https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/60 2026-04-26T15:33:41Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/186 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 7 No 7 (February 17-23,1984) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue:’Repair plan’ for Mombasa Nairobi road: A team of Norwegian experts and engineers from the ministry of transport and communication are meeting today in Mombasa to decide the fate of the portion of the Mombasa-Nairobi Road which collapsed two years ago:Tourism minister at coast meeting: The minister for tourism and wildlife Mr. Maina Wajigi. MP. May be the guest speaker at the annual general meeting of the Mombasa and coast tourist association which takes place at Nyali Beach Hotel on February 24 at 5p.m; Mombasa bank wins top award: Last year saw in improvement in the standard of service given by branches of Barcklays Bank of Kenya; Discrimination against coast province drivers:We may shortly be able to mark the second anniversary of the closing of the main Mombasa-Nairobi Road where it runs north of the Refinery:Cruise ships visit kenya: Mombasa welcomed a big influx of 740 tourists who arrived on two cruise ships -the Sagafford and Odessa for a two-day visit to Kenya; Addis ababa talks on the Mombasa –lagos highway: The fourth meeting of the Governing Council of the Lagos- Mombasa Highway Authority has been hosted at Africa Hall, headquarters of the Economic Commission for Africa (E.C.A.); Wimbi la matatizo laikumba baraza adai mahru: Baraza la Lamu lilijaribu liwezavyo kuwafahamisha wafanyakazi sifa waliofutwa kazi tatizo la hali ya fedha za mishahara zilizokumba Baraza hilo lakini wafanyakazi hao hawakutaka kusikiliza kwani walighilibiwa na watu nje ya kutokana na tafauti za “kisiasa” na wakakata katakata kufanya kazi na ndipo hatua ya kuwasimamisha kazi ikachukuliwa kwao.Baobab”; Sunset trophy game: Last Sunday, Mombasa golfers played the Sunset Trophy Nyali; Mombasa harriers lead vistors on a ‘pretty chase…’ A hash to beat all previous hashes- that was the unanimous verdict after the last hash when the Mombasa Hash House Harriers hosted the Nairobi Harriers last Saturday 1984-02-07T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/70 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 7 No 8 (February 24-March 1,1984) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue : Big building for Mombasa: Construction work worth more than 250 million shillings is now underway in a series of major office block and business premises developments along Mombasa’s busy Nkrumah Road; Kosgey and ng’eny boost nandi fund: The managing director of the Kenya Posts and Telecommunications Corporation, Mr. Kipng’eno arap Ng’eny has appealed to parents and students in Tinderet constituency to take education seriously as it constitutes one of the most important national assets in Kenya; ‘Swahili is the right answer’: His excellency president Moi’s wife wise decision of making Swahili an examinable subject for the standard eight examination may give the language a great opportunity for further growth: Mtihani wa Kiswahili: Shauri la hekima na busara lilitolewa na Mtukufu Raisi Moi kwamba Kiswahili kiwe ni funza la kufanyiwa mtihani katika katika kidato cha nane limekifanya Kiswahili kipanuke kwa njia kubwa; Mombasa harriers may visit Nairobi: With the Nairobi Hashers visit over and done with a slightly longer than usual break, it’s back on the trial once again for Mombasa’s Hash House Harriers this Monday; AFC Leopards for coastal visit: The East and Central Africa Club champions AFC Leopards have confirmed their coming to Mombasa to play a series of friendly matches and also to demonstrate the trophy they won in Nairobi early this month. 1984-02-24T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/69 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 7 No 6 (February 10-16,1984) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Flight for dar travel: More than 100 Air Travelers, including tourists, may fly aboard Kenya Airways D.C.9 from Mombasa on Sunday March 4 to Tanzania in the National Carriers inaugural flight to Dar es Salaam, almost four months after signing of the Arusha Accord and the opening of the Kenya-Tanzania boarder ; Hotels protest over power price increase; Hotels protest over power price increase:Coast branch of Kenya Association of Hotel Keepers’ and Caterers has firmly endorsed the recent protest by the Mombasa and coast tourist Association against proposed electricity tariff increases; Tea prices drop 30 per cent as demand falls off sharply: Prices for Kenya Tea in this week’s East African Tea Auction in Mombasa dropped sharply, fetching Kshs. 45/- per kg from Kshs. 65/- a couple of weeks ago; Record entry for Nissan-dobie coast championship; A record entry of 82 participants may take part in the Nissan-Dobie floating trophy competition.;Adriane leads Mombasa cup: The second of three races for the Mombasa cup was sailed in the fresh North Easterly breeze over a strong flood tide on Sunday; Coast hockey training at Aryan club: Coast hockey players from all clubs and schools have been asked by the coast hockey association to attend training at Aryan sports ground in preparation for the provincial combined team to take part in the annual Tata cup competition in Nairobi next weekend. 1984-02-16T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/67 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 7 No 5 (February 3-9,1984) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue : ‘ Budget deficit’: The hard-up Mombasa council budget for 1984 is facing a huge deficit amounting to over Ksh. 45 million; Mayor meets war grave commissar: Mombasa (KNA) The government of Kenya maintains the commonwealth war graves because they were reminded of a tough historical past that the present peace has been built on; U.S. Sailors clean up at polio clinic: The port Reitz Polio Clinic was visited by crew members of USS Yosemite which paid a short visit to Mombasa; Crake down on makupa crime: This morning as I was coming to work very safe in my car, I saw something that made my blood boil; Swahili culture on show: The prominence being given to the Swahili culture by the museum for Ethnology in Munich must be a source of pride to many people of the coast; Colombo port authorities arrest notorious pardesi; The notoriety attaching to the Pardesi when she slipped out of Kilindini last year whilst under arrest is now well known and never to be forgotten local maritime history; Mashabiki: haifai kusingiziz uchawi baada ya kushindwa: Nikiwa mmoja wa waandishi waliohusika na kuripoti michuano inayoendelea ya kugombania Kombe la Klabu bingwa za Afrika mashariki na kati katika kundi “B” ambalo Mombasa, nilihuzunishwa sana na kitendo cha baadhi ya mashabiki wa AFC Leopards cha kumtisha mpiga picha mashuhuri, Bw. Caesar Maddanganha eti kwa madai ndiye “aliyesababisha timu yetu kushindwa 1-0 na timu ya Berec Powers Packs kutoka Malawi.”Thrills and spills in the kilindini cup sailing finals: Strong winds with some erratic gusts provided very testing conditions for the competitors and boats in the second and final race for the Kilindini cup last Sunday. 1984-02-03T00:00:00Z