a worried woman the times and widow and mother of one took a business risk that has left her devastated in early november her deal chicks were burnt alive by her country's authorities in among a town on the border between kenya and tanzania. i thought i'd try out the poultry business so i took out a loan of about three thousand eight hundred euros i bought the chicks in kenya to sell them here and i russia but when i got to the kenya tanzania border point and anger they said the chicks had to be destroyed because they could house the bird flu all six thousand four hundred of them were killed here for their communities living in east african border towns usually move freely from one country to another some families even split their time between two countries mary thought this was an asset for her new business. tanzania banned the importation of livestock from neighboring countries in two thousand and seven this year it's had an extra push in