Archive for September 4th, 2012

Kenya: Devki Steel Mills Boss Wins Melvin Jones Fellowship Award

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[The Star]The Lions Club International is the largest service organisation in the world with 1.4 million members worldwide. As part of its recognition of outstanding service and donation of $1,000 from its members, it awards the Melvin Jones Fellowship…

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Kenya: Women’s Hockey: Telkom Orange Ground Hapless Blue Eaglets

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[The Star]Reigning women’s hockey champions Telkom Orange thrashed Blue Eaglets 4-0 on Sunday. Telkom were too strong for Eaglets from the start and dominated the proceedings. Eaglets held firm for the opening 20 minutes as Telkom piled the pressure. T…

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Kenya: Horticulture Exports Could Grow By 10 Percent

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[The Star]Kenya’s horticulture export earnings are expected to grow by 10 per cent this year thanks to above-normal rainfall, but the Eurozone’s financial woes were expected to dampen demand for flowers, a senior industry official said yesterday. Horti…

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Kenya: Muslim Clerics Want New Internal Security Minister to Replace Haji

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[The Star]The Council of Imams and Preachers in Kenya has asked President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odingato urgently appoint a new Internal Security minister. The preachers said the acting minister Yusuf Hajji is overburdened as he also holds th…

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Kenya: We Have to Use Nature Wisely

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[The Star]Our home, planet earth, is on an uneven keel and our dominion over nature is untenable. If we cannot see ourselves as part of nature, embrace planetary stewardship as new cultural paradigm and spawn a sustainability revolution, the survival o…

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Kenya: Museum Chairman Resigns to Pursue Politics

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[The Star]The National Museums of Kenya chairman Issa Timmamy has resigned from his position. Timmamy resigned at the weekend to seek the Lamu governor’s seat on the UDF ticket. Timmamy said he is determined to create jobs and empower the Lamu communit…

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CONVENTION WATCH: Going gray, courting unions

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Convention Watch shows you the 2012 political conventions through the eyes of Associated Press journalists. Follow them on Twitter where available with the handles listed after each item.
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Kenya: Rastafarian Brothers Upset Embu Magistrate

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[The Star]Two brothers charged with cultivating 120 plants of bhang yesterday created confusion by addressing an Embu court in the Rastafarian lingo. “Jah man! We are the fighters of the poor, said Mugo Munyongo when the charges against him and his bro…

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Residents Homeless After Embu Inferno

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[The Star]PROPERTY estimated at more than Sh1 million on Sunday evening went up in flames after a fire gutted 20 single-roomed timber houses at Embu’s Dallas Estate. Efforts by hundreds of residents and the municipal firefighters to put out the fire, w…

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Kenya: Balala Goes Low at Vipingo Ridge Golf Event

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[The Star]Nyali Golf and Country Club’s Tawfiq Balala hit the best score in the Coast leg of the Mumias Sugar-sponsored Natural Sweetness Golf Series at Vipingo Ridge Resort. He returned 41 in the front nine and 40 in the back nine to lead the list of …

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