HE Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz al-Kuwari, Adviser to HH the Emir and Qatar’s candidate for the post of the director-general of the Unesco left Doha yesterday for Nairobi, Kenya.
During his visit to Kenya, Dr al-Kuwari, who is also the president of the 13th United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), will hand over the presidency of the 14th session of UNCTAD to Kenya’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Amina C Mohamed.
Kenya is scheduled to take over the presidency of UNCTAD during the opening of the 14th session of the conference which will see as well a speech delivered by HE Dr Hamad al-Kuwari on the important achievements during the presidency of Qatar.

76 violations of hygiene rules detected during Eid al-Fitr
The health inspection departments at Doha Municipality and Al Rayyan Municipality detected 76 violations involving food products during the Eid al-Fitr period.
According to local Arabic daily Arrayah, the inspectors were keen to intensify their efforts during the Eid days to exercise tighter control on food outlets and eateries and ensure that these followed health and hygiene standards.
Officers conducted 112 inspection tours in the Al Rayyan Municipality area in the said period, detecting 31 violations of health regulations. These included the use and display of expired food products.
Similarly, 45 violations were found in the Doha Municipality area, mostly at eateries that were not keen on strictly following health standards, the daily said.

Expatriate acquitted of theft charge
A Doha Criminal Court has acquitted an Ethiopian expatriate of charges of stealing the wallet of another man.
According to local Arabic daily Arrayah, the victim told the court that he ran into the defendant one night while walking and discovered soon after that he had lost his wallet containing QR29,000.
He later identified the man from among a group of suspects with similar features and characteristics, the daily said.
However, the defendant was able to prove to the court that at the time of the said crime, he was in police custody - along with some friends - as suspects in a pick-pocketing case.
Eventually, the court acquitted him for lack of evidence.