https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/938 2026-04-16T07:35:49Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/977 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 39 (September 26-October 2,1980) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issure: Council budget hit by delays: Prospects of an end to the financial woes at Town Hall seem no closer as the Municipal Council of Mombasa enters the fourth quarter of the current financial year, Soviet casualities mount uo in Afghanistan: Washington-The tempo of fighting in Afghanistan has increased over the past two months, with Soviet troops bearing the brant of battle against the insurgents as the Afghan army continues to disintegrate, Kwale farm fears over wildlife: Kwale-The Ministry of Environment and Natural Recourses has been called upon to find a permanent solution to stop the ever-increasing wildlife menace in Kwale district, Low income housing for malind town: Malindi (K.N.A.) -The Malindi Town Council and the National Housing Corporation have jointly launched a big low-income housing project in the township at a cost of Shs. 3,626,000, Comoro-kenya trade should be increased: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -Ample opportunities exist through which trade ties between Comoro Islands and Kenya can be intensified, Mayor says self-help may answer unemployment: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -Wananchi living in Mombasa who have no formal way of earning their living have been advised to form themselves into groups and start small businesses which could be of economic benefit to them, Here’s three U.S. sailors that they’ll never forget: Three sailors from U.S.S. Conolly (DD-979), a United States Navy Warship on a routine port visit to Mombasa were rushed to Mombasa hospital Tuesday morning to save a young child’s life, Holy land tour: Aerial Lowe, secretary of the New Catholic Makupa Church Harambee Committee, left Mombasa yesterday to fulfill a life-long wish, that of visiting a holy land, A visit to the pate runs: The worst sound in an airplane is silence. Not long-ago Col Mike Badger’s single-engined Beaver coughed and spluttered and went quiet, First call for the coffee trader: On her first visit to Mombasa is the 7,600 on gross Manta Line vessel Coffee Trader. 1980-09-26T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/976 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 38 (September 19-25,1980) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Nyali bridge up for sale? A cause for speculation: Amid strong rumours that the old Nyali bridge had been brought and may be re-opened again, many of its patrons assembled at the Tamarind Restaurant on September 30 to wish it fond farewell before it officially closed, Institute of technology discussion