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All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
... of the most unique courses in the country because of its layout, is open to players from Kitale, Eldoret, Kakamega and Mumias.A small field of 54 players mainly from Eldoret and hosts Kitale was drawn though the door is still open for those in Kakamega and Mumias who had not listed their names to play.As usual, the top six players, two each from the three (A, B, and C) will qualify...
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The APR Athletics Club player acknowledged that after testing himself against some of Kenya's best runners at the discipline recently during a brief training stint in Eldoret, he is full convinced about his chances of making a long-term career out of it (steeplechase).
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
... their bank balances would be seriously dented if Athletics Kenya insists that they pitch camp in Eldoret before next month's Olympics trials.Two of the country's top 800 metres runners - world champion Janeth Jepkosgei and former world indoor champion Wilfred Bungei - have already wriggled themselves out of the AK straitjacket and successfully sought the association's head coach Julius Kirwa's...
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... to determine the number of residents killed.The Rev Maritim Rirei of the Anglican Church of Kenya Eldoret diocese, said the State had denied several reported deaths and called on the UN to intervene.He said the media, human rights groups and other agencies had been denied access to the area, raising questions on the operation."We have had people who were arrested by the security personnel...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Kipsigis. A quick etymology of geographical names in the North Rift region such as Uasin Gishu, Eldoret, Sirikwa, and Kipkaren confirms that the Maasai long lived in and named these places. Indeed, it is the Maasai who were displaced from these lands by the colonialists and therefore, any question of restitution to ancestral owners - if at all it can be achieved - must of necessity be resolved...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... the Government failing to honour its compensation pledge," added Mr Njoroge.Property valuers in Eldoret and its environs have recently been doing booming business due as more victims of the violence seek to know estimates of the property they lost."There is a rush by some of the internal refugees to carry out valuation of their property ready to take up the matter with the Government," confirmed...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
... Ministry of Energy planned to buy the land located in Wakiso to build a the depot on its proposed Eldoret to Kampala oil pipeline, is an Asian of US citizenship.The scandal which involved falsified titles justified by the Ministry of Finance itself as well as the office of Land registration was first published by the Daily Monitor. The land theft has since been blocked and in a letter to...
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Frejas Blog (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... to the KWS office in the area and a team came to see if it was true.” Kinwal swamp lies on the Eldoret Kapsabet road. The tarmac string runs right through the swamp and it is quite unbelievable that a rare antelope lives in the midst of the papyrus swamp lining it. It's a lovely sunny morning and we are walking along the main road trying to see though the enormous papyrus flowers for the...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... cite insecurity as the main reason as to why they won't go back.More than 16,000 refugees at the Eldoret ASK showground camp have refused to return to their homes, saying that they feared being attacked by their neighbours who were still unfriendly.This hostility, that has persisted all along, brings to the fore the fact that the land issue and not the disputed presidential poll results,...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... the six stars from the tournament which kicks off this weekend in Mombasa, Kisumu, Meru, Kisii and Eldoret.They include national team coach Jacob "Ghost" Mulee who also handles Kenyan Premier League Champions, Tusker FC.Other members of the elite panel are Gabriel Njoroge, coach of the national Under-17 team and Premier League club, Mathare Youth, Harambee Stars assistant coach Twahir Muhiddin...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
... of March, most millers were offering an average of $260 per tonne in Nairobi and $226 per tonne in Eldoret, which is a producing area. However, it is predicted that prices will remain high for the next several months.Short term relief is expected in July though the cross-border trade following harvesting in Uganda, Tanzania, parts of the Rift Valley and Western Kenya.In Kenya, the best case...
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Arabic Video News in English (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
Almost five months after Kenya’s elections threatened to tear teh country apart, the government is trying to resettle villagers uprooted from their homes. But many fear further attacks if they go back, because of simmering tribal and ethnic tensions, while others say they have nothing to return to.Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Adow reports from a camp for displaced people in Eldoret, in Kenya’s Rift...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
... Officials in charge said this was to avoid portraying force and intimidating the refugees.Eldoret East MP Margaret Kamar who flagged off the exercise christened "Operation "Rudi Nyumbani" called for harmony and forgiveness.She said she had talked to councillors from her constituency and advised them to convene reconciliation meetings.The MP said there was no law that could compel them to...
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All Africa (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Kenya: Compensate Us First, Refugees Tell State9 May 2008Steve Mkawale, Osinde Obare And Job WeruNairobiDisplaced people in Nakuru have asked the Government to suspend plans to move them from the camp.They insisted that the Government must compensate them before they leave for their homes.Most of those at the showground camp came from Kericho, Eldoret, Burnt Forest, Eldama Ravine, and Kipkelion...
