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Wednesday, August 20th, 2008 | ||
| • | All Three Kenyans in 5,000m Final: An athlete loses sleep the night before the race, another is frozen scared of the opposition in the final, while one simply fails to show up for the qualifying rounds. | |
| • | Beijing Notebook: Mystery of filled arenas, empty streets | |
| • | Wamwiri, Akinyi Beaten: On a day Beijing turned into one big reggae concert after Jamaica's wonder kid Usain Bolt added the 200 metres gold and world record to the gold and world's fastest ever time he clocked in the 100 metres at the weekend, there was no cause to party for... | |
| • | Country's Victory Puts Them in Driving Seat: Kenya has moved a stage further to winning the ICC's cricket International cup with a win over a strong Dutch side in the Netherlands. | |
| • | Kibaki - Govt to Deliver New Constitution: President Kibaki has said his Government remains committed to giving Kenyans a new constitution. | |
| • | Raila Welcomes Githongo Back to Kenya: Prime Minister Raila Odinga has welcomed former Ethics Permanent Secretary John Githongo back into the country. | |
| • | Four Die in Dawn Accident: Three people were killed and a further 36 injured after a Uganda- bound bus was involved in a road accident on the Eldoret-Nakuru highway. | |
| • | Country, U.S. to Share Intelligence in Terror War: The Government's war on terror can only be won through intelligence-sharing, a Cabinet minister has said. | |
| • | Mombasa Wins Semis Cup: Defending champions Nairobi and last year's runners-up, Mombasa have cruised into the football semi-finals of the 30th edition of the Kenya Inter-Municipality Sports and Cultural Association (Kimsca) in Kericho. | |
| • | Buyers to Scramble for 35 Percent NSSF Stake in National Bank: Who wants to buy the National Social Security Fund's 35 per cent stake in National Bank of Kenya? | |
| • | Common Market Meeting in Nairobi: A high level task force meeting on the East African Community's Common Market Protocol will take place in Nairobi starting mid this month. | |
| • | New Cotton Seed Variety for Tattered Industry: In ongoing efforts to revive cotton farming in the country, the Kenya government has introduced a new cotton variety, Hart 89M. | |
| • | Now MPs Too Blame RVR for Cargo Pile-Up: A Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Communication and Public Works, which visited the port of Mombasa last week, cited the failure of the transport system as the main cause of congestion at the port. | |
| • | Polo Playing Soldier: RECENTLY RUPERT HENRY Alexander Lewis, 33, captain of the Guards Polo Club at Windsor near London, was invited to Kenya by Sam and Harriet Mattock for the Owners, Breeders and Trainers Society charity event. | |
| • | Talks Over Products Mark Stall: The Government has failed to agree with manufacturers over the deadline for the implementation of the standardisation mark. The original date had been set for October 1. | |
| • | Team to Market Local Tourism Yet to Be Named: Four months after President Kibaki authorised the formation of a board to brand and market the country abroad, it is yet to be constituted. | |
| • | Bank Chief Warns - Dirty Cash a Threat to Economy: Eastern and Southern African countries are vulnerable to money laundering because of their mainly cash-based economies, Central Bank of Kenya governor Prof Njuguna Ndung'u has said. | |
| • | Trade Key to Post-Poll Revival, Says Uhuru: Kenya has identified trade and investment as key in resolving the socio-economic issues behind the post-election violence, deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta told businesspeople in Spain on Tuesday. | |
| • | Sh3 Billion Lost As Trees Rot in Forests, Claim Loggers: The Government has lost more than Sh3 billion since it banned logging in State forests in 1999 and forced more than 300 sawmills to close. | |
| • | Names in Report to Remain Secret: The commission of inquiry into post-election violence on Tuesday embargoed a report by the Kenyan National Commission on Human Rights that contains names of alleged perpetrators of the chaos. | |
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