Kenyan Police Kill Varsity Student

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Police Commissioner Maj Gen Hussein Ali has ordered the arrest of three police officers who shot dead a University of Nairobi student last night.

The student was killed was when police used live ammunition against students who were protesting the gunning down of Oscar Foundation's executive director Oscar King'ara near the university's Halls of Residence. Mr King'ara was in the company of a colleague said to be a former University of Nairobi Students' Union leader, who was also killed by unknown gunmen.



The varsity student's killing occurred as the police tried to retrieve the bodies of the murder victims. According to Police Spokesman Mr Eric Kiraithe, some students removed the body of one victim from the scene and took it the Halls of Residence and a confrontation ensued between the students and the officers.

In a statement, Mr Kiraithe, however, said the use of "lethal force" was "unprofessional and uncalled for". He said the concerned officers would be investigated and the results made public.

He added that the firearms used have been taken to the Criminal Investigations Department headquarters for analysis. Thanks To The Nation

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Brave Kenya Go Down Fighting

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Kenya’s Humphrey Kayange tackles Argentina’s Lucas Amorosino in during their IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens semi-final match in Dubai, on Saturday. Argentina won 12-0. Photos/REUTERS

Kenya’s Humphrey Kayange tackles Argentina’s Lucas Amorosino in during their IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens semi-final match in Dubai, on Saturday. Argentina won 12-0. Photos/REUTERS
By CHARLES NYENDE in Dubai, UAEPosted Saturday, March 7 2009 at 20:04


Kenya bowed out at the semi-final stage of the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai after losing 12-0 to Argentina in an absorbing match at the Emirates Rugby ground.


Two tries either half from Horacio Martin and Martin Moyano were enough to pull the Argentines into their first world cup final where they were to meet another first timer Wales later in the evening.



Wales upset Samoa 19-12 to set up a final date with Argentina later in the evening.

The match started edgily as both sides probed for an opening.

It was the Argentines who opened the scoring after some deft exchanges ended with the supporting Martin on hand to dive over.

Kenya pressed but excellent defending by Argentina denied them any openings for the running game that had come to be loved by an involve audience at the Emirates Sevens stands.

Moyano sealed victory with, diving to touch down after a neat grabber kick past Collins Injera.

Stepping Down

The sight of a deflated Kenya squad after the final whistle was blown told how disappointed the rank outsiders felt but it was a performance they will be proud of.

“I am very happy with the boys. Making it to the semifinals of a world cup is no mean achievement more so considering that this is an amateur sports in Kenya,” Kenya coach, Benjamin Ayimba, said.

Ayimba, who has been involved with the sevens game for over 15 years, first as a Kenya team player before becoming the coach in 2000 said this was the best national sevens team the country had ever had.

The coach added that he was considering stepping down next year.

“I am looking at 2010. Maybe someone else should come in with new ideas. We put in so much of our time into this game and you know its status,” he said.

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Kenya and Wales Join Big Guns In Cup Quarters

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Kenyan Skipper Humphrey Kayange Kicking Ahead

Kenya and Wales have secured their places in the Melrose Cup quarter finals at the Rugby World Cup Sevens in Dubai as the two best runners-up across the six pools, joining New Zealand, Fiji, South Africa, Samoa, England and Argentina at the top table approaching the business end of the tournament.

The second day's play at 'The Sevens' provided a number of absorbing encounters, with several matches decided after the final siren.

To underline the competitive nature of play across the 24 teams, co-leaders on the IRB Sevens World Series South Africa and England were both taken to the wire on a day when New Zealand made light of their injury woes, Fiji quietly built up momentum and Argentina went about their business with some clinical performances.

Pool A

Even without injured Super 14 star Victor Vito, out with a claf injury, New Zealand proved too strong for all comers in Pool A. Tonga finished second courtesy of their 31-10 win over Italy. The Arabian Gulf went close to earning the biggest roar of the day but were pipped at the post by a tenacious Italy, 19-17.

Pool B

After a less than convincing 12-point win over the USA, Fiji finished strongly on the second day of their title defence, overpowering impressive France with a 38-5 victory. Les Bleus were rampant early on in seeing off Georgia 33-0 and with two good pool wins can count themselves unlucky not to make the last eight in the Cup.

Pool C

South Africa were tested by Canada in their first match of the day before sealing a 15-7 win. They needed all 14 minutes against the Cannucks and then scored again at the death to account for Scotland, 19-16.


Scotland were impressive winners over Japan earlier in the day and unlucky not to be in contention for the Melrose Cup, cruelly denied by Bok captain Mpho Mbiyozo at the death.

Pool D

Pool D was dominated by Samoa who remained undefeated on day two with a 19-0 over Australia and a 13-point victory over battling Portugal. But it was Ireland who sent out the early shockwaves with a 24-21 win over Michael O’Connor’s Australian side in the dying moments of the match. Ireland weren’t able to continue their run, though, downed by Portual 17-5.

All three eventually shared the honours on the second rung in the pool with one win apiece, none of them with a strong enough points difference to reach the Cup.

Pool E

England were pushed all the way by a determined Tunisia, who outscored them three tries to one in the second half, but got away with a nervous 28-24 win to ensure their quarter final aspirations remain on track.

