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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Robert Alai <alai.robert@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> ">" <mlalahoi@googlegroups.com>; bidiiafricaint <bidiiafricaINT@googlegroups.com>; digafrica@yahoogroups.com; picta-kenya@yahoogroups.com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Wed, 12 May, 2010 10:00:00<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [picta-kenya] Fwd: Techmtaa: Latest News Updates - including "We are Simply Being Punished For Being Successful, Michael Joseph"<BR></FONT><BR>---------- Forwarded message ----------<BR>From: Tech Mtaa <<A href="mailto:samsonalai@gmail.com" ymailto="mailto:samsonalai@gmail.com">samsonalai@gmail.com</A>><BR>Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 06:14:00 +0000<BR>Subject: Techmtaa: Latest News Updates - including "We are Simply<BR>Being Punished For Being Successful, Michael Joseph"<BR>To: <A href="mailto:alai.robert@gmail.com"
ymailto="mailto:alai.robert@gmail.com">alai.robert@gmail.com</A><BR><BR>Tech Mtaa<BR><BR>///////////////////////////////////////////<BR>We are Simply Being Punished For Being Successful, Michael Joseph<BR><BR>Posted: 11 May 2010 12:56 PM PDT<BR><A href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechMtaa/~3/XjIHgjTUFAY/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email" target=_blank>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TechMtaa/~3/XjIHgjTUFAY/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email</A><BR><BR>Nairobi Star Business reporter James Mbugua of Nairobi Tech spoke to<BR>Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph to get to the bottom of the trouble Kenya’s<BR>leading...<BR><BR><BR><BR>Visit <A href="http://techmtaa.com/" target=_blank>http://techmtaa.com/</A> for more<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>--<BR>You are subscribed to email updates from "Tech Mtaa."<BR>To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now:<BR><A
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