https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/1465 2026-05-05T17:28:59Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/1491 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 41 No 19 (May 25-31,2018) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Aga khan academy Mombasa graduates win top university placement and scholarships: Aga Khan Academy Mombasa has commemorated its 12th graduation on 19 May 2018, celebrating 76 graduating Students who have been offered over USD 6 million (600,000,000 KES) in scholarships and financial aid to some of the world’s top universities, including Yale University, Brown University, University Collage of London (UCL), University of Melbourne, University of Toronto and McGill University, Newcomers add extra sparkle to Africa concours d’elegance: Newcomers with cars which have not been seen before at the Nairobi Rece course will add sparkle to the CBA Africa Concours d’ Elegance which is rated as the classiest event on the Kenya motorsports calenda, Ramadhan food distribution in kwale: During the month of Ramadhan. Muslims around the world are monetary form, kindness or good deeds, Lamu plan construction cleanest coal-fired power plants in Africa: Kenya’s proposed 2 billion U.S. dollars Lamu Coal Power plant that will be built by China Power Global will be the cleanest coal fired power plant in Africa. 2018-05-25T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/1490 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 41 No 18 (May 18-24,2018) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Brilliant Narali Bharat Kumar Mavdia acknowledge best kenya student: Nirali Bharat Kumar Mavdia has successfully completed the Association of Chartered Certified Accountant (ACCA) qualification, securing Position 1 in Kenya and 4th worldwide in his final ACC Paper P-7 Advanced Audit and Assurance in March 2018, Egg prices rise as rains hit supply: A drop in supply of eggs in Kenya following declined production in the last weeks has led to a significant increase in prices, Lions club of Mombasa pwani scoops 20 awards: On 28th April 2018 the Lions Club of Mombasa Pwani scoops the award for the best club at the 15th Multiple District Conventions held in Kampala, Kenya domestic dept hits record S.S $ billion dollars: Kenyan domestic dept rose by 436 million U.S. dollars in the last one month amid intense selling of government securities. The surge saw the total domestic dept clock 24. 1 billion dollars at the start of May, up from 23. 7 billion dollars at the end of March. 2018-05-18T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/1489 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 41 No 17 (May 11-17,2018) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Renovation for askari monument progressing well: There was a bit of a panic a few weeks ago when members of the public raised concern over vandalism of the Askari Monument in Mwembe Tayari when one of the three cast bronze plaques went missing, The amazing adventures of superstar: Meet the world’s, greatest and most unlikely Superhero in a comical musical directed by Aliya D’Sliva that’s packed with muscle and marvel, First cardiac electrophysiology program in east , central Africa launched at the aga khan hospital: The Aga Khan Hospital, Mombasa (AKHM) formally launching its cardiac Electrophysiology Program and Magnetic Resonance Imaging on Wednesday 2nd May and the chief guests was the County Executive for Health, Hon. Hazel Koitaba, Consumers abandon tomaotes as flood triple prices: A growing number of Kenyan families have cut the use of tomatoes or abandon the produce altogether as heavy rains disrupt supply, tripling retail prices. The commodity has become scarce in most of markets and prices increased sharply in the last two weeks pushing families to the edge. 2018-05-11T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/1488 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 41 No 16 (May 4-10,2018) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Children missing at their rescue boats capsizes in ranfing tana river: Two children are missing after a rescue boat they were in capsizes in coastal Tana River County, Floods escalate as relief agencies urge robust intervention: Ranging floods that have hit Kenya’s low-lying plains since the onset of the long rains seasons in mid-March could snowball into a human crisis unless intervention robust are put in place, Shillings slides against dollars before may day: Reported by Coastdrive with Teti Kamugunda: The Kenyan shillings started the week weaker on Monday against the U.S. dollars as it edged down ahead of the May Day holiday on Tuesday, Kenyans with loan sare worried lot as country fast-tracks rate cap removal: Kenyans who have commercial bank loans and mortgages are not a happy lot as plans to scrap caps on interest rates gain momentum in the East African nation. The removal of the ceiling on rates banks charge would see the citizens pay as high as 25 percent on normal loans and 20 percent on mortgages, Mombasa port receives largest container ship MV.MSC Portugal: The safe navigations into the Kilindini channel and docking of the 6000 Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) series container carrier Mv. MSC Portugal on Monday is a pointer towards realization of the dream by the Port of Mombasa for a world class facility. 2018-05-04T00:00:00Z