East Africa: Coca-Cola Announces Torchbearers Dar es Salaam Olympic Torch Relay

27 March 2008
The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta)
press release

Nairobi — The Coca-Cola East and Central Africa business has today released a list of six distinguished personalities who will be their torchbearers during this year’s African leg of the Olympic Torch Relay scheduled to take place in Dar es Salaam on the 13th of April. The six were chosen for their excellence in environmental conservation, service towards humanity and in sports.

On the list of torchbearers is Nobel laureate and leading environmentalist, Professor Wangari Maathai and UN Habitat Director General and the first African woman to hold the position of UN Under-Secretary-General Dr. Anna Tibaijuka. Also named as a torchbearer is one of Africa’s greatest pioneer athletes, two time Olympic gold medalist and member of the International Olympic Committee Dr. Kipchoge Keino. Another athlete on the list is one of Uganda’s most celebrated runners, Dorcus Inzikuru also referred to as “the Gazelle”. Completing the list are Congolese conservationist Pierre Kakule and Nathan Kalumbu, the President of Coca-Cola East and Central Africa Limited.

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