https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/30 2026-04-16T07:35:11Z 2026-04-16T07:35:11Z Coastweek, Newspaper https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/204 2023-09-18T09:01:15Z 1979-04-27T00:00:00Z

Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 17 (April 27-May 3,1979) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this Issue: Emergency airlift ordered: An emergency operation to airlift 25,000 tonnes of Burundi cargo piled up at the Dar es Salaam port may start next week. Mombasa welcomes return of dhows: A pungent smell of sun-dried fish permeates Mombasa’s Old Port revealing once again that many foreign dhows are around. Matano for y.w.c.a: The current Y.W.C.A. National Convention and Youth Conference concludes with a gala dinner and dance at the Oceanic Hotel, this weekend. Aga khan aids Islamic studies: His highness the Aga Khan, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University have announced a major program designed to conduct research on the contemporary problems and history of Islamic architecture. Indian ocean navy: Established January 1, 1949 Middle East force is the only permanently assigned U.S. Military force in the Indian Ocean area. The end for Idd Amin Dada: Idi Amin has been chased from his capital and the end of Uganda’s eight-year nightmare seems at hand. Sir Ernest Vasey: He worked as a miner in Lancashire as a black smith’s forge in Staffordshire and he sold newspapers on the streets; sometimes with only three pence (about a Kenyan 50-cent piece) in his pocket, Ernest Vasey had to make the decision: “Should I buy some food or a night’s sleep in a dosshouse?” DER VERGESSENE GARTEN EDEN Die Seychellen: wilde Schoenheit, vermischt mit einer Ansammlung von Kuriositaeten, Konzentriert auf einem Archipel botanischer Extravaganz. KIONGOZI MMOJA AHATARISHA MAENDELEO PWANI Naibu mkuu wa mkoa pwani Bwana Timothy Mwakisha ameonya kwamba wana siasa wenye lengo la kuharibu maendeleo ya pwani wata kabiliwa nahatua na kwamba watadhihirishwa kwa wananchi ili wawatambue kuwa ni hatari kwa maendeleo.

1979-04-27T00:00:00Z Coastweek, Newspaper https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/203 2023-09-18T08:51:40Z 1979-04-20T00:00:00Z

Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 16 (April 20-26,1979) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this Issue: Safari rally aces: The dust settles, the deeply scored tyre marks fade, tents and banners are taken down and the 1979 Safari moves from the newspaper headlines to the record books. Qadhafi-Moscows Munitions man in Africa: The Libyan leader. Col. Gadhafi is maintaining his reputation for rash and unpredictable behavior. Full sto Bertozzi in Kenya: Taking a short six-day holiday in Kenya is Arno Bertozzi, president of Hotelplan-an international travel organization with its head office in Zurich Switzerland, which made history 17 years ago by being the first European tour operator to introduce charter services here, thus spearheading the fantastic growth of Kenya’s tourist industry. Thoughts on Uganda: The real-life nightmare Moussaka: Greek or Turk Mousseline: A name which is given to various preparations most of which have either large or small amounts of cream added to them. U.S. airline deregulation works. That must be the conclusion of millions of travelers who have traded a little elbow room for bargain rates, and of airlines that have turned full planes into healthy profits. Big dry-dock for Dar port: The Tanzania Harbors Authority (T.H.A.) may expand the existing dry dock facilities to enable it to build smaller crafts and services other crafts of up to 1,500 tonnes deadweight tonnes. Extensions ready at new palm tree Hotel: The New Palm Tree Hotel a member of the Mombasa and Coast Tourist Association, recently completed its extension of 22 modern rooms attached with toilets baths. The most so funny Idi Amin Dada: So much has been said about Amin the thug, tyrant, butcher, idiot, loud-mouthed hypocrite, etc. etc., there’s virtually not much that can be added by this columnist.

1979-04-20T00:00:00Z Coastweek, Newspaper https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/46 2023-08-31T08:31:07Z 1979-04-13T00:00:00Z

Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 15 (April 13-19,1979) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this Issue: Safari rally fatefully day:Mud mud and more mud. The prophets of doom have already decided that the ’79 Safari may slither to a water-logged halt! ; Waiyaki to open youth talk: Foreign Affairs Minister Dr. Munyua Waiyaki is expected to officially open the Y.W.C.A. National Convention and Youth Conference being hosted in Mombasa from April 25-29; Errol on flood:When a Goose is a Pig Macedoine: A mixture of diced vegetables or fruit which may be either raw or cooked; Mombasa movies: ‘Superman’; Asian films;‘Phaansi’; Sultan simba-a great Swahili king; Who issued the first set of postage stamps in East Africa? Who had a canal dug many miles long, which eventually resulted in diverting one of Keya’s largest rivers from its course?; Political assassination: The execution – political assassination, rather- of the former prime minister of Pakistan, Mr. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto has shocked the world, including we Kenyans; He possessed enrnmous talent: Zulfikar Ali Bhutto possessed enormous talents and intellectual energy; Insatiable appetite for second-hand tonnage;Far eastern appetite for secondhand tonnage seems insatiable and I refer to further trading and not the traditional Taiwan scrapyards; Tonnage decline: The total tonnage of dry general cargo handled at the port of Mombasa during March was 175,290 deadweight ; Coots clean up leading place:The second half of the Tudor Cup saw something to a melee in the vicinity of Nyali Bridge where yachts were tending to bunch following the slow passage out from Tudor and the restriction of the Bridge span to be used.

