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Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Kenya’s election body has outlined August 9 voting procedures with officials highlighting that voters will be required to provide fingerprints for identification against a digital database before casting their ballots in a traditional manner using a pen and paper, however high-end digital technology will be used to track and release results; The U.S. Mission to the United Nations says Ambassador Linda Thomas Greenfield is scheduled to be in Uganda and Ghana between August 4th and August 6th to discuss Washington’s response to the war in Ukraine, global food security and other bilateral priorities between the U.S. Kigali and Accra.

"Africa's Fastest Man," Ferdinand Omanyala, won his first 100m Commonwealth Games title in Birmingham, England, where he clocked 10.02 seconds. It was Kenya's first gold medal at the Games. Sonny will have an update on Omanyala as well as other Commonwealth Games results. Also on Thursday's show, VOA's Gwen Outen will have a feature on Senegalese footballer Kalidou Koulibaly, who is preparing for his first season with Chelsea in the English Premier League (EPL). The 2022-2023 EPL season kicks off Friday when Crystal Palace will host Arsenal.

Coming up on Africa News Tonight: Kenyan politicians hail the strides made by the East African nation in promoting women participation in politics after three of the four presidential candidates select women to be their running mates; US Ambassador and special envoy to Libya Richard Norland, strongly urges leaders in the North African nation to support the agreement to hold presidential and parliamentary elections to establish a legitimate government.