By Kent Klein
White House
U.S. President Barack Obama and his visiting Egyptian counterpart, Hosni Mubarak, have expressed optimism over the possibility of moving forward on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mr. Mubarak has made his first visit to the White House in more than five years. Mr. Obama talked with Mr. Mubarak about efforts to move the [...]

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Sci Dev Net.
Nairobi — The Kenyan government has identified construction sites for a nuclear power plant — potentially the first on the continent outside South Africa.
Rolex Kirui, a senior engineer for the Kenyan government, says that one site has been identified near the Kenyan coast and construction is scheduled to begin once an ongoing environmental [...]

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KIBOS SUGAR TO GENERATE POWER
BY: JEFF OTIENO
Kibos Sugar Industry is to generate 25 mega watts of power out of which 22 mega watts will go to the National grid.
The fast growing Sugar firm is currently producing 3 mega watts for its own use but in a couple of weeks it will go the full throttle [...]

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BUTERE COURT ADJOURNS KIDEROS CASE
BY: JEFF OTIENO IN BUTERE
A case in which two people have been charged for threatening to kill Mumias Sugar Company Managing Director Dr. Evans Kidero was adjourned by Butere Principal Magistrate Benard Ochieng Ondego to September 4th 2009.
The adjournment came to fore when the complainant Dr. Evans Kidero failed to show [...]

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 HIV and AIDS Campaign
Press Release
Faith groups applaud proposed US rule to lift HIV travel ban
Introduction
Fifty-four churches and Christian organizations, networks of people living with HIV and individuals have sent a letter to the United States’ Department of Health and Human Services welcoming a proposed revision to current US regulations that ban people living with HIV [...]

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Row in Gem pits Midiwo against top scholars
By George Olwenya and Nicholas Anyuor
When news filtered into Gem constituency that the Government had granted it district status, residents sang and danced.
For the locals it was a blessing, as they would no longer travel to Siaya to seek Government services.
But barely a week after the creation of [...]

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