1979-04-13T00:00:00Z Coastweek, Newspaper https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/45 2023-08-31T08:12:38Z 1979-04-06T00:00:00Z

Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 14 (April 6-12,1979) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this Issue: Record tour year: Kenya’s tourist industry is booming and the estimated figure for gross tourist receipts in 1978 is around £67 million – an increase of £7million over the previous year; Royal visit: Queen Elizabeth-the symbolic head of the Commonwealth may visit Tanzania in July this year on her way to Zambia to attend the 40-nation Commonwealth summit conference in early August; Kibaki does it again: Vice President helped raise a record 580,863 shillings in aid of various projects in Mombasa North constituency at a packed fundraising meeting hosted at Kisauni over the weekend; Hellier heads coast hopefuls; The 27th Safari Rally is now less than a week away, and this is a good opportunity to look at the coast drivers involved. Full story page 18; Errol on flood: Ladies’ Fingers and LeeksLadies’ fingers: (see Okra also)A plant of the marrow family which is also known in the Far East and France as Bamia; Teachers’ art: A teachers Art Exhibition, the first of its kind to be held at Mombasa was officially opened by the Municipal Education Officer, Mr. I.M. Kavu, who said the standard of work was ‘very high; Mombasa movies: ‘Revenge of Shaolin Kid’; Asian films: ‘Kaala Sona’ ; Indusry minister opens coast travel terminal: Fleet of ten Peugeot vehicles plying between Nairobi and Mombasa only; Stopping the slaughter: There are few places in the world where one can spend the morning sailing on the ocean, and the afternoon watching a herd of elephants in their natural surroundings; Snakes leave no footprints: Anthropologist Mary D. Leakey has aroused our imaginations more than ever with the astonishing discovery in northern Tanzania of two sets of footprints 3.6 million years old; Money with garry Bradley: The balance of trade and the balance of payments have a profound effect on our lives and to a large extend determine the Government’s economic policy; U.K. port men tour kilindini: A three-man delegation from the port of Bristol Authority visited the Kenya Ports Authority recently and has discussions with top Kenya Ports Authority officers; Dateline: Nairobi/ Dar es salaam:Tanzania is to export 60 million shillings of leather to Hong Kong and a number of European Countries this year; Usha is back … and so are her fans: Meet Mr. and Mrs. Jani Uthup, a Calcutta tea broker and his wife, who flew into Nairobi the other day from India; Russian census : A state which occupies about one-sixth of the Earth’s land surface has just completed a census among its 260 million people, drawn from almost 120 nationalities; Botha feels betrayed: In South Africa regime feeling increasingly betrayed by the West, is being forced to take another hard look at the county’s future;Japan-industrial giant on the move:Touring snow-capped mount Fuji suddenly loomed beyond us, dark and dimly lit by the ‘rising moon’ as the jet liner approached Tokyo International Airport; Die safari kommt wieder! : Die 27. Safari Rallye steht vor der Tuer, und dies ist eine gute Gelegenheit, speziell auf die lokalen Teilnehmer von der Kueste einen genauen Blick zu werfen; Wapwani muko nyuma katika elimu –kibaki: Kwa Rais ambaye pia ni waziri wa hazina Bwana Mwai Kibaki aliwaambia wananchi wa pwani kinaganaga kwamba “wakati umefika kuambiana ukweli, vile ukweli ulivyo watu wa wilaya sita za pwani mko nyuma katika shughuli za elimu, na ni Taita Taveta pekee ambayo kidogo imefanya taratibu zilizokuwa haijambo”; Surprise cross-county win at kwale: In the coast province secondary school cross-country championship held at Kwale recently, St. Mary’s school Lushangonyi had a surprise win since they only arrived on the spur of the moment thanks to Father Dukes school at Wundanyi giving them a lift; Hughes sponsor squash journey: The cost open squash tournament may be played from April 12to 15 and once again it is being sponsored by Hughes Limited; Coast score badminton victory over Nairobi:Coast province is having great run- in badminton these days; Jaffery set to defend kana title journey:The Kana Cup Cricket Knockout Tournament take a start tomorrow with Jaffery A XI playing against Y.C.C. at Jaffery ground; Eastern tournament: We are coming up to the Easter Tournament which is staged annually at Royal Nairobi Golf Club; British sikh tour coast:Sikh Union Hockey Club of London, which is currently touring Kenya for various friendly matches, may play two matches in Mombasa next week; M.S.C. bleed to blake blad : In the first competitive rugby game for the Erick Shirley Shield, the Mombasa Sports Club XV fell to Kenyatta U. College’s Blak Blad by 31 points.

1979-04-06T00:00:00Z