The Star
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19 Jun 2013 - On a side street in Nairobi’s bustling neighbourhood of Shauri Moyo, Faisal Ngila shouts to street vendors, motorbike taxi drivers and pedestrians. “Do you know taxes are increasing in Kenya?” he asks, handing out flyers urging Kenyans to say “no to Unga (maize flour...
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19 Jun 2013 - Construction of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport and the city centre railway line is set to start before the end of this year, the Kenya Railways managing director Nduva Muli said yesterday. He said the corporation is finalising on the tender process for...
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19 Jun 2013 - I am good at............... marketing and promoting passion fruit farming. The last book I enjoyed reading is.......... the Bible. A common misconception about me................ people mistake me for being a teacher when I go to the rural areas to train farmers. My...
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19 Jun 2013 - Spotted : A casually dressed dancehall artiste Mohammed Swabir popularly known as Redsan at the local arrivals terminal at the JKIA airport on Saturday evening. var switchTo5x = true;stLight.options({"publisher":"dr-9ee5cea8-e9b4-60ca-d59d-4989fe07a773"}); Read...
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19 Jun 2013 - Harambee Stars coach Adel Amrouche is expected to name his team for next month’s COSAFA Cup tournament this week. The squad will include some foreign-based players considering the European season will still be on a break. Their opponents, Botswana released their squad...
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19 Jun 2013 - THE Aviation and Allied Workers' Union wants a parliamentary report that recommended investigations into two companies allied to Kenya Airways be acted upon, claiming there is more than meets the eye over the airline's Sh10.8 billion pretax loss. AAWU chairperson...
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19 Jun 2013 - THE devolution process will continue to pose a great challenge to the national budget for the next three years, according to the World Bank. The government has allocated Sh210 billion to the 47 counties under the new budget but the World Bank says this presents two...
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19 Jun 2013 - Mea Fertilisers Ltd is considering the construction of a terminal at Kilindini Port to improve supply and storage, the company’s logistic officer Joel Mugo has said. “Having a local fertiliser terminal similar to the grain and oil terminals will cost Sh400 million to...
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19 Jun 2013 - The shilling was weaker against the dollar yesterday as it tracked investors' exit from emerging markets globally and was seen remaining under pressure. Leading commercial banks posted the shilling at 85.60/80 earlier in the day compared with Friday's close of 85.50/...
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19 Jun 2013 - Kenya Prisons men and Pipeline women are winners of this year’s Amaco International volleyball tournament. Prisons men won the trophy after beating General Service Unit (GSU) 3-2 (25-14, 25-20, 23-25, 23-25, 15-15) in a five-setter thriller that attracted a huge crowd...
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19 Jun 2013 - JMJ Academy and Vapour grabbed the two remaining Nairobi Provincial finals slots after finishing first and second respectively in the last leg of the COPA Coca-Cola Nairobi West branch matches. JMJ destroyed Young Talents 3-0 in their first match and went on to draw 0...
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19 Jun 2013 - Defending champion Tejas Hirani navigated by Riyaz Ismail racked up his third successive win of the season as Curtains came down on the JCB Ganatra National Rally Raid 3 at South Ngariama Hills in the outskirts of Embu town on Sunday Tejas,14, driving a Rob’s Magic...
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19 Jun 2013 - FORMER national champions Ulinzi Warriors walloped University of Nairobi 71-47 in a Premier League match at Nyayo Stadium gymnasium. The soldiers led 29-24 at the break before opening the gap to close the game in the last two quarters. William Ochieng scored 24 points...
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19 Jun 2013 - Housing Finance Corporation came from a goal down to cement top spot after beating Khalsa United 2-1 in Left Foot Division Four league match at Kilimani Primary grounds over the weekend. A double from Davis Ochieng’ was all the victors needed to silence Khalsa....
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19 Jun 2013 - Bishop Sulumeti Girls from Teso North stormed the District football finals after emerging zonal winners at St. Joseph, Kocholia Secondary School yesterday. Coached by Bernard Etyang, Sulumeti beat St. Joseph’s Kocholia 1-0 with Floyd Jakait netting the lone goal from...
