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Saturday, September 13th, 2008 | ||
| • | Time for Team Obama to Save the Candidate: It is only in politics where a man will look you in the eye and shake your hand while, all the time he is peeing down your leg. Everybody knows Barack Obama was in trouble this week. | |
| • | They Seek to Ruin Obama's Chances: Barack Obama's popularity can be gauged by the growing desperation with which his enemies are fighting him. | |
| • | Thugs Raid Olympic Champion's Home: More than 10 heavily armed raided the palatial home of Olympic marathon champion Samuel Kamau Wanjiru at Muthaiga Estate in Nyahururu Town and terrorised his family for close to thirty minutes on Friday night. | |
| • | Cane Farmers Demand Firm's Dissolution: Over 500 cane farmers from Mumias took to the streets on Friday to demand the dissolution of the Mumias Outgrowers Company. | |
| • | Thika Seek to Halt Mathare's Run: Red-hot Thika United will be looking to become only the third team this season to take the scalp of league leaders Mathare United on Saturday at Thika Municipal Stadium in easily the pick of the weekend's Kenyan Premier League matches. | |
| • | The Cutting Edge: She has been watching Prime Minister Raila Odinga closely in recent days and Wamuyu Gatheru is a bit disappointed that he has been publicly displaying American national colours "instead of our own". | |
| • | Man Jailed After Being Found With Ammunition: A man was on Friday jailed for five years for being in possession of ammunition, while another was jailed for also five years for having fake currency notes. | |
| • | Tikolo's Charges Take On Visiting Pakistan: Kenya skipper Steve Tikolo is upbeat his charges will rise to the occasion when they take on Pakistan Academy in a four-day game at the Nairobi Gymkhana from 10 am on Saturday. | |
| • | Woman Found Hanging From Roof of Her House: Two people were on Friday found dead in separate incidents in Gucha District. | |
| • | Officials Differ Over Killer Disease: There is confusion over what exactly has killed 15 people in three districts after authorities contradicted themselves. | |
| • | Displaced Accuse Chiefs of Soliciting Bribes: Some provincial administrators in Uasin Gishu District have been accused of soliciting bribes from internal refugees. | |
| • | Kibaki And Raila Should Justify the New Civil Service Jobs: What do women and young men think of their civil service career advancement? | |
| • | Safety Scandal of Army Trucks: Defence minister, Mr Yusuf Haji, said on Friday the trucks were in good condition and well-maintained to guarantee safety. | |
| • | Bankers Take Campaign to Coast: Uganda's G4S Pirates will not be travelling to Nairobi for a quarter-final Zain Enterprise Cup match against Mwamba. | |
| • | Schools Facing Closure Over Rising Prices of Food, Electricity And Fuel: A number of boarding schools across the country may soon be forced to send students home if the rising cost of food, electricity and diesel persists, a survey by the Saturday Nation has established. | |
| • | Boarding Schools Parents to Pay More: Parents may soon have to dig deeper into their pockets to keep their children in boarding schools. | |
| • | Technology is Making World Global Village: It was surprising to see the story and pictures of snow falling in tropical Kenya on the internet site, Yahoo. | |
| • | Schools Advised to Cut Down On 'Luxuries': Schools should strive to reduce operational costs instead of cutting them down altogether, economists and education researchers say. | |
| • | Kimunya Was Right, Says Orengo: Former Finance minister Amos Kimunya was legally correct when he said in Parliament in April that the Grand Regency Hotel had not been sold, Lands minister James Orengo admitted on Friday. | |
| • | Relief to Junior Players As Hockey Union Now Softens Stand On Ban: The Kenya Hockey Union appears to be softening its stand following a five-year ban on players who travelled to Egypt for the Africa Junior tournament. | |
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