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OTHERS … Other related events held to raise funds for Rhino Ark include the Athi 4×4 Challenge, the Quattro Charge (a 4×4 trials event) and the Hog Charge (a children’s mountain bike race) as well as the UK Rhino Charge. 1.   UK Rhino Charge  

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  The Rhino Charge was conceived on the verandah of the Members Bar at Muthaiga Country Club in the leafy suburbs of Nairobi. Rhino Ark founder Ken Kuhle asked Rally Enthusiast Rob Combes whether he would organise a motorsport event to help raise funds for the “Rhino Ark Charitable Trust” that he had formed to save the Aberdare National Park’s dwindling rhino population.

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SPECIAL REPORT   ‘Ms Fix It’ Waiguru has emerged the most powerful politician outside the Presidency. This is causing discomfort within the Jubilee camp. She doesn’t really care; she’s has the President’s ear. By ALFAROUK MAALIM

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By Ciugu Mwagiru Just when frantic efforts were being made all round to rescue Kenya’s tourism sector from the vagaries of mounting insecurity, the mid-June terrorist attack on the coastal town of Mpeketoni and its surroundings added more fuel to the raging fire. The attack on the town, which lies in the perennially volatile Lamu region, came at the worst possible time. In the event, it delivered stupefying body blows that nearly sounded the tourism industry’s death knell. It did not help matters that the Sunday night Mpeketoni attack that left at least 60 people dead and scores wounded came…

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SPECIAL REPORT   QUOTE: The ‘Gang of Eight’ was required to take urgent measures to contain global poaching and wildlife trafficking within a year.   Kenya in UN crosshairs over illicit ivory trade Eight countries had earlier been given a one-year ultimatum to contain global poaching and wildlife trafficking By TNLM Correspondent

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