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19 Jun 2013 - AFC Leopards need a vibrant new and steady leadership if the club is to replicate its success of yester-years, according to Jared Nivaton who will be vying for the position of one of committee member during the clubs elections set for Kasarani on June 29. Nivaton, an...
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19 Jun 2013 - HOME player Quaram Bhatti resisted stiff challenge to beat a large field of 162 players and emerge the overall winner of this year’s Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) Golf Day at the par 72 Royal Nairobi Golf Club on Saturday. Bhatti, playing off handicap 4,...
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19 Jun 2013 - THE Budget and Appropriations Committee has reduced the Sh700 million set aside for retired President Mwai Kibaki’s office to pay teachers. Tourism and Industrialisation ministries will lose Sh4 billion to raise more than Sh21 billion for teachers and lecturers....
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19 Jun 2013 - PRESIDENT Uhuru yesterday nominated his long-serving aide Njee Muturi for the Solicitor-General position following recommendations by the Public Service Commission. The commission advertised the position two weeks ago after Wanjuki Muchemi’s retirement. Speaker Justin...
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19 Jun 2013 - Government chief pathologist Johansen Oduor yesterday told an inquest into the death of university student Mercy Keino that she sustained fatal injuries before her death. He added the body appeared to have sustained extra injuries after death. Oduor told court he...
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18 Jun 2013 - A magistrate has ordered a Sh4.3million theft case against two directors to be heard today. The criminal case against Salvacao Cipriano Fernanders and his wife Gladys Rose Fernanders was set for the questioning of the couple's accuser Stephen Vaz at 9am last Thursday...
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18 Jun 2013 - The National Youth Advisory Council in Garissa and a civil society official have criticised Governor Nadhif Jama's mode of governance. They said the governor has contravened laid down procedures and appointed Amin Ali Ahmed, who is from his clan. During Madaraka Day...
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18 Jun 2013 - ENVIRONMENTALISTS in Kilifi and Tana River County yesterday opposed plans by the government to launch a 1.2 acre irrigation project at the Agricultural Development Corporation citing environmental concerns and its negative effects on wildlife conservation. Nature...
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18 Jun 2013 - Machakos governor Alfred Mutua has completed his cabinet with the swearing in of Elizabeth Mutheu Nzioka as minister for finance and revenue collection. The naming of the former National Treasury employee completes the list of Machakos executive committee members with...
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18 Jun 2013 - A COMMUNITY based organisation in Kilifi has asked President Uhuru to form a commission of inquiry to investigate the killings in the area on the eve of the March 4 election. Sokoni CBO demanded to know how the IEBC was allowed to use Chumani Secondary School as a...
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18 Jun 2013 - THE Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko wants a suit filed by Royal Media Services owner SK Macharia dismissed saying there is nothing about the case that can make his office review a decision made 10 years ago. Tobiko wants the Sh2.4 billion case by...
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18 Jun 2013 - Yatta MP Francis Mwangangi has told organisations using water at the Yatta canal to pay rates as they have failed to maintain the furrow. Mwangangi said the organisations should source their water from the canal intake, which is the Thika River because they have the...
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18 Jun 2013 - TRADERS in Mombasa flocked the venue of the annual Kenya Head Teachers Association workshop to sell their wares. Books, clothes, CDs and key holders were among other items being sold in over 200 tents. Motivational speaker Pepe Minambo, who was also a guest during the...
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18 Jun 2013 - Female Genital Mutilation and early marriages are still common in Tana River county due to the high illiteracy levels in the region. Speaking during the Day of the African Child at Odha village, Tana Delta, Ms Mwanajuma Hiribai, the manager of Action Aid Kenya, said...
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18 Jun 2013 - Police officers in Imenti North have launched a manhunt for the mother of a nine months-old girl who was abandoned at Mwendantu grounds near the Meru constituency offices. The child was placed under a tree on a chilly morning without pprotective clothing before it was...