Mr. Patrick Mulei, the Kenya Airways Station Manager, Johannesburg scooped the top prize for his outstanding perfomance. Sixty five members of Kenya Airways were recognized for their outstanding perfomances over the past year.

The top 10 Gold Award was presented for consistency, with receipients having been complimented more than once on their exceptional service.

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Kenyan policewomen, Vivian Cheruiyot and Sylvia Kibet, last night arrested Ethiopia’s dominance in distance running at the world championships here, bagging gold and silver on a good day of harvest that started off with Administration Police officer Abel Kirui striking the marathon gold and team-mate Emmanuel Mutai taking silver.

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Kenya’s new world marathon champion, Abel Kirui, says hewill now run a world record two hours, three minutes and 30 seconds next year, as he had planned earlier, after recovering from his golden run at the world championships on Saturday.

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Ezekiel Kemboi won the world 3,000 metres steeplechase race at the Berlin Olympic Stadium last night after an impressive sprint.

It was a 1-2 finish for Kenya with Olympic bronze medallist Richard Mateelong bagging the silver while Paul Kipsiele Koech was piped to the bonze medal as France, for the second time in as many years, denied Kenya a steeplechase sweep at a major championship.

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The Kenyan and South African governments have entered into a partnership that will see the two countries collaborate in the promotion of the tourism sector.

Tourism Minister Najib Balala on Tuesday signed a bilateral agreement with his visiting South African counterpart Marthinus Van Schalkwyk that will enable the two countries cooperate in strategic areas like sharing data and increasing investments in the sector.

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Linet Masai of Kenya took the gold in the women 10,000 metres followed by a bronze for her brother Moses in the same distance.

“We all went into a frenzy as Linet battled Ethiopians Meselech Melkamu and Meseret Defar in the home stretch,” says Mr Masai at his homestead in Bugaa village in Mount Elgon District on Thursday Click here for more... (Photo Courtesy of Reuters, Text Content Courtesy of Daily Nation)

Consultations are going on that will see companies listed at the Nairobi Stock Exchange cross-list at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). JSE business development manager in charge of African desk Geoff Musekiwa said the negotiations with various stock markets in Africa, including the NSE aim at allowing companies with a market capitalisation of at least Rands 500 million (Sh5 billion) to list at the biggest stock market in Africa.
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15th Biennial Ambassadors'/ High Commissioners' Conference
(Leisure Lodge - Diani, Kenya)

H.E. Ambassador Tom Amolo (right), High Commissioner of Kenya to South Africa, also accredited to Swaziland and Lesotho joined other High Commissioners and Ambassadors at the 15th Biennial Conference in Diani Kenya.

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<> Ministry Update (Courtesy Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nairobi - Kenya)
<> H.E. President Mwai Kibaki's Speech (Courtesy of Statehouse, Nairobi - Kenya)
<> News Brief (Courtesy Daily Nation)
<> News Brief (Courtesy The Standard)