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IPOA scoffs at police recruits scam probe The credibility of investigations into claims of corruption in the recent police recruitment drive by a multi-agency team is a

major doubt after the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) said it has no confidence in the probe.

The National Police

Service Commission (NPSC) formed the team drawn from Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), National Police Service

Commission, police, Interior ministry, the National Intelligence Service and NGOs to probe the claims and file a report by July 4. The

move followed calls for investigation into claims of corruption and other malpractices that are reported to have marred the exercise.

Private sector included in 10,000km roads plan

Equity Bank posts 21 per cent growth in profits

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Indian teenager’s 232 teeth plucked out you’re Most welcome Sir: President Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto share a light-hearted moment during the official commissioning of a plan to construct an additional 10,000 kilometres of roads in the next five years.

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Police recruits probe in limbo WEDNESday, JULY 30, 2014

From Page 1 But IPOA Chairman Macharia Njeru says apart from EACC, other players were directly involved in the exercise and cannot honestly investigate claims against which they were party to.

“If we were to allow this kind of recruitment, we should not lie to ourselves that we are undertaking any kind of police reforms,” Njeru said.

“What the police are doing and the National Police Service

Commission makes nonsense of all recommendations that have been made before regarding what we should do in taking the police service forward,” he said.

He termed the audit as a public relations exercise meant to divert public attention from issues raised.

“The various investigative agencies, among them IPOA and EACC, will pursue other individual cases for the purposes of criminal action and that will take time,” he told Capital FM News in an interview.

“We don’t see what this multi-

agency committee is doing other than a public-relations exercise.

They even have no business investigating these things; the law says they should be referring to us and to the EACC and we will do our work,” Njeru said.

As MPs earlier put on hold the reporting dates for the new recruits, Kipipiri MP Samuel Gichigi criticised NPSC saying it cannot investigate itself since it was at the heart of the recruitment process.

And Njeru said the taskforce

“cannot be the judge in their own case; it’s not possible. How objective can they be?”

“We cannot say there will be any objective outcome that is expected… the commission is on record in a public conference having said they had given a clean bill of health to the recruitment except for a few centres.”

NPSC chairman Johnstone Kavuludi had also told news reporters the Commission was not involved in the recruitment and had instead delegated the duty to

local police commanders.

But Njeru warned that failure to repeat the recruitment could create a major problem for the country.

“It’s a small price to pay for us to repeat this process in the interest of the country. We cannot afford short term solutions to otherwise huge issues that need to be strategically dealt with in the interest of the national security,” he said.

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200,000 Kenyans in US illegally could be saved from deportation Of the 400,000 Kenyans living in US, about 200,000 do not have proper papers, former envoy Elkanah Odembo recently said.

But the threat on their stay could soon be eliminated.

White House officials are making plans to grant work permits to millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally. This will allow them to stay without the threat of deportation, advocates and lawmakers in touch with the administration said.

Such a large-scale move could trigger election-year politics with some leading conservative Republicans willing to launch impeachment proceedings against President Obama, a prospect White House officials have openly discussed.

Yet there are no signs that the urgent humanitarian situation in South Texas where unaccompanied minors have been showing up by the tens of thousands from Central America, has impeded Obama from making

plans to address portions of the 11.5 million immigrants in the country illegally.

Obama announced late last month that congressional efforts to remake the nation’s dysfunctional immigration system were dead and he would proceed on his own authority to fix the system where he could.

Since then, he has asked Congress for $3.7 billion (Sh324 billion) to deal with the crisis of unaccompanied youth, a request that has gone unheeded even as the House and Senate scramble for a vote on a solution to the crisis this week before breaking for the annual August recess.

Meanwhile, White House officials led by Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Munoz and White House Counsel Neil Eggleston, along with Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson have been working on a plan on executive actions Obama could take.

End of the road: A US Border Patrol Canine officers liaise with a US Air and Marine agent to detain an undocumented immigrant after chasing him down near the US-Mexico border. President Obama plans to give work permits to more than 15million illegal immigrants, 200,000 of whom are Kenyans.

Private sector included in 10,000 km extra roads plan The Government has embarked on a plan that will ensure the construction of 10,000 kilometres of roads in the next five years.

Infrastructure Principal Secretary John Mosonik said funds for the project will be sourced from the private sector in a new annuity model that does not rely on State funding.

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President Uhuru Kenyatta was earlier today due to officially commission the plan that will allow faster completion of projects.

“Sh3 billion has been set aside to kick off the first phase which will include the construction of 2, 000 km,” Mosonik told a media briefing on Tuesday.

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The first phase will comprise 2,000 kilometres and is expected to start

by December this year. It is set for completion during the 2015/16 financial year.

Demand for modern and durable has exceeded supply and the government is keen on narrowing the gap in efforts to stimulate produc-

tive sectors of the economy.

It is estimated that Kenya has a total of 161,000 kilometres of road network, but only 14,000 or 8.7 per cent, is paved.

Urban areas will be the major beneficiaries of the project as only 20 per cent of roads will be in rural zones.

Contractors will be expected to

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Mosonik said this will ensure quality work and eliminate extra costs.

“The contractors will guarantee construction quality and undertake post-construction maintenance of roads,” he said.

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Cops shoots reveller dead in Ruai bar

Kenyans would change their dressing style if they had money

A police officer has been arrested after he shot dead a reveller following an argument in a bar in Ruai, Nairobi last night.

Police and witnesses said the officer went for his gun and shot the victim at close range. The wounded man was rushed to hospital where he died. Police say they are investigating the incident before taking the officer to court.

Majority of Kenyans would change the way they dress as soon as they got their hands on a large sum of money. Despite being comfortable in their clothes, Kenyans are likely to change certain aspects of their wardrobe if they had the luxury to do so.

According to a Swiss company, International Certification Association (ICERITIAS), Kenyans would change their dress code in a heartbeat if their bank accounts were to suddenly overflow with cash.

A recent study by the group has revealed that Kenyans who do not use accessories would get a Rolex watch if they had the money.

Those comfortable in casual shoes would sooner sport a pair of orig-

KCA student thrown out of moving car A university student is in a coma in hospital after he was thrown out of a moving car along Uhuru Highway in Nairobi.

The student is with KCA university and has been identified as Brian Onyango. The motive of the incident is yet to be known and police say they are waiting for him to recover before establishing more. Witnesses said they saw him being thrown out of the car before it sped off.

Kisumu youth want Uhuru to visit the city Youths in Kisumu are urging President Uhuru Kenyatta to visit the town and listen to challenges affecting the locals.

