Wednesday, September 8th, 2010
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| • | Sun Will Never Set On Solar Energy's Potential in Kenya: Foreign and local investors have the opportunity to participate in Kenya's growing solar power industry. A vibrant solar energy market has developed in Kenya over the years for providing electricity to homes and institutions remote from the national...
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| • | Mambo Calms Fears Over Cup Campaign: Robert Mambo says he has no hard feelings for being dropped from the Harambee Stars starting line-up that lost away to Guinea Bissau in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier on Saturday.
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| • | 'Mum Had Running Genes': World 800 metres champion David Rudisha on Wednesday disclosed that his running was inspired as much by his mother as his Olympian father.
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| • | Bank Eyes High Returns in 'Run for Sight' Meet: A couple of years ago, Julius Wambua dropped his keys and asked his daughter Christine Ndunge to pick them up. But she struggled to spot them.
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| • | Safaricom Commits Sh7 Million to Sports Awards: Title sponsors Safaricom have committed Sh7 million to this year's Safaricom Sportsperson of the Year Awards (SOYA) that was launched on Wednesday.
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| • | Now FKL Blames Bissau Defeat On Mariga, Oliech: Weary Harambee Stars returned home early on Wednesday morning from West Africa after a 48-hour delay a team in disarray, with a senior official blaming an ego tussle between two senior players for their 0-1 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier loss to...
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| • | 800m Mark 'Will Be Hard to Shatter': It will take another generation of athletes to dip under the brand new 800 metres world record of one minute, 41.01 seconds.
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| • | Kicking HIV Out of Nairobi's Slums: On a dusty football field in Mathare, one of the largest slums in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, young boys chase a rough, home-made ball. Their coach, Elias Mwangi, 21, a former drug addict, hopes football will not only keep the boys away from crime...
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| • | Deadly Cactus Good for Animal Feed: Joseph Ole Morijo is baffled by research findings that cactus plants can be used as animal fodder during drought. Not after he lost his entire herd of 152 goats and sheep to the said plant.
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| • | KACC Probes Sale of Railways Property: The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has launched investigations into a major scandal at the troubled Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme.
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| • | Seeking Piece of Lucrative Internet Revenue: Kenya is positioning itself to reap from the lucrative software production segment.
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| • | KPLC Turns to Non-Oil Based Transformers: The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) is set to initiate the process of replacing conventional transformers in vandalism-prone areas with new types that do not use oil in a bid to beat vandals.
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| • | Women Urge Employers to Provide Nurseries at Work: Kenya women are calling on their employers to facilitate a conducive environment at the workplace to nurse their children.
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| • | Internet Still Too Expensive: In recent years, three major undersea fibre optic cables have landed in the country at a huge cost to investors, including the government.The advent of the cables has accorded Kenyan users higher data speeds through direct connections to other continents.
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| • | Kagame Must, Indeed, Show Some Tolerance: Rwanda's President Paul Kagame's denunciation of international critics who are faulting his government's record on matters of freedom, raises more questions than answers.
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| • | Puzzle of Human Head Posted to KRA Official: An official of the Kenya Revenue Authority has received a chilling message via post - a decomposing human head.
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| • | Embassy Assets Sale Raises Eyebrows: The Central Bank of Kenya did not receive the whole amount of proceeds from the sale of the Kenya mission property in Nigeria in 2008 for transmission to Treasury, a House team heard.
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| • | Kenyans Pooled in Key Genes Study: Some Kenyans from Webuye and Kinyawa near the Kenya-Tanzania border have become part of what could be one of the greatest scientific studies this decade.
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| • | Ministry Changes Tack to Curb Rising Road Accidents: The Roads ministry has redesigned major highways to reduce accidents.
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| • | For Counties, Servant Leadership Crucial: The birth of the Second Republic has been received with joy. To most Kenyans, it is a major milestone in the improvement of their welfare.
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