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 With
five gold, five silver and four bronze medals, Beijing Olympics goes
into the annals of history as Kenya’s most successful ever since the
country’s maiden debut in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. And to cap the
memorable outing women, for the first time, won two gold medals to
rival their male counterparts who bagged three as Kenya stamped its
authority as the leading African nation at the Olympics.
It was
Japan-based Samuel Kamau Wanjiru who closed the games in style winning
the 42km marathon race in a record 2:06.32 and setting a new Olympics
record.
Moroccan Gharib Jaouad Gharib won silver in 2:07.17 with
Ethiopian Tsegay Kabede taking silver in 2:10.00. The 22-year-old
Wanjiru, who hails from Nyahururu, sustained the tradition of Kenyans
training in Japan and making a big impression in Olympics marathon.
The other
Kenyan gold medalists were Pamela Jelimo, Brimin Kiprop, Wilfred Bungei
and Nancy Jebet Langat.
Silver medalists include Catherine
Ndereba, Janeth Jepkosgei, Asbel Kiprop, Eunice Jepkorir and Eliud
Kipchoge with Richard Mateelong, Edwin Cheruiyot Soi, Alfred Kirwa and
Micha Kogo taking bronze.
In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the second
most successful, saw Kenya winning five gold, two silver and two bronze
medals. Kenya topped the African continent in the medal chart with 14
followed by Ethiopia with six. The country’s gold hunt was started by
800m prodigy Pamela Jelimo.
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26th July 2008 was bound to be a day to be remembered what with
the crowning of the first ever Miss East Africa UK, the third Miss East
Africa and the surprise crowning- Miss Kenya UK thanks to Pauline Long
and her dedicated team of organisers.
Vicky Njoki Ngari-Wilson who represented Kenya emerged the winner of
the prestigious tilte of Miss Kenya UK 2008 in which Pauline Long was
one of the judges however everyone was overwhlemed with shock when she
also became the favourite of a team of 14 high profile judges to become
the winner of the coveted title of Miss East Africa UK 2008. When asked
what she will do with her titles she said, "I feel ready; I feel that
everything that I have been through in my life is for this. The titles
of Miss East Africa UK and Miss Kenya UK are going to enable me to
fulfill my dream of becoming a voice for underprivileged children. I’m
ready to be part of the generation to change Africa; it’s like being
given a key to open a door. The two titles are bigger than me. I am so
overwhelmed and excited of which way it might go, this year something
has to happen, something big for the children. This is a gift from God.
He has given me the key to open the doors of the entire East Africa and
beyond.
More than anything I look forward to getting a lot of attention because
as long as I get attention then the children will be guaranteed to get
attention. The children of East Africa are coming with me wherever I am
going".
The first ever Mr East Africa UK title went to Ugandan born Alan
Semugabi who seemed very pupular with both the crowd and the judges.
When asked what he thought of his win Alan said, "I thought I didn’t
have the chance to win because all the other contestants were great. I
feel very honoured, and if it wasn’t for them I wouldn’t have done the
show, they kept me very motivated. The hard work begins right now. I
want to be able to relate to the children in East Africa. When you come
from Europe to visit Africa, people think you are special and rich but
I want to show the children that we are all equal and I want them to
know that we acknowledge them. I will do my best to help make changes
for underprivileged children. Big thank you to the entire team and the
contestants, they made this happen."
The pageant would like to officially thank everyone that helped make
this day a success, the team, the hosts, the sponsors, the performers
and all the contestants of Mr and Miss East Africa UK 2008.
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H.E Joseph Muchemi introduces his guest, EAC S.G. Amb. Dr. Juma Mwapachu at the reception in Portland Place.
14 million Euros have been released, for the building of the East African Community Headquarters in Arusha Tanzania. This was disclosed by Amb. Dr. Juma Volter Mwapachu, the EAC Secretary General, during a reception at the Kenya High Commission in London on Thursday evening.
Dr.Mwapachu had flown in from Bonn Germany where he attended an EU meeting that the pledge was made. The host H.E. Joseph Muchemi was vibrant in welcoming the Secretary General of the East African Community saying it is a pleasure, “I have fond memories of Arusha as well as the disappointment of 1977 collapse of the EAC. But I take cue from a late Kenya politician who once famously said-‘Slipping is not Falling’.”
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