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Thursday, September 13, 2001

A member of the paramilitary General Service Unit on alert at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport's waving bay. Kenyan authorities invoked tight security measures at key installations following the Tuesday terrorist attacks in the US. (Picture by Govedi Asutsa )

Tight security in Nairobi as agencies respond to attacks
Kenyan authorities and some foreign embassies remained on high alert yesterday as the world tried to come to terms with terrorist attacks in the United States.

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HIV/Aids counselling and testing guidelines released
Comprehensive national guidelines for voluntary HIV/Aids counselling and testing have been developed.
First GM sweet potato crop is harvested
The first biotechnology sweet potato crop has been harvested while trials on Bt-cotton may start as soon as the National Bio-safety Committee approves.
The puzzle of killer cassava
In the poverty ravaged villages of Ukambani in Eastern Province, a cassava meal is viewed as a perfect check for hunger and starvation.

OTHER HEADLINE NEWS
	US embassy opens phone lines Delays at JKIA as business resumes Plans to build new district hospital Prisoners to enjoy better treatment Co-op society loses first round in suit over surveyor's charges 'My mother set me on fire and watched me burn'	Council workers go on strike over three-month salary arrears Constitution Review boss answers critics Don issues alert on unsafe pesticides Memories: Kenyans in disaster cities recall horror Donor concern at destruction of waste plant Squatters ordered out of forests

BUSINESS

SPORTS
	Young ones keen on sport Toyota sponsors polo tourney

COMMENTARY
	The world keens with the Americans Sort out conflict in Nigeria - Editorial Hoaxes a form of madness - Editorial

LETTERS
	Why buy radio permits from KBC? Generics are not fake drugs Taken for a ride The Somali must work harder to return the nation to normal

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The week's EastAfrican.
Brokers Panic as NSE Index Hits Record Low MBrokers Panic as NSE Index Hits Record Low TRADING IN equities at the Nairobi Stock Exchange has slowed to a crawl, threatening the very survival of some of the stockbrokers at the mart. We Hear You, Washington Tells Besigye UNITED STATES officials say they are "troubled" by the harassment of political opponents of the Uganda government, particularly Col Kizza Besigye and his supporters.	Dar 'Very Close' to HIPC Funds THE TANZANIA HAS come "very close" to meeting all conditions necessary to assure a continuous flow of debt relief funds from donor countries under the Enhanced Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) facility. Maasai Want a Say in Mara Cheetah Project ALARMED BY the steady decline of the cheetah population in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, the Kenya Wildlife Service, the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) and a Swedish ecotourism company, Ecotravel Group Ltd, have started a $32,000 project to save the cat from decline.
Edition for September 10- September 16, 2001

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