Ben Ryan's side followed up with a much-improved performance over Kenya 26-7. Despite that loss, Kenya also advanced to the quarter finals after a solid win over Hong Kong 43-7 earlier in the day.

Tunisia and Hong Kong provided one of the more entertaining matches of the day with the score see-sawing throughout, the North Africans finally clinching the game on the final siren.

Pool F

Winners of the recent IRB World Sevens Series event in San Diego, Argentina crept under the radar all day with fine wins over Zimbabwe and Wales. They didn’t have it all their own way against the Welsh, who also booked a deserved place in the Melrose Cup quarter finals with a good win over Uruguay.

Zimbabwe and Uruguay also fought out a closely-contested match, Zimbabwe squeezing out a four-point win. Source IRBWC

Mdaku Says

Let Us Pray For Our Boys As They Check In For The Quarters, Go Kenya.

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Interview With Janice Brand VP Content And Community At Helium Dot Com

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Your work in networked/citizen/collaborative journalism.

You Can Check Out My Helium Profile Here

I am VP, Content & Community at Helium.com, an international community of active writers who use social networking to rate each other’s work. Our writers range from newbie to published professional, all contributing to a growing trove of more than 450,000 articles on subjects ranging from auto repair to Zen Buddhism. Our members actively engage each other through our community boards to help each other with writing and improving.

What are your goals?

We are building the richest resource of experience-based knowledge, wisdom and creativity. To achieve this goal, we are building an inviting, yet competitive community of members who write quality articles on subjects they care about. Today, you will find over 65,000 unique subjects on the site – and our aim is for double that very soon!

Notable achievements?

Thursday is our one-year anniversary. In that short time, we’ve gathered more than 80,000 writers to the site. Well, some testimony:

* I have enjoyed the readily available ability to publish immediately.
* Beefing up the portfolio and attempting brand-new subject areas have been quite helpful for practicing freelancing skills too.
* I’ve often wondered if publishers browse about here looking for writers and now I see they do!
* Began writing for Helium about six weeks ago - a mere blip in time ago. I was thrilled just to have a place to write and share my views and experiences with others, and getting paid to do so was the icing on the cake!


* My ten weeks in Helium has gained me more experience than a US$900 long distance writing course has….
* I love writing, but this is the first place that has built my confidence.

Lesson you’ve learned (including mistakes you’ve made)

Our Community boards were started to really help the Help desk answer questions for the members. But the boards have turned into a vibrant aspect of Helium, with nearly a million page views a month.

Are you getting revenue for this? How?

We are generating revenue from ads (small) and from our partner publisher program called Marketplace (growing).

What’s next? What do you need to get to the next level?

We are about to kick off a College Writing Contest aimed at college students. But our goal here is to provide a platform for journalism professors to have their students write to specific, pre-determined topics online and get rated by the member community. The students will also be able to read and rate each other’s work.

Anyone you’d like to talk with, learn from, or work with at the summit
We’re interested in talking with colleges and universities, and anyone looking for trusted, community-generated content from our members.
Thanks To David Cohn

Mdaku Says.

NB-This Interview Was Conducted Sometime In Late 2007 Since Then Helium.com Has Grown By Leaps And Bounds, I Can Attest To The Fact That It Now Has Over 160,000 Active Writers I Can Attest To That Since I Am But One Of The Many Legion Of Writers Who Ply Our Craft There, Why Dont You Sign Up We Hook Up There

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SHENG DOT CO DOT KE-The Best Thing To Happen To Us Since Sliced Bread And Butter

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You should check out this very innovative Kenyan made website that is run and maintained by RasDunkie sheng.co.ke. It is not only a marvel in technical design but also a very functional and easily navigable website. The black background blends extremely well with the stark earth hues making it aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

But wait that is not the half of it, for those of you who might not be familiar with the word sheng, here goes. Sheng is a compound word that is derived from the words Swahili and English. It is a patois that is the language of choice for Kenya’s, especially Nairobi youth, a distinct lingua franca that cleverly blends and merges English and Kiswahili to come up with a unique inimitable slang.

It has spawned an entire genre of music,genge the Kenyan hiphop popularized by jua cali the master and a vibrant counterculture that revolves around it. This website is a portal to these world and to the language that is spoken and understood by over 90% of Kenya’s youth making it easily the most widely spoken tongue in the republic if not pardon my projection the entire region, with over 15 million strong speakers and people who can understand it in one way or another.

Sheng.co.ke is a repository of our fast evolving counterculture and it boasts of over 3000 members who interact exchanging and enriching its vocabulary more so in the popular language of jesting native to sheng known in these parts as mchongoano. It boasts of a vibrant forum a kamusi/dictionary of sheng words and a lyrics section. Sheng is a unifying language that can be used to heal the wounds of a fragmented nation still smarting from last years post-poll chaos.

Sheng in my opinion is the healing of the nation, being as it is the majority of the people who bore the brunt of the fighting were the youth, if only we can harness this collective language tool we can learn to speak with one voice and to listen to each other and flow with one spirit. So sign up and see you at the forums and lets speak sheng.

Poa wasee ebu tuchekiane asapo na tukule maristo zetu poa tumakesure sheng ina stay alive,mimi niko na 16A vile ni smatta, wazi Ras Dunkie na crew big up man. Wacha niambae.

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