His Highness the Aga Khan and president Moi at State House, Nairobi, yesterday when the Aga Khan attended a luncheon hosted in his owner by the President.
Aga Khan unveils
major initiatives
Network
to invest
in key
sectors ........
His Highness the Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the Shia Ismaili Muslims, yesterday highlighted new capacity-building initiatives in Kenya and the region.
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40 arrested in
tense election
40 arrested
during poll ........
About 40 people armed with crude weapons, including a petrol bomb, were arrested and two cars impounded by police during tense but low-key Langata constituency by-elections yesterday.
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Civil
Service
targets
output ........
The Government may soon scrap the Civil Service Job Groups remuneration scheme and introduce one in which employees are paid according to individual work input, the Director of Personnel Management, Mr Alexander Sawe, said yesterday.
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Press release on inauguration of Nation Group's new printing plant ........
Nation Printers and Publishers, the leading media establishment in East and Central Africa, inaugurates its new state-of-the-art printing plant on Wednesday - , March 12, 1 997.
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SPLA steps up
its offensive ........
Heavy fighting broke out near the Ugandan border with Sudan when the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Army of Col. John Garang , launched lightening attacks on Sudanese military positions, a Uganda government newspaper said today.
Another milestone
for Nation Group ........
Today the Nation newspaper group takes a bold step into the future, one which enhances its reputation as the leading media house in East and Central Africa and underlines its commitment to development in the region.
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THE CUTTING EDGE
By Watchman ........
This painful business of violent fathers. A mother sent us this note written by her son, aged seven: ``I fill so Jelas whenever my father drinks ahcohol . . . he comes at night so mud he shouts . . . I fill so sad. I fill afraid. I want daddy to stop drinking ahcohol.'' The boy is so traumatised he has a continence problem. Isn't the father's behaviour just as bad as physical abuse?
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TODAY IN HISTORY ........
Today is Wednesday - , March 12, the 71st day and 11th week of 1997. There are 294 days left in the year.
Highlights in history on this date:
- 1948 _ It is announced that the Kenya Legislative Council representatives for Eastern and North Eastern provinces will be elected by provincial councils.
Varsity lecturers' stand wrong ........
It was reported in the Press on February 25 that ``in a sharp no-nonsense reaction,'' University of Nairobi teaching staff had said they were opposed to the closure of the institution because ``we don't want cosmetic university closures.''
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Kankkunen and local amateur Davies win Pro-Ams ........
The team of Finland's Anasi Kankkunen and local amateur Donna Davies shot a 10 under par 62 at Karen Country Club yesterday to take the first prize in the Kenya Breweries-sponsored Pro-Am event.
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Official speaks
on forest fires ........
Sh100m
damage
estimated
Forest fires have destroyed trees worth over Sh100 million in the Rift Valley Province, the Provincial Forest Officer, Mr John Rotich, said yesterday.
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WFP to end
feeding project ........
The World Food Programme will end its school feeding programme in the arid districts of Kenya in the year 2001 after 21 years of operation, the Country Director says.
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Aga Khan visits Nation Centre ........
Control information flow, Africa urged
His Highness the Aga Khan yesterday challenged the African continent to manage and control its own flow of information.
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