The Kisumu Youth and Business Community Association says youth in Kisumu feel neglected by the Jubilee government. The association’s strategist John Odenyo says it should not be assumed that the region is anti-government.

Police hunt for 3 over grenades Anti-Terror police are looking for three men who had buried four hand grenades at a cemetery in Wajir County.

The grenades had been connected to homemade improvised explosive devises and were found at the Ahmed Liban cemetery in Wajir County.

Police say they are yet to know the intended destination of the explosives but they are looking for the owners. They were discovered yesterday after a tip off by the public.

inal Nikes rather than continue walking in their regular footwear.

Others would put on a hat or a cap after years of never having one in the first place.

The study, dubbed Quality Medal market research, noted that consumers associate big brands with prominence and tend to trust famous products over obscure items in the market. Young Kenyans ranked Nike as one of the top brands when it came to shoes.

For milk, those surveyed favoured Brookside and for coffee, Nescafé took the cake.

Delmonte was the preferred juice among consumers, Rolex was their preferred watch model and Keringet, the most favoured bottled water brand.

Researchers inch closer to getting a cure for HIV

Researchers have recorded success in their first ever attempt to eliminate HIV virus from the human cells making good promise to finding a permanent cure for the disease.

HIV-1, the most common type of the virus that causes AIDS, has proved to be tenacious, often inserting its genome permanently into its victims’ DNA and forcing patients to take a lifelong drug regimen to control the virus and prevent a fresh attack. But that could be over now after a team of researchers at Temple University School of Medicine designed a way to snip out the integrated HIV-1 genes for good. “This is one important step on the path toward a permanent cure for AIDS,” says Prof Kamel Khalili who chairs the Department of Neuroscience at Temple.

Khalili and his colleague, Prof Wenhui Hu led the work which marks the first successful attempt to

SYMBOL: An HIV/AIDs ribbon. Researchers are inching closer to a cure for HIV.

eliminate latent HIV-1 virus from human cells. “It’s an exciting discovery, but it’s not yet ready to go into the clinic. It’s a proof of concept that we’re moving in the right direction,” added Prof Khalili, who is also Director of the Center for Neurovirology and Director of the Comprehen-

sive NeuroAIDS Center at Temple. In a study published July 21 by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Khalili and colleagues detail how they created molecular tools to delete the HIV-1 proviral DNA. When deployed, a combination of a DNA-snipping

enzyme called a nuclease and a targeting strand of RNA called a guide RNA (gRNA) hunt down the viral genome and excise the HIV-1 DNA. From there, the cell’s gene repair machinery takes over, soldering the loose ends of the genome back together -resulting in virus-free cells.

“Since HIV-1 is never cleared by the immune system, removal of the virus is required in order to cure the disease,” says Khalili, whose research focuses on the neuropathogenesis of viral infections.

The same technique could theoretically be used against a variety of viruses, he says.

21 per cent rise in Equity profits

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Equity Bank posted a 21 per cent rise in pretax profit to Sh10.82 billion for the first half of 2014, a rise that was driven by growth in its loan book.

The bank’s Chief Executive Officer James Mwangi said that its loans portfolio grew 24 per cent to

Sh186.5 billion, while net interest income rose 6 per cent to 14.02 billion shillings. “When you look at the loan book, it is very exciting,” Mwangi said. Equity, which also has operations in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan, said its assets grew

to Sh302.92 billion from Sh261.58 billion in the first six months of 2013. The bank said its mobile banking business had also grown during the first half of the year, from Sh2.78 million customers at the end of 2013 to Sh3.04 million customers.

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US to set up regional youth leaders training hub in Kenya

The US will set up a regional leadership centre in Kenya to train young East Africans for executive positions in business and government, President Barack Obama said on Monday.

Addressing 500 youth selected from 49 SubSahara countries in Africa, who attended a summit

in for the Young African Leaders Initiative (Yali) in Washington, Obama said three similar centres will be opened in Ghana, Senegal and South Africa.

“They will improve the availability and quality of leadership training programmes and professional development

opportunities for young African Leaders.”

The centres will be operational beginning 2015.

“Starting next year, young Africans can come to these centres to network and access the latest technology, and get training in management and entrepreneurship,” Obama told the summit that

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included 46 Kenyan youth as he unveiled the initiative.

The Kenyan centre will offer “a robust training curriculum” developed by a public-private partnership involving Deloitte and a New York-based financial advisory firm with the Kenya School of Government and Kenyatta and Africa

Nazarene Universities also set to play certain roles. The US Agency for International Development (USAid) will provide Sh3.23 billion for the establishment of the four centres, with additional funding from African companies and foundations, White House statement said.

“The point of all of this is we

believe in you. We believe in every one of you who are doing just extraordinary things,” Obama told the youth.

The youth who are all aged between 25-35 were selected for YALI and received fellowships to study for six weeks at various US universities.

JKUAT, US firm to establish fish farming research centre The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has entered into a partnership with the Kiambu county government and a US private firm for the setting up of an Aquaponics Research Centre.

The deal was signed on Monday and will lead to the setting up of the first ever such centre that is epected to revolutionise fish farming.

JKUAT and Agrarian Group (Agrecco International) will establish an aquaponics project at the institution’s main campus in Juja. The facility will comprise an aquaculture production facility and a research and development programme.

The centre is expected to support improvements in aquaponics systems and innovative technologies that will boost fish production.

“Kiambu is endowed with high aquaculture potential owing to its multiplicity of climatic zones, making it possible to practice both cold and warm water fisheries,” Kiambu Deputy Governor Gerald Githinji said during the deal’s signing ceremony.

JKUAT was represented by Vice Chancellor

JKUAT DVC Prof Kanangi, VC Prof Imbuga, Kiambu Deputy Governor Githinji and Mr Jason after signing the deal.

Prof Mabel Imbuga, while Aggreco International co-president, Mr Jason Schwartz, represented the firm.

Githinji said “there are more than 2500 fish farmers operating about 3,000 ponds which cover an area of 825,000 square metres. The average annual production of fish stands at 40,000 kg with an estimated value of Sh12 million.” He said JKUAT will be instrumental in assisting the county government address challenges of youth unemployment owing to the university’s leadership role in entrepreneurial training, research and cottage industries.

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Sierra Leone doctor dies in fight against Ebola A doctor who contracted Ebola on duty in Sierra Leone has died of the disease, Doctors Without Borders announced on Tuesday. Dr. Sheik Humarr Khan fell ill early last week while overseeing Ebola treatment at Kenema Government Hospital, about 185 miles east of Sierra Leone’s capital , Freetown. He was treated by the French aid group, Medecins Sans Frontieres -also known as Doctors Without

Borders -- in Kailahun, Sierra Leone, up until his death, spokesman Tim Shenk said.

