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Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 | ||
| • | Long-Distance Athletes Sweep Up Medals: Africa put the seal on its dominance of long-distance running in the closing days of the Olympics. On Saturday alone, African athletes won seven medals, sweeping up all the medals in both the men's 800m and 5000m races. | |
| • | Citizens Remember Former VP Wamalwa: Leaders on Friday joined the family of former Vice-President Michael Wamalwa during the fifth anniversary of his death. | |
| • | Cotton Farmers to Receive Sh14 Million Planting Material: Cotton farmers will receive Sh14 million worth of free planting materials from next month as part of government plans to revive the industry. | |
| • | Vice President's Aides Fired Over Spying Claims: Two aides of Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka have been sacked, as the silent war between the VP and Prime Minister Raila Odinga burst into the open over allegations of spying. | |
| • | Serial Rapist Stalked Victims Before Ambushing Them: Details are now emerging of how a serial rapist stalked his victims before ambushing them and taking them to his hideout. | |
| • | Bankers Take On Impala as Quins Stay on Chase: There are two weekends of competition left, but the Kenya Cup rugby league could be decided Saturday when defending champions Kenya Commercial Bank host Impala at the KCB Sports Club Ruaraka from 4.30pm. | |
| • | Gas Company Pretax Profit Up By Sh1.3 Million: BOC Kenya has reported a Sh1.3 million increase in pre-tax profit for the first six month ending June 31, 2008. | |
| • | Pro-Abortion Law Opposed: Health experts and religious leaders have rejected a proposed abortion law that will make it easier to terminate pregnancy. | |
| • | Raila Says It's Time to Deliver: Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Friday rebuffed suggestions by some constitutional experts to consult the public before a comprehensive draft constitution is subjected to a referendum. | |
| • | Lawyers' Bid to Serve Githongo Fail: Lawyers of former Cabinet minister Chris Murungaru on Friday failed to serve former Ethics and Governance permanent secretary John Githongo court summons. | |
| • | Beijing Notebook: Life for African journalists in far flung locations of assignment, like Asia, can be an expensive affair. Most of them settle for budget accommodation and, sometimes, do on a one meal-a day. But there's this Nigerian journalist who has taken the idea... | |
| • | Kemboi Blames Stomach Cramp: He vowed never to return home if he failed to retain his gold medal but a humbled former 3,000m steeplechase Olympic champion Ezekiel Kemboi returned from Beijing and blamed a sudden stomach cramp after the final water jump for his misery. | |
| • | Organic Or Not? It All Depends On Your Pocket, New Research Shows: Grow, buy, cook and eat organic foods for a long and healthy life. This is the latest fad in Kenya, that has seen eateries and other outlets proclaiming to sell "natural" foods springing up every other day. | |
| • | Deaf and Dumb and at the Pinnacle of Varsity Career: Had a kind missionary couple not changed the course of his life, Dr Michael Ndurumo reckons he would most likely have ended up a carpenter, a tailor, a cobbler or a stonemason. | |
| • | Beijing Exceeds All Expectations: So far the Beijing Olympics have exceeded expectations. By a mile! Day after day it has just got better and anyone watching here will agree that the moments have been just been fantastic. | |
| • | Embrace Progress, Kuti Tells Leaders: Livestock minister Dr Mohamed Kuti on Friday told councillors from Isiolo and Garbatulla districts to stop opposing government projects in the area. | |
| • | Maize From Dar Arrives: The Government on Friday received 45,000 bags of maize which bought from Tanzania. | |
| • | The Time is Now for New Group to Hold a National Convention: The article in this column last Saturday has prompted a number of readers to wish to know whether the Progressive Parties Alliance (Propa) is what I intended it to be. | |
| • | Attitude Change at Council Admirable: When I first visited the Mombasa municipal council's public health department at Mwembe Tayari, an earth tremor hit the town as I waited to interview the environment officer. | |
| • | Change Development Policy: A deadly war is being fought in northern Kenya pitting rival pastoralist communities. | |
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