business people linked to both PNU and ODM, and another that appeared to leave out most... | |
| • | Going Out for a Meal? Beware Danger in the Kiosk: Up to 50 per cent of preventable diseases in Kenya are the result of poor hygiene, accordiong to a July 2007 Health ministry report. It also pointed out what it called appalling lapses in the country's environmental sanitation system. | |
| • | It's Payback Time, Mudavadi Tells Local Authorities: Local authorities across the country are headed for major reforms - some of which could have massive political implications if the Local Government Minister Musalia Mudavadi makes it through the quagmire of council politics. | |
| • | Martha - I Am What You See And Yes, the Race is On for 2012: What makes you tick? | |
| • | Country Exposed in the Face of an Oil Crisis: The global oil crisis has inevitably arrived in Kenya pushing transport, manufacturing, lighting and cooking budgets to unprecedented levels. | |
| • | City Hall Giving Us All a Raw Deal: As a nation, there are things we have got right and there are many things we have got wrong. | |
| • | Terror Suspects' Dentention a Violation of Rights: Nine Kenyans arrested in January last year while fleeing from Somalia after the fall of the Islamic Courts Union spoke out for the first time on Friday from their detention camp in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and pleaded to be brought back home. | |
| • | 'Matatu Presidency' And Power Vacuum: President Kibaki says there is no leadership vacuum in Kenya. And I agree. | |
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