Monday, July 26th, 2010
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| • | War on Child Prostitution Targets Hotels: A rights group has called for harsh penalties against hoteliers who allow their premises to be used for child prostitution.
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| • | Who is Fighting for the Poor Consumer?: In the last couple of week, there has been a hue and cry over the 2009/2010 Budget announcement to lower import duty on wheat from 25 to 10 per cent.
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| • | Juniors Bring Home Third Victory: Kenya beat track and field bigwigs USA and Germany to clinch an unprecedented third overall title, collecting 15 medals as the curtains came down on the week-long World Junior Athletics Championship in Moncton, Canada, on Sunday.
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| • | On Your Marks, Set - Country Ready on Eve of Games: It was three years ago, on April 27, 2007, that Athletics Kenya secretary David Okeyo announced from Dakar, Senegal, during a break at the Africa Athletics Confederation (AAC) Congress that Kenya would host the 2010 Africa Senior Athletics Championships.
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| • | Jury Still Out on Traditional Birth Attendants: The government of Kenya has been encouraging women to deliver in hospital. Home deliveries by traditional birth attendants are considered to be a major contributor to maternal deaths.
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| • | The Cutting Edge: NOT WITH OUR MONEY! As much as he agrees with the recent hefty court award to the people who were tortured at the height of the human rights abuse of Moi's Kanu regime, George Kihiu is totally opposed to using taxpayers' money to pay the compensation...
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| • | Cons Invade ICT Farm in Machakos: Kenya's plan to build a Sh1 billion technology city on a 5,000-acre piece of land at Malili ranch in Machakos District has run into a new set of problems.
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| • | Sh14 Billion Cash Boost to Help Seal Yawning Rice Output Gap: Rice production in the country received a major boost on Monday after the Japanese government extended a loan for constructing irrigation and drainage facilities at the Mwea Irrigation scheme.
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| • | NHC in Bid to Set Up More Homes: National Housing Corporation is in the process of putting up a plant to manufacture building materials at a cost of Sh700 million.
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| • | Burglars Break Into 'No' Secretariat: Unknown people on Sunday night broke into the 'No' secretariat and stole computers and other gadgets estimated at Sh2 million.
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| • | Anti-Graft Czar Lumumba Takes Office: New anti-corruption czar Patrick Lumumba formally took office at Integrity Centre on Monday with a promise to bring down graft to negligible levels.
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| • | Plotting a Second Act at Telkom Kenya: Three years ago, the team sent by France Telecom to run its newly acquired business in Kenya misread the local market and stumbled dangerously in the first three years of buying Telkom Kenya for $390 million.
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| • | Bold APA Rewrites the Strict Laws of Insurance to Cover Dreaded 'Acts of Mankind': Faced with stiff competition and a market still suffering from the global recession, one insurance company is out to change the rules of the game. It is offering to cover some of the most dreaded "acts of mankind".
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| • | G4S Gets New Prototype Cash Vehicle: Security and risk management firm G4S Security Services is testing a new prototype cash vehicle.
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| • | Sameer Profit Up 16 P.C.: Sameer Africa Ltd has announced a pre-tax profit of Sh71.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 on the back of improved sales.
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| • | Improve Quality, Telecoms Firms in Africa Told: Experts have raised the alarm over deteriorating network quality of service from mobile phone operators in the rapidly growing telecoms industry.
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| • | Illegal Brew Kills Six in Kibera: Six people died and five others have become blind after consuming illegal brew suspected to be laced with methanol at Nairobi's Kibera's slum Sunday evening.
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| • | Government Officers May Be Sued Over Law Campaigns: The 'No' camp is contemplating to institute legal measures against permanent secretaries and other senior civil servants who are involved in campaigning for the proposed constitution.
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| • | Stop Misleading Cititzens Over Law, Moi Told: Retired President Moi has been asked to stop interfering with the constitutional matters since he failed to provide Kenyans with a new law do during his regime.
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| • | Muslim Leaders And Youth Attend Training On HIV/Aids: Over 30 imams and 82 Muslim youth from across the Rift Valley province in Kenya, attended a three-day training aimed at equipping the participants with skills and knowledge on how to deal with HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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