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The Daily Nation was started in the year 1958 as a Swahili weekly called Taifa by the Englishman Charles Hayes. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for "Nation Today"), in January 1960. An English-language edition called Daily Nation was published on 3 October 1960, in a process organised by ...
Order of the Burning Spear. Order of the Golden Heart of the Republic of Kenya is the highest award in Kenya, and is split into three classes: Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart (C.G.H.), Elder of the Order of the Golden Heart (E.G.H.) and Moran of the Order of the Golden Heart (M.G.H.) [1]
The Chief of the Order of the Golden Heart of Kenya is the highest honour in Kenya, and as of 2009 the award has been bestowed on 198 people since Kenyan independence. Recipients of this award include Yoweri Museveni the President of Uganda , Aga Khan IV , [5] Reimond Kipkesio and Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin , 53 rd Dai al-Mutlaq of the Dawoodi ...
Goldenberg scandal. The Goldenberg scandal was a political scandal where the Kenyan government was found to have subsidised exports of gold far beyond standard arrangements during the 1990s, by paying the company Goldenberg International 35% more (in Kenyan shillings) than their foreign currency earnings. Although it notionally appears that the ...
Nairobi, Kenya 1:18.20 A: David Kimutai: 16 July 2011 Kenyan Championships Nairobi, Kenya 50 km walk (road) 4:25:24 William Sawe: 30 September 1988 Olympic Games: Seoul, South Korea 4 × 100 m relay: 39.40 A Kenya Simon Kimaru Anderson Mureta Mutegi Stephen Barasa Kipkemoi Soy: 30 July 2010 African Championships: Nairobi, Kenya 39.28 Kenya Dan ...
www .standardmedia .co .ke. The Standard is one of the largest newspapers in Kenya with a 48% market share. It is the oldest newspaper in the country and is owned by The Standard Group, which also runs the Kenya Television Network (KTN), Radio Maisha, The Nairobian (a weekly tabloid), KTN News and Standard Digital which is its online platform.
She also broke the Kenyan 800 m women's record twice. Jepkosgei was awarded the 2006 Kenyan Sportswoman of the Year award. [5] Jepkosgei made Kenyan History on 28 August 2007, where she won gold in the World Championship 800 m final in Osaka, becoming the first female Kenyan middle distance runner to achieve gold over 800 m. [2]
Launched Global Food Crisis Response Program: Given grants to approximately 40 nations for seeds, etc. for improving productivity. In process of increasing its yearly spending for agriculture to $6–8 billion from earlier $4 billion. Runs various nutrition programs across the world, e.g., vitamin A doses for children, school meals, etc.