Kenyan marathon record holder Kiptum dies in road crash

STORY: Kenyan marathon record holder Kiptum dies in road crash SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11-12, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident scene 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JACKSON TUWEI, Athletics Kenya president 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ABABU NAMWAMBA, Cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Youth Affairs, Creative Economy and Sports 4. various of Kiptum's engagements with the public during his lifetime STORYLINE: The athletics world Monday paid tribute to marathon record holder, Kelvin Kiptum, who died in a road accident alongside his Rwandan coach Gervais Hakizimana on Sunday night in northwest Kenya. According to Elgeyo Market Police Commander Peter Mulinge, Kiptum was driving a sedan vehicle when it lost control and crashed along a road in Uasin Gishu County at around 11pm (20:00 GMT) on their way to his training camp in Kaptagat, killing him and his coach on the spot. A third passenger - a woman identified by police as Sharo

Kenya commences shipment of fresh avocados to Chinese market

STORY: Kenya commences shipment of fresh avocados to Chinese market DATELINE: Aug. 3, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (English): RUTH WANGARA, Xinhua reporter in Kenya 2. various of the fresh avocado export ceremony 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): BENJAMIN TITO, Director, Horticulture Crops Directorate 4. various of avocados packed in containers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): RICHARD TUWEI, Avocado farmer 6. various of cleaning and packing avocados 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ZHANG YIJUN, Minister Counsellor at the Chinese Embassy in Kenya STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): RUTH WANGARA, Xinhua reporter in Kenya "Kenya is now the first country in Africa to export fresh avocado fruit to China. What you are seeing here on my side is 22 tonnes of fresh avocado, waiting to be transported all the way to Shanghai. This consignment, I am told, will take exactly 21 days." The first batch of fresh avocados grown in Kenya and destined for the Chinese market was flagged off Tuesday a