“Dr. Khan was an extremely determined and courageous doctor who cared deeply for his patients,” Doctors Without Borders said in a statement.

“His work and dedication have been greatly appreciated by the medical community in Sierra Leone for many years.

He will be remembered and missed by many, especially by

the doctors and nurses that worked with him. MSF’s sincere thoughts and condolences are with Dr. Khan’s family, friends and colleagues.” A University of Sierra Leone graduate, Khan worked for that African country’s Ministry of Health and Sanitation, including as head of the Lassa fever program at Kenema Government Hospital, according to the Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium. While in that

latter post, Khan contracted the disease. He had worked with the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone, consulted with the World Health Organization/ Tulane University on its Mano River Union Lassa fever network and was physician-incharge of his hospital’s HIV/ AIDS program.

Khan continued his training in Ghana from 2010 to 2013, before returning to head the Kenema Government

Hospital’s Lassa fever program and becoming a lecturer at the University of Sierra Leone.

The Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Consortium described him as “one of the world’s leading experts in the clinical care of viral hemorrhagic fevers” -among them, Ebola.

This disease typically kills 90 per cent of those infected, but the mortality in this outbreak has dropped to 60 per cent because of early treatment.

globalview Airline grounds flights after passenger dies of Ebola

African airline ASKY has announced suspending all flights to and from Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Monrovia, Liberia after one of its passengers collapsed and died in what

is suspected to be an Ebola attack.

Patrick Sawyer, (inset) a 40-year-old consultant with the Liberian Ministry of Finance, was en route to a conference when he

collapsed upon arrival in Lagos, Nigeria, the Associated Press reported.

Sawyer’s death was reported shortly after Sierra Leone doctor, Sheik Humarr Khan died from the virus.

A 5-minute run a day is good enough, study says You don’t need to clock record speeds or run marathons to stay healthy. A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology finds that running as little as five minutes a day will do. It gives you the same benefits of running or walking for longer.

The key is to sustain the practice. Running may in fact be a better exercise option than more moderate-intensity exercises for healthy but sedentary people since it produces similar, if not greater, mortality benefits in five to 10 minutes compared to 15 to 20 minutes per day of moderate-intensity activity.

Lead author, Dr D C Lee, from Iowa State University, advised physicians to offer a simple exercise prescription to patients: “15 min of brisk walking or 5 min of running is all it takes for most clinic patients.

Exercise is a miracle drug in many ways.”

The research followed more than 55,137 adults between the ages of 18 and 100 over a period of 15 years, recording their daily activity, including running.

Compared with non-runners, the runners had a 30 per cent lower risk of death from all causes and a 45 per cent lower risk of death from heart disease or stroke.

The benefits were the same irrespective of the distance, frequency or speed, sex, age, body mass index, health conditions, smoking status or alcohol use.

Participants who ran less than 51 minutes, fewer than 10km, slower than 10km per hour, or only one to two times per week had a lower risk of dying compared to those who did not run.

Those who ran less than an hour per week had the same mortality benefits compared to those who ran more than three hours per week.

What others said today...

Cord chiefs to discuss rebel MPs, MCAs today: CORD leaders Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and Moses Wetang’ula have intensified their efforts to tighten party discipline. After ODM replaced Kilifi North MP Gideon Mung’aro as the coalition’s Deputy Chief Whip, both Wetang’ula and Kalonzo have summoned their MPs to separate meetings this morning to discuss dissent within their individual party ranks...

Coming soon: Law to tame rowdy MCAs: Fist fights, insult heckling and throwing of chairs at each other might be a thing of the past if a new law regulating conduct in County Assembless is enacted. The Bill is signed by Leader of the Majority in the Senate Kindiki Kithure and is intended to regulate behaviour during debate. MCAs have history of violent and rowdy conduct...

Why Raila team set to meet Mutunga, IEBC: Ghe Opposition has opted to follow a carefully crafted legal road in its referendum bid reaching out to the arms of Government critical to ensuring its success.

As Coalition for Reforms and Democracy principal Raila odinga campaigned for ODM candidate Steve Kariuki in Mathare yesterday, it emerged that their committee of experts on referendum is meeting Willy Mutunga and IEBC today...

Cord’s signature mountain: Cord leader Raila Odinga yesterday raised the threehold in the push for a referendum, saying they would now seek five million signatures for a vote to cause the changes the coalition has been demanding. The constitutional requirement for a referendum call by the people is at one million...

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Nakumatt to open 3 new outlets in expansion plan

Regional retail giant, Nakumatt Holdings will open three new outlets in Kenya by the end of the year, managing director Atul Shah, has said.

The retailer recently opened three other new branches in Tanzania, formerly owned by Shoprite, a South African retailer. By opening the three Tanzania branches in succession, Nakumatt has boosted its branch network to 50, a milestone that was part of its ‘Nakumatt 2.0’ corporate development strategy announced in 2011. The plan involves opening branches across the counties, giving Kenyans countrywide access to consumer goods.

“We currently have running operations in 12 counties and we are engaging with a number of property develop-

MARKET LEADER: Nakumatt announced plans to open three new retail outlets by the end fo the year.

ers across the country to guarantee a steady supply of suitable malls in Machakos, Nyeri, Kajiado, Garissa, Embu, Naivasha, Narok, Busia and Homabay,” Shah said. He was speaking at the opening of the first Naku-

matt store in Dar Es Salaam, dubbed Nakumatt Milimani, a function officiated by Tanzania’s Deputy Minister for Industry, Janet Mbene.

The announcement follows the opening of a Nakumatt store in Industrial Area,

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Increasing health awareness boosts fresh fruit juice business study. “Greater awareness about nutrition and the risk factors associated with conditions such as diabetes, obesity and hypertension have led to more consumers favouring juice over carbonates.” In African cities, official statistics estimate that street traders form between 10 and 20 per cent of total employment.

Most of them sell fruits while some sell fresh fruit

for our 50th branch opening by mid-August, which will be a key milestone as we will have achieved our Nakumatt 2.0 Strategy goal a clear six months ahead of the February 2015 target,” Shah added.

Jamii Bora’s personal unsecured loans As it has become increasingly difficult for many people to get unsecured loans from their banks, Jamii Bora Bank has come up with a service that aims to solve that problem.

Dubbed the Jamii Bora Personal Unsecured Loan, it is a product for people who channel their salaries through their accounts but are not registered under any check off system. The service applies to those who want to purchase personal items like furniture or fund projects like building a house or tending to a farm.

