Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
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| • | Hosts Upbeat Over Field Events: When it comes to field events, especially men's discus and women's pole vault, the hosts have little to discuss as far as previous performances are concerned.
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| • | The Cutting Edge: NO BUSINESS LOGIC. Mourning the deaths of the consumers of illicit brews in the Kibera slums, Elizabeth Ouma says she simply can't understand the "business logic of the makers and sellers", who lace the drinks with poison. She adds: "Assuming each of...
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| • | More Decorum From Our Leaders Desirable: These sudden exchanges between the President and his predecessor are unseemly and rather embarrassing.
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| • | World Champ Cheruiyot on Golden Course: World 5,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot wound up her training on Wednesday with an assurance that she will claim one of the medals missing from her glittering collection, as the 17th Safaricom Senior Africa Athletics Championship enters its second day...
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| • | Ruto's Bid to Win Muslim Vote Insincere: The de facto leader of the 'No' camp, Mr William Ruto, has of late been attempting to convince Muslims to vote against the proposed constitution.
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| • | Kenyan Sprinters Target Rare Medals After Great Day Out: Gold medals are rare commodities for Kenyan sprinters on the international track.
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| • | Kibaki Joins Electric Crowd on Opening Day: Boundless joy was quite evident on Wednesday as thousands of fans turned up for the 17th Safaricom Africa Athletics Championships at the Nyayo National Stadium for the opening day's action on Wednesday.
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| • | Kiprop Wins Country's First Gold at Africa Meet: Litttle-known Wilson Kiprop, stunned favourites Mathew Kisorio and Moses Kipsiro of Uganda to clinch 10,000 gold as the Senior Africa Athletics Championship started on Wednesday at the Nyayo National Stadium here in Nairobi.
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| • | Chinese, Kenyan Archeologist Seek Clues into Ancient Malindi Kingdom: A ninth century kingdom in Malindi is at the heart of a major archaeological excavation that has interested the Chinese, who are trying to establish when their forefathers started interacting with the East African coast.
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| • | Council Denies It is Recycling Closed Cemetery: The Nakuru Municipal Council has come out fighting over claims that it is recycling the already filled up Nakuru North cemetery.
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| • | AG Drops Murder Charge: A man who had been charged with murder was on Wednesday freed after spending 56 days in remand prison.
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| • | Egerton Lifts Inter-Varsities Quiz Top Prize: Kenya's Egerton University was on Wednesday presented with an award for winning the Zain Africa Challenge 2010, a continental inter-varsity quiz.
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| • | Koech Sent Millions Abroad, Says Cashier: One of Kenya's leading scientists used a forex bureau to send millions of shillings to people in Dubai, a court was told on Wednesday.
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| • | Youth Changing the Workplace: They are tech-savvy, ambitious and easily bored and they are presenting new challenges to managers in many companies.
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| • | Hepatitis Poses a Fresh Threat to Blood Bank: The national blood transfusion service is happy about the declining HIV levels in donated blood but is worried by a new threat from hepatitis, a liver-damaging virus.
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| • | Truth Team Backs Torture Victims Ruling: The Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission has commended the High Court for awarding compensation to former political detainees.
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| • | Kibaki Opens Scouts Forum: President Kibaki on Wednesday launched the first World Scouts Moot to be held on African soil.
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| • | Italian's Mysterious Death Baffles Police: Police in Malindi are battling to unravel the mysterious death of an Italian they believe to have died six months ago.
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| • | Youth March for August 4 Peace: Hundreds of youth in Coast Province on Wednesday marched through the streets of Mombasa to call for peace in next week's referendum.
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| • | Source of Illicit Brew Unearthed: Administration officials in Kibera on Wednesday evening discovered the probable source of the brew that has killed at least 23 people in the slum.
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