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2004-08-01
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Titanium mining to begin in 2006
Kenya's Environment and Natural Resources Minister, Kalonzo Musyoka, on 6 July 2004 signed a 41 year contract for Canadian firm "Tiomin Resources Inc Kwale Titanium mining project.
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LG Electronics plan to set up assembly in Kenya
LG Electronics, the Korean electronic goods giant plans to up a Shs 400 million assembly plant in Kenya
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ACEK holds AGM
There was a good attendance of consulting engineers at the Association of Consulting Engineers of Kenya Annual General Meeting held at Nairobi Club on 74 June 2004.
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Lamu plans to move power station to mainland
Lamu power station is situated on a 0.28 acre piece of land closely neighboured by a sub-station and residential premises on Lamu Island.
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Engineers Annual Conference
The Annual Conference of the Institution of Engineers of Kenya was held at the Hotel InterContinental on 28 to 30 April 2004. The May/ June 2204 issue of Kenya Engineer contained a resume of some of the papers presented. Further papers are reviewed below:
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QUALITY STANDARDS
Excellence in Quality at Unilever
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German firm interested in Southern Sudan to Mombasa railway
A consortium led by German construction firm, Thormaehlen Schweisstechnik AG is reported to have submitted a proposal to the Government in pursuit of concessioning Kenya and Uganda Railways.
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UUNET launches satellite-based Internet solution in Kenya
One of Kenya's leading business communications providers, UUNET formally launched On 13 July 2004 a satellite based Internet communication solution in Kenya.
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E-TECH 2004 Conference held in Nairobi
E- TECH 2004 annual engineering forum is a quality event that aims at maximizing learning, experience sharing and networking.
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CCK to open up market segments of the telecommunications sector
At a news conference on 1 July, 2004 former Communications Minister John Michuki announced that Telkom Kenya's monopoly on Internet communications came to an end the previous day.
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Telecom operators sign MoU on optical fibre cable project
The World Bank and the Development Bank of South Africa through the New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad) are contributing up to $420,000 for a feasibility study to develop a submarine cable along the eastern seaboard of the African continent.
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Telkom approves firm Sh239 million tender to Chinese
Telkom Kenya has approved a Sh239.9 million tender to upgrade its telecommunications systems.
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Nairobi Water Company launched
The Nairobi Water Company was officially launched on 19 August 2004 and moved into offices at Kampala Road.
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Sultan Hamud Emali road opened
A 27 Kilometer section of the Nairobi - Mombasa road was officially opened by Transport Minister, John Michuki on 1 May 2004
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International backing for Kenya engineering students exhibition
At a recent meeting of Branch Chairmen of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) from Africa, Europe and Russia held in Kracow, Poland, sponsorship was approved for student engineers throughout the world to show their projects at the 2004 Students' Engineering Exhibition
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African aviation conference held in Nairobi
The 10th Aviation and Allied Business Leadership Conference was held at the Hotel InterContinental, Nairobi on 29 and 30 June, 2004.
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National Roads Conference
The Ministry of Roads and Public Works organized a National Roads Conferen e at the Bomas of Kenya on 19th and 20th July 2004 which brought together many hundreds of delegates,
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Professional Examination
The Professional Interviews (PI) will be conducted 3 (three) times in a year.
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Dr Kaburu Memorial Award
To be awarded to a member of the Institution of good standing who has made a distinct professional contribution in any field of engineering
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