Unlike some loans, which are defined by a complicated lending system, Jamii Bora’s service gives a borrower up to 10 times their net income with a maximum loan amount of Sh3 million.

“There is a repayment period of up to 3 years,” says one of their agents.

The loan is fully secured by the borrower’s salary, meaning that it only applies to those who are on a company’s payroll.

smartmove Plastic sheets save potato farmers from pests

READY TO DRINK: Fruit juice on sale.

Fruit and vegetable juices are becoming increasingly popular in Kenya, a study by research group, Euromonitor has revealed. So much so that fresh juice vendors operating in stalls and small shops across the city are raking in as much as Sh40, 000 a month in profits.

“This situation has been driven by rising consumer health awareness,” says one of the researchers in the

Nairobi earlier this month.

Shah has said one of the three new Nakumatt outlets will hold a space as the main tenant in an upcoming Sh500 million mall in Kericho, dubbed Green Square.

“This opening sets the stage

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juice. While fruits are often purchased to be eaten at home, juice can be consumed on the go. For urbanites in a hurry, fresh juice has proven to be a quick fix for the thirsty and health-conscious. One shop in Parklands makes aboutSh6, 000 a day from the sale of fresh juices, with mango, avocado, pineapple, papaya, carrot and beetroot cocktails costing Sh500 per litre.

Simple sheets of plastic are saving farmers in Kinangop thousands of shillings that would have been spent on fighting pests.

These plastic sheets have proved to be a cheap alternative to fighting potato weevils saving farmers nearly Sh15, 000 spent on pesticides for every hectare of potatoes they grow.

“Erecting a simple plastic barrier just 30 to 50cm high and 10cm into the ground is very effective in stopping weevil migration to potato fields,” Derrick Kigwe, a scientist working with the farmers, says. “It’s an idea that has been tested collaboratively with local farmers to assess its impact, ease of use and acceptability.”

More than 60 individual field experiments have been carried out with farmers in Kinangop to determine the efficiency of the plastic barriers.

Kigwe says the barriers were

HARVEST: A potato farmer and his harvest. Simple plastic sheeting protects potatoes from weevils (Inset)

found to reduce the potato weevil damage by up to 70 per cent more than insecticides.

Potato weevils are a problem for farmers in areas such as Kinangop, where the crop livelihoods for many people.

The weevils crawl into

potato fields at the beginning of the growing season in order to breed and eat the crops. Farmers mostly use insecticides up to four times per season for control when many other crops only need treatment two times over the same period.

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Why no Arrests Yet? People died, mothers left husbandless and children mourning their lost loved ones. Husbands left with scars that will not heal any time soon, but it is like Marwa knows who is responsible. If he has the information, why have we not seen people arrested? Why am I not seeing any action about justice for the dead? Is it that we only talk but don’t act? Let’s not forget the shed blood and our dead brothers. They need true justice.

Justin Mvita, Mombasa.

The Year She Left Us — by Kathryn Ma Ari Kong is an 18-year-old girl who was adopted from China and raised by a single mother in San Francisco.

She takes a trip to China to visit her ‘home’ orphanage.

This turns catastrophic as Ari goes into a self-destructive spiral. Her adoptive mother, Charlie, is a lawyer with a great heart who is desperate to bring Ari home and keep her safe. Meanwhile, Charlie has to endure the endless scrutiny of her mother and sister Les, a successful judge who feels the need to control people’s lives.

As they come to terms with

cancer Jun 22 - Jul 22

You’ll find that your brain is extra sharp today and you have a greater sense of clarity regarding your purpose in life. It could be that your nurturing instinct is high and your general self-esteem depends on how useful you can be to the people around you.

leo Jul 23 - Aug 22

Many people conduct their lives without really making conscious decisions about their actions. People walk around like they’re asleep. Don’t fall into this trap, Leo. This is a good day to dust off your thinking cap and take action.

virgo Aug 23 -Sep 22

Your thinking is clear today and you’ll find that it’s right in sync with who you are, Virgo. Find your strength in conversations in which you display your keen insight into the situation at hand.

libra Sep 23 - Oct 22

It’s OK to be wrong, Libra. If you know you’ve made a mistake, feel free to admit it. Don’t let your ego stand in the way of progress. Others won’t want to deal with you if you insist that what you’re doing is right all the time when perhaps it isn’t.

scorpio Oct 23 - Nov 21

Be careful about being too critical today, Scorpio. You’re likely to turn people away if you aren’t careful with how you express yourself. This is a good time to listen and receive as opposed to deliver information.

sagittarius Nov 22 - Dec 21

Your mental ability could be rather sluggish and lazy today. It could be that you aren’t feeling as sharp as you’d like, Sagittarius. This is most likely a sign that you simply need to slow down and relax.

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Ari’s journey of discovery, the Kong women each confront the truths in their lives.

netslang Understand the language of the web SOTD-Shoe of the day Used to post the picture of the shoe one has on the day.

LTNS-Long time no see This is used to greet somebody who has not been on the social media platform for a while.

SFW-Safe for work Describes Internet content that could be viewed in the

presence of your boss and colleagues.

AG- All Good Used to show that everything is ok; there is no cause for alarm.

YOYO- You are on your own When someone decides to YOLO, he/she lets the person know that you will not take part in anything they want to

do.

LMK-Let me know Used in pitching or asking someone something, then asks them to get back to you with an answer.

Smiley Is another name used to describe an emoticon.

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WEDNESday, JULY 30, 2014

Hepatitis, the silent killer Hepatitis is a global silent killer.

This viral infection that damages the liver manifests itself in Hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E and can lead to liver cancer or cirrhosis.

It has not only been neglected for long, but is also an infection that many people are living with unknowingly. This because in more than 80 per cent of the cases, symptoms do not appear.

The Ministry of Health has warned that the rising cases of hepatitis are worrying more than HIV. Actually,

many of these cases are discovered when one goes for blood donation or check up for other ailment.

Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) has termed the disease a health crisis that needs urgent address.

Being the commonest, Hepatitis B affects more than 240 million globally while claiming 780, 000 yearly.

The virus is infectious and is transmitted through body fluids.

Hygiene and protection during sex and when handling patients.

It can also be transmitted from mother to child during birth.

Common symptoms include yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice), dark urine, extreme fatigue, nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain.

Hepatitis A has no cure, but its clears itself with time. Hepatitis C is rarely associated with life threatening ailments. About 15 to 45 per cent of infected persons spontaneously clear the virus within six months of infection without any

treatment.

About 150 million have chronic Hepatitis C infection.

With no specific statistics on Hepatitis E, WHO says 20 per cent of this infection can lead to a mortality rate of 20 per cent in pregnant women.

