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Kenya Lionesses Deliver Poetic Justice With 17-0 Triumph
Kenya Lionesses rugby coach Dennis Mwanja called Saturday's 17-0 win over South Africa sweet payback. His team had lost to South Africa twice before—back in Tunisia in 2023 and again in Ghana in 2024. The Kenya women have been on fire lately, beating Argentina 17-12 just a week earlier at the same Cape Town venue. Before the final match, Mwanja told his players to leave everything on the field. Kenya scored first when speedster Naomi Amuguni dodged her defender and ran across the goal line for 5 points. Sinaida Mokaya missed the extra kick, but Kenya kept South Africa from scoring through halftime. The Kenyan women turned up the heat after the break. They won a scrum deep in South African territory, and Mokaya passed to veteran Sheila...
Mangeni Sets Sights on Revenge in Enterprise Cup Semifinal
KCB rugby coach Oliver Mang'eni wants to beat Kabras when they play this Saturday. The teams will face each other in the Enterprise Cup semifinal. Kabras beat KCB 25-17 last Saturday at the Kakamega ASK Showground. This win kept Kabras unbeaten at home, and they have won all 11 games this season. Kabras finished first with 52 points. KCB came second with 50 points. Menengai Oilers ended third with 47 points. Mang'eni plans to fix what went wrong. He believes his team will come back stronger next game. He said KCB played well at the start and pushed hard against Kabras in the first half. But during the second half, KCB made many mistakes that cost them the game. The match started quickly. Kenyan player Kelvin Wekesa scored for...
World Athletics Chief Supports Kenya GBV Efforts
Sebastian Coe, the President of World Athletics, has promised to help the Kenyan government fight against violence toward women, called gender-based violence. This problem has hurt many people in Kenya's sports community. Two famous runners died because of this violence. Agnes Tirop once held a world record, and Rebecca Cheptegei was a mountain running champion. Their deaths showed how dangerous this problem is. More than 100 women were killed between August and October 2024 in Kenya. The National Government Affirmative Action Fund worked with Athletics Kenya to study this problem in sports. They wrote a report called "RESET—END GBV & Femicide Athletes Sectorial Engagement." They made this report with Kenya's Ministry of Gender. The...
Ruto Opens County Kitchen and Shares Lunch With Students
President William Ruto visited the Dishi na County Central Kitchen in Nairobi on Monday. He talked with the students and helped serve them lunch. Each student got a plate of rice and beans. President Ruto even sat down at a table and ate with them. The President said the government wants to expand school feeding programs all over Kenya. They especially want to do this in poor areas and places where people don't have as much. President Ruto thinks this will help more kids go to school and do better in their classes. Some important people came with the President. Deputy President Kithure Kindiki was there. Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja joined them, and Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsang joined them. Wawira Njiru, who started...
KTDA Chairman Sets Farmers First Vision for Tea Growth
Mr. Chege Kirundi, the new KTDA National Chairman, has told people about his plans for the agency. He wants to improve the tea business for the small tea farmers that KTDA helps. Over the weekend, Mr. Kirundi talked to more than 160 directors from the west of Rift Valley in Nakuru. He said that his board has changed its focus. The new business saying is "Farmers First." Mr. Kirundi said that the business world has changed since KTDA started in 1964 as a parastatal and became private in 2000. The business must change to fit the new business world. To do this, he said that the board is making new policies and improving the old ones. This will ensure that the farmers get the most out of their tea investment. Most importantly, he said the...
Ruto Starts Nairobi River Regeneration Project
The President of Kenya, William Ruto, started a big project on Monday called the Nairobi River Regeneration and Engineering Works Programme. This project will cost 50 billion Kenyan shillings. It will create 40,000 new jobs, which is more than the 22,000 people who already work for the Climate WorX Mtaani Initiative. The project will also build a 60-kilometer sewer line and 50,000 affordable houses in the areas that they fix up. The Nairobi Rivers Commission and the ministries of Housing, Environment, and Defence will collaborate on this project. President Ruto said the government will ensure that Nairobi stays clean and safe for the people who live there and visit. He called the project a "life-changing initiative" that will give...
Ryzen 9 9950X3D Boosts Single Core Speed by 14 Percent
AMD just released a new computer chip called the Ryzen 9 9950X3D. This chip works faster than the old version. Tests show it can do single tasks about 14% quicker. That means it finishes one job at a time much faster than before. The chip also does better when it has to handle a lot of work all at once. It beats the older chips in overall performance. But we should wait for more tests to know for sure how good it is in regular use. The Ryzen 9 9950X3D is part of AMD's new Zen 5 chips. It has 16 cores and 32 threads. Threads are like helpers that let the cores do more jobs at the same time. You can buy this chip for about $699. It uses a special design called V-Cache. This design puts a piece called SRAM below the cores. It helps keep...
AMD boosts graphics with 3D V-Cache in Zen 6 CPUs
AMD is making new computer chips called Zen 6 for desktop computers. These chips have a special design that lets them do more work while using less energy. The new chips will have up to 24 cores, which means they can do many things at the same time. They will also have a lot of cache memory to help them work faster. Cache memory is like a small, fast storage space that the chip can use to find important information quickly. AMD plans to start selling these chips in 2026. They will use a new technology called N3P to make the chips even better. AMD wants to improve graphics, too. Some of their new chips for gaming computers will have something called 3D V-Cache. This special cache helps the chip do hard jobs with lots of data. AMD is...
ASUS introduces Vivobook 18 with 144Hz display
ASUS has just released two new laptops, the Vivobook 18 and Vivobook 16. These laptops are made for people who need computers that can handle modern tasks. They have powerful processors and big screens that make it easy to see what you're working on, especially when doing multiple things at once or working on creative projects. The Vivobook 18 has an 18-inch screen with a high refresh rate of 144Hz. This means the picture looks smooth and clear, whether you're working or having fun. The screen goes almost to the edge of the laptop, which is called a NanoEdge design. It gives you a lot of screen space for the size of the laptop. The screen also has special technology that reduces blue light, so your eyes don't get tired even if you use...
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