The Hepatitis E virus is transmitted mainly through contaminated drinking water. It is usually a self-limiting infection taking about four to six weeks.

WHO says globally, there are

about20 million cases of Hepatitis E infections every year. Hepatitis D can be chronic. Transmitted through mucosal contact and it has no vaccine. Hepatitis E is mild and can affect those with prior liver condition, are pregnant or have suppressed immune system.

July 28 is the WHO hepatitis day men to increase awareness about this disease. Kenyans were treated and screened on Monday and vaccinated free, courtesy of the Ministry of Health.

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Neurone signal transfer faster than Bolt A neurone is a specialized cell that transmits nerve impulses or messages to other cells. It is also called a nerve cell. The many cells give the brain another name, the nervous system.

The Art District Chiropractic, a US health care centre says message transfer to and from the brain is very fast because of the massive neurones. The speed is estimated to be 290mm per hour.

Usain Bolt covers 100 metres in 9.58 seconds, but a message is conveyed at a speed of 80.6m per second. Almost nine times faster than the fastest man on earth.

This means if you step on a hot object, the message will move to the brain and back to the leg for you to withdraw it at a speed of 290Km per hour!

The centre says the human body consists of about 100 billion

neurones, which is put on a straight line they can form a line of 966 kilometres.

On average, men have higher weight of the brain than women. The brain of an adult man is about 1375 grams while that of an adult woman is about 1275 grams. However, this does not matter in intelligence.

The centre says on average, as humans grow, they keep losing one gram of the brain each year.

teething problems: Ashik Gavai had 232 teech extracted from his mouth.

The teen with 200 teeth!

A few extra teeth growing in the mouth is not rare but more than 200 is a shocking phenomenon.

A 17 year old boy from India underwent a successful six hour operation in July to remove 232 teeth.

Ashik Gavai’s denti-

cles were a result of a complicated odontoma, a benign dental tumour.

Doctors were so buffled by the boy’s condition because it was an extra ordinary case.

The teen’s dental abnormality is suspected to have started when he was

six because the denticles were lodged in the bone inside the lower right jaw.

Had his mouth not swollen and caused him so much pain, the dental growth would not have been extracted in time.

jumpinggym Maisha Health Club & Spa the place for all round wellness In a world of shrinking time, information overflow, stress impact and escalating pressure, the need for inner peace is critical.

Maisha Health Club and Spa at the Nairobi Serena is the place to give you with the break you need from stress and provide you with all you need to lead a healthy life.

The concept of Maisha revolves around mind, body and spirit to offer a complete coverage of ones’ life without leaving out any key element. The spacious state-of-theart facilities and opulent surroundings at this facility make it one of the most-desired and finest health clubs in Kenya.

It has a 25-metre heated outdoor pool for relaxation, comfort provision without boundaries. The pool also has a sun-deck and café service.

Spa facilities to include Jacuzzi, steam room, sauna, juice bar and sun-deck. This state of the art combination helps one to develop

a tight healthy skin and perfect soothing moment.

Maisha Health Club also has stateof-the-art gymnasium with both cardio and isotonic machines for body training to allow one to get a desired shape.

There are also aerobic classes and workout sessions in kick-boxing,

dance, salsa, and yoga among many others. Four treatment rooms offering a wide range of holistic well-being treats including ‘Elemis’ massage, facials, body brushing and scrub, aromatherapy, reflexology, manicure and pedicure.0

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Sunlight via sunroom gives your house extra light

You can reap the benefits of sunlight by bringing it into your home by erecting or adding a sunroom to your main house. Sunlight is believed to be a key source of life, so letting it into your room helps ornamental plans recycle air as you relax in this glass house.

Beautiful scenarios have been known to relieve the burden of thinking hard. The Record .com, a homes site, says sunrooms bring the outside world

AT SUNROOM: Adults playing pool games as dice in the enclosure expels all the boredom that is associated with living houses.

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Glazing homes gleams rebellious, dull paints

Glazing dull colours in homes re-energise dormant and otherwise rebelliously looking paints to a gleaming glare.

Martin Kyalo describes glazing as a technique of painting that involves application of a thin oily transparent or translucent layer of paint over the top of an opaque one.

The underlying colour must first dry for the best impressiona and easy application.

Kyalo, a seasoned painter, says light travels through the glaze to strike the underlying, dull layer.

The light reflects back, bringing the under paint

into sharp focus.

Sometimes a thin darker layer of translucent may also be used to achieve special effects on furniture surfaces or walls of given rooms.

Furniture in a dull-painted room, for instance, can be highlighted by donning them with glaze.

The technique also comes handy when refurbishing homes. It can breathe life into old dying furniture such as kitchen cabinets, dining tables, wardrobes, among others.

Revamping of artworks such as curvatures, vases, and flowerpots can restore their palling glory.

to our confort zones. You may like to play outside, but it is wet. You still play in this enclosure as if you were outside.

Sunrooms are perfect recreational centres.

Adults playing games such as pool and dice in the enclosure expels all the boredom that is associated with living houses.

It can also be perfect space for the children to play. Since you can cannot restrict their movement, sunrooms define

boundaries and give them the vitamin D they need from the sunlight. It is a retreat room for family and friends. Informal visitors can be received here.

Socialising from the sunroom eliminates the formal look of the main house and gives a free expression moment.

The rooms also give home owners the latitude to twist the interior décor to reflect the laxity and informality of the space.

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Ward off the cold with the portable warm and hot wind heater from Hotpoint. The heater comes with a two heat setting for selecting warm or hot wind. An adjustable thermostat allows you to regulate how hot or warm you want the wind to be. The heater has an overheating protection, meaning the gadget will be regulated to ensure it does not over heat. With its carry handle, it is easy to take the heater from one room to another. A power indicator feature lets you know when the heater is on.

The heater, which is available at www.jumuia.co.ke, retails at Sh2,895 and comes with a one-year warranty.

Sh2,895

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The slide house Japanese Studio Level Architects have designed an unusual three-storey family house quipped with a slide that connects all three floors in Meguro-ku.

This fun house is wrapped with staircases and a corridor on one side, and a slide on the other side, which together form a circular route around the central area of the house.

The house top floor is fitted with three bedrooms all fitted with a waterbed and

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Potatoes

toprecipe Ingredients l2tsp

of salt l1 tsp of olive oil l4 whole potatoes

1 Pre-heat your oven to 220C. 2 Wash the potatoes well, using a fork, drill holes into the potatoes in different places. Let them dry slightly, then put salt into a shallow bowl. Roll each potato in the salt then drizzle with a bit of olive oil.

Place the potatoes on the middle

study with a balcony that faces the neighbourhoood. The balcony allows you to watch the sun setting and as it rises.

The second floor has a living room, library and a cinema room with led TV fitted on the wall to make the house

Method

shelf of the oven, preferably directly onto the rack.

3 Leave to cook for an hour and a half. You’ll know it is ready when you give the potato a squeeze and it is soft and the skin should be crisp.

4 Take out of the oven and put on to plates: they shouldn’t be opened

have a sense of creativity.

With inbuilt wardrobes and shelves, the house looks simple.

The kitchen and the house bar are located on the ground floor with a spacious dinning room that can accomodate 25

until you’re ready to eat, and then preferably by hitting them sharply so they burst, for maximum fluffiness. Serve with meat or chicken stew and enjoy. Remember to serve immediately the potatoes are out of the oven.

Enjoy

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worldthrill Jousting still thrives even in digital age

WEDNESday, JULY 30, 2014

Urban explorers not deterred by the risks THRILL CHASERS: Urban explorers crawl through tunnels, abandoned buildings and sewage networks, as a fun activity.

The intrigue of abandoned buildings, tunnels, sewage drains and even decay arouse curiosity in some people, and leads to what has come to known as urban exploration.

The idea is to explore the recesses of hidden and forgotten places in the built environments— everything from under-city catacombs, sewers and transit tunnels to above-ground relics like

quoteit Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!

— Audrey Hepburn

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

— Aristotle Onassis

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Change your thoughts and you change your world.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

— Buddha

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abandoned buildings.

The explorers tour frightening places for the adrenaline surge, even infiltrating prohibited places.

Many of them are photographers and videographers with a sharp eye for the surreal beauty of decayed and dying spaces.

Another aspect of urban exploration is the touring of in-use buildings which includes gaining access to secured or member-

only areas like machine rooms, roofs, elevator rooms, and other normally unseen parts of working buildings.

It is a risky activity at best and an illegal one at worst because entering those restricted areas is committing trespass and civil prosecution and arrest may result.

There is also the danger that comes with old buildings and tunnels.

Many old abandoned buildings

are not maintained and are unsafe floors and broken glass that may fall on them as they explore.

Many of them may contain unknown chemicals, harmful gases, stray voltage, and asbestos, a long term health risk for urban explorers.

Explorers also risk breathing in contaminants from dried bird faeces, which can cause a condition known as pigeon lung.

Old habits die hard, however deadly and dangerous they are, and, so it seems, does jousting. We all thought that jousting had died a death along with knights, medieval banquets and fair maidens, but it seems that jousting still goes on today.

This is not a game for the fainthearted. It is a game of massive fun, but danger accompany it on equal measure even for the experts.

If you’re not entirely sure what jousting involves, basically you have two competitors on horseback and each competitor is covered from head to toe in thick, heavy armor.

Once ready, both competitors charge at one another on their horses whilst carrying an 11-foot long lance. The competitors can reach speeds of up to 30 mph.

The aim of the game is to try and knock their opponent off of their horse with their lance, with brutality of war, of course. If you don’t break only your neck, your limbs might as well be cracked beyond repair.

On occasions of bad landing and hard smacking, death is the only result, even though this is a rare occurrence.

There has been a recent resurgence of interest in jousting and events are being held throughout the world, from California to New Zealand that have organized tournaments.

Forces of Heaven and Hell battle it out in Darksiders War Darksiders is an action-adventure game developed by American video game company, Vigil Games.

It takes its inspiration from the apocalypse and battle of Armageddon as described in the Bible’s Book of Revelation.

In Darksiders, the player takes on the role of “War”, one of the Four Horsemen of the apocalypse.

The games story is set in a fictional earth where the Kingdoms of Heaven and Hell have waged war for centuries. In time a mediator group, named The Charred Council, arises to maintain order by creating a brotherhood known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The Horsemen consist of War, Death, Strife and Fury, to intervene and enforce their laws where necessary.

In the game, armies of demons and angels fall to Earth and battle for supremacy, destroying most of man’s

GOOD vs EVIL: A scene from War Darksiders, an action-adventure game.

world in the process. In the midst of the chaos, the Horseman, War intervenes to bring order.

Armed with a massive sword named Chaoseater, War wages a one-man battle against both the forces of

Heaven and Hell, getting deceived by demons, hounded by angels and eventually losing most of his powers in the process.

The gameplay is fast-paced and action-packed, allowing the player to

hack and slash through an army of angels and demons.

It is full of different environments through which War can explore through plat-forming, climbing and swimming.

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Karaoke night with free

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Sport

in the land of opportunity...

Four Ethiopian trackstars vanish into thin air during Oregon championships P.15

Origi finally signs for Liverpool Liverpool announced on Tuesday the signing of 19-year-old Belgium striker Divock Origi from Lille, but said they will loan him back to the French side for the 2014-15 campaign.

“I am very happy and delighted a club as big as Liverpool showed interest in me. I’m very excited,” Origi told the Liverpool website.

“I know it’s a club with a great history, great fans and a lot of great players. For me, Liverpool is one of the greatest clubs in the world and I’m very excited to be part of this great history.”

Origi travelled to the United States, where Liverpool are on a pre-season tour, in order to complete the deal. Liverpool did not disclose the length of his contract.

After a breakthrough campaign with Lille in 2013-14, Origi impressed for Belgium at the World Cup, scoring an 88th-min-

ute winner against Russia in the group phase to send his team into the last 16.

Origi is Liverpool’s fifth close-season signing, following the arrivals of the former Southampton trio of Adam Lallana, Rickie Lambert, and Dejan Lovren, and German midfielder Emre Can from Bayer Leverkusen.

While the teenager will have to wait at least a year before making his Liverpool debut, he is excited by the prospects of becoming a part of manager Brendan Rodgers’s side.

“The fact we have a young team and can grow is the most exciting part,” he said.

“With the coach we have, he’s a great manager who can handle a young team. He’s said a lot of good things about Liverpool and told me it’s the perfect club for me.

a full red: Liverpool have confirmed the signing of Belgium striker Divock Origi from Lille.

Mercedes Hungary Grand Prix rules shock Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton said he was shocked to be asked by his Mercedes team to move over and allow teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg to pass him during Sunday’s tumultuous Hungarian Grand Prix.

The incident, one of at least two in which Mercedes tried to persuade Hamilton to help Rosberg, came after 47 laps of a 70-lap race won by Australian Daniel Ricciardo for Red Bull.

The two Mercedes drivers, who finished third and fourth, were on different strategies. Rosberg, on a three-stop plan, was using faster soft tyres at the time and had a further pit stop to make.

“Obviously I am aware that I was in the same race as him, just because he had one more stop than me doesn’t mean I am not in same race,” said Hamilton.

“If I let him pass, he could pull away and come back at me later.

“I was very, very shocked that the team would ask me to do that. He didn’t get close enough to overtake, I was not going to lift off and lose ground to Fernando (Alonso) or Daniel (Ricciardo), so it was a bit strange.”

Hamilton had started from the pit lane and, after brushing the barriers at Turn Two of the opening lap made full use of his pure pace and two Safety Car interventions on a drying track to fight his way through the field.

The Briton finished third behind two-time champion Spaniard Alonso of Ferrari. Rosberg came fourth.

Rudisha ready for semis later today

World 800 metres record holder David Rudisha started his Commonwealth Games campaign with a comfortable first round win at Hampden Park on Tuesday.

The Olympic champion, who won the 800 at the Glasgow Diamond League meeting earlier this month, qualified fastest for today’s semi-finals in one minute 46.89 seconds.

He took no chances in his qualifying heat and controlled the field before crossing the line in 1:46.89 the morning’s fastest time. The timing was a contrast to Nijel Amos, the runner-up at the London games who took it ‘really easy’ to sail through second in 1:50.56 from the fourth race. Rudisha went past the 400mmark in 52.23 seconds.

Amos stopped at the line to let Bermuda’s Aaron Evans step home first at 1:50.88, while Kenya’s Evans Kipkorir earned the last automatic qualifying spot in 1:50.88.

“I wanted to control the race so that I can preserve the energy for the semi-finals tomorrow and the finals.

I began preparing for my season late so am happy and pleased to be here already having run 1:42 which is not so easy,” said Rudisha whose first race was in May. “I know I will struggle a bit this season but then the focus for me is next year - the world championships. So it’s good to test and see how my body is able to respond and get myself on top form,” said the world champion.

ready to fly: World 800 metres record holder David Rudisha qualified for Commonwealth 800m semis.

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‘I am happy with the win but more with the support of Chebet and Florence’

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CLEAN SWEEP: (L-R) Florence Klplagat, Joyce Chepkirui and Emily Chebet on the podium after winning all medals in the 10,000m women’s race in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Chepkirui leads Kenyan 10,000m sweep in Glasgow

There was a Kenyan clean sweep in a thrilling 10,000m on the third day of athletics action at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Tuesday.

Joyce Chepkirui sprinted past Florence Kiplagat on the homestretch as Emily Chebet rounded up the country’s first

ever sweep in the women’s 10 000m with a bronze.

Chepkirui, the youngest of the trio at 26, raced to her personal best and her first major global title in 32:09.35, while 27 year-old Kiplagat stumbled home to silver in 32.09.48. Chebet, 28 crossed the line in a personal best of

32.10.82.

“The plan was simple: stick together from the start and break off with about 8 minutes remaining,” said Chebet.

“I am happy with the win but more with the support of Chebet and Florence. We had planned it exactly this way,” the new Games cham-

pion added on the race the Kenyans controlled from the second lap.

“I feel great,” Kiplagat said the world marathon record holder who sometimes trains with Chepkirui in Iten.

“But we didn’t go for our lap of honor, that’s the only down part,” she added unaware that

they had lapped some of the runners twice and they were still on the track racing five minutes after their finish.

In about two weeks the trio will be looking to repeat the feat in Marrakech at the African event where they will have a sterner test from their perennial rivals, Ethiopia.

Oliech recalled for Lesotho clash Forward Dennis Oliech has been recalled to the national team ahead of Sunday’s decisive African Cup of Nations qualifier against Lesotho.

Oliech’s international future appeared to be over after falling out with Coach Adel Amrouche last year, the coach has since been handed 1-year ban for dissent.

Football Kenya Federation (FKF) have confirmed the striker has been recalled for the return leg fixture to be played at the Nyayo Stadium. Kenya must beat Lesotho by two goals without conceding to advance to Group stage of the competition. Lesotho won first leg 1-0 in Maseru.

“We are doing everything possible to secure the release of three players – Ayub Timbe, who turns out for Belgian side FC Genk, goalkeeper Arnold Origi (Lillestrom, Norway) and striker Dennis Oliech,”said FKF Chief Executive Officer Michael Esakwa.

“We are communicating with club officials, with the support of CAF, who are doing the same. This is a crucial match, which we must win to advance in the qualifiers.”

The winner will advance to the group stage, where they will join Gabon, Burkina Faso and Angola in Group C.The top two teams in each group qualifies for 2015 finals.

Former jnr champion Chepng’etich graduates in style with 1,500m gold Faith Chepng’etich yesterday won the 1,500m gold at the Commonwealth Games on Tuesday. The 20-year-old former world junior champion over the four laps sped home in 4:08.94 to win her first championship title barely a year after graduating to the senior ranks.

It was, however, a bad ending to world indoor champion Hellen Obiri whose bursting form painfully bungled her medal chances.

Obiri, Chepng’etich, and youth champion and Selah Busienei stuck together with Busienei leading the field through the 400m in 1:10.94 and the 800 mark in 2:8.95 before England’s Laura Weightman, an Olympic finalist, raced ahead fixed on spoiling the calculated Kenyan

sweep as they approached the bell. Kipyegon and Obiri shrugged off the Weightman’s charge, regaining the lead with about 300m to go and the Englishwoman hot on their heels.

Obiri who, just 24 hours earlier had obliterated the games record to 4:04.43, ran out of steam as Weightman went past her with 50m to go, a surge that jerked Kipyegon to a championships win.

“I couldn’t have done this without my teammates. We planned to pace together and it did until after the bell when we realized Weightman was right there with us when I sped off. I am very happy with my progression as a senior. We’ll work together at the African championships,” said the 20 year old.

CHAMP: Faith Chepng’etich (right) during the World Cross Country event in Poland.

She won gold in the Tuesday race.

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Wenger admits Chambers signing is worthy gamble Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted that signing teenager Calum Chambers for a reported fee of Sh2.3billion is a risk he is prepared to take.

The Gunners announced the 19-year-old’s transfer from Southampton on Monday, with the defender believed to have undergone a medical and agreed personal terms.

The fee commanded by the England Under-21 international has raised eyebrows, but Wenger believes Chambers’ potential justifies it.

“He can play at centre-back, right-back and central midfield. I hope he will give us competition for the players in these three positions,” Wenger has been quoted as saying.

“He hasn’t played many

games, but the English players on the market in England are very expensive and at the end of the day, I was ready to take a gamble because he is a player for the future.”

Chambers is expected to play back-up to new signing Mathieu Debuchy at right-back, leaving Carl Jenkinson’s future at the club in doubt.

a Sh2.3b risk: Chambers has reportedly completed transfer from Southampton in a move Arsene Wenger says is a risk he’s prepared to take.

Tevez’s father freed after kidnap ordeal The father of Argentine football star Carlos Tevez was kidnapped early Tuesday before being released hours later, a lawyer for the family said.

Segundo Tevez “is free, he is in good condition and has reunited with his family,” lawyer Gustavo Galasso said.

There was no immediate confirmation of press reports that the family paid a ransom to secure Segundo’s release.

Juventus star Tevez had planned to fly home from Italy in response to the situation but “decided not to in light of the good news,” said the governor of Buenos Aires province Daniel Scioli.

The victim was kidnapped early Tuesday morning while driving in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Scioli said.

Scioli said the kidnapping began as a car-jacking. But when the assailants realised who Tevez was after checking the car’s papers, they “recaptured him as he was walking

away, put him in another car, and began calling the family to extort them.”

The car was found abandoned

several hours later, according to media reports.

Argentine federal police received a 911 call from the

footballer’s sister-in-law, the reports said. The football player was a child when his biological father died.

good news: Juve striker Carlos Tevez had reportedly planned to fly home from Italy in response to the situation but cancelled the trip “ in the light of the good news.”

Four Ethiopian track stars vanish into thin air during Oregon youth championships Four members of an Ethiopian track team are reportedly missing in what officials are terming as a bid to remain in the country.

The athletes travelled to the University of Oregon last week to compete in the International Association of Athletics Federations World Junior Championships.

They are alleged to have hatched a plot to seek asylum in US. Washington has recently been forced to enforce stringent laws to curb an influx of asylum seekers.

The four athletes, comprising a 17-yearold teenager and three

women aged between 18 and 20, were reported missing on Saturday.

The Oregon University police spokesman Kelly McIver couldn’t confirm if the quartet was seeking asylum but said they were not ruling out anything.

It is not the first time an athlete has pulled such a stunt.

During the 2012 London Olympics, a 15-year-old boy who took part in the opening ceremony vanished in what authorities say was a bid to seek asylum in England.

When an alert was raised, the boy was returned to Ethiopia.

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SPORT All set for Safaricom Sevens Series

Wednesday, JULy 30, 2014

thetimeline Grounder.@Daviso_Davis: RT @sir_mak: In less than 30 days of a famous van gaal, he has been to two penalty shootouts...I hope EPL gonna need that Manchester United@ManUtd: #mufc in pole position atop ICC Group A after win v Inter. Real Madrid defeat leaves Spaniards unable to reach final.

Manchester United‫@‏‬ManUtd: Roma beat Real Madrid 1-0 in the other ICC game tonight. That means the Spanish side can no longer qualify from Group A. David De Gea @D_DeGea: Happy to be back in the stadium where I made my debut with @sefutbol Awesome crowd @manutd #mutour

FANFARE: Fans enjoy the action during a past rugby event. The Safaricom Sevens series starts with the Kabeberi 7s this weekend.

The Kenya Rugby Union’s national sevens series, officially known as the Safaricom Sevens Series is likely to be a tightly contested battle as there are no clear cut favorites.

The real battle for the title is likely to be among defending champions KCB and two former champions Kenya Harequins and Starthmore University Leos.

Their push for the title is likely to complicated by dark horses in the form of Homeboyz RFC, Resolution Impala Saracens and Mwamba who are looking to return to the top after years in delcline.

This year’s action kicks off with the Kabeberi Sevens in Nairobi on 2/3 August.

SCHOOL TRIP: The Brookhurst School football team which will tour England.

Brookhurst team off to England Brookhurst International School (BIS) is set to represent Kenya at the prestigious Keele Cup in Britain, United Kingdom which gets underway later today.

The Kenyan outfit will be in action from Wednesday till Saturday, battling other world beaters including the dreaded Greensprings Academy from Nigeria in the U17 category The BIS football team leaves for England tonight for the tournament whose 2014 edition has attracted 300 teams from 25 nations around the globe.

Volleyballers ready for action in Crotia

Head coach Kevin Cheruiyot believes the team is well prepared for the annual tournament going by the success of the two month training they at the Hodari Sports Ground in Lavington, Nairobi.

“We perfectly cleared our schedule.

We mainly concentrated on team work, speed, ball possession and handling to wrap up our training at the weekend,” said Cheruiyot, who has been taking the team in a two hour training every day.

Apart from the international contest, the team will enjoy a fabulous coach-

The Kenya women volleyball team landed safely in Croatia ahead of the second leg of the FIVB World Grand Prix to be held in Porec starting Friday.

The team arrived in

ing experience from top English Premier League (EPL) academy coaches.

The players will also get a chance to be scouted for professional football while in England.

The players are scheduled for a ‘Theatre of Dreams’ visit where they will also tour Manchester United’s museum, trophy room and mega store.

They will experience other coaching clinics at Manchester City, Stoke City and Liverpool academies and at the English FA’s St.George’s Park National Football Centre. They will also visit the Alton Towers Theme Park and the

Croatia from Mexico where they played three opening matches winning two (against Mexico and Algeria) while losing once against Bulgaria in a five-set thriller. In Croatia, Kenya will play against

Water World.

BIS Director, Ruth Waweru said: “This year we made a decision to enter our school team in this global youth tournament as we believe it will give our students and the coach a great learning experience and exposure needed for highest standards of soccer. It will also introduce and expose them to various cultural backgrounds from around the world.”

The Warrior Keele Cup is Britain’s largest soccer tournament which has been running for the last 16 years.

It offers international youth teams

hosts Croatia, Bulgaria and Australia in matches that begin on Friday with a hope of finishing among the top four nations in order to proceed to the next round of the competition.

Meanwhile, the

opportunity to compete against each other at the same time enjoy a memorable stay in England, the greatest soccer city for the EPL. The BIS Squad comprised of defenders Wanjohi Karaba , Osman Siyat, Kamaal Abdirazaak, Victor Mutiso and George Wanyoike. Midfielders are Francis Ng’ang’a, Samuel Mumo and Stephen Lepash(captain).Strikers are Kelvin Njoroge and Rodney Mwendwa.

The team is expected back to Kenya on August 5.

performance by the Kenya team at the Grand Prix has won a lot of accolades with the Mexican coach Jorge Azair acknowledging that his team was ‘shocked’ by how good Kenya is.

Kenya dismissed the hosts

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3-1 in their opening match last weekend and Azair said “We did not have any idea as to how Kenya played, they shocked us with the height power play and technical ability, Africa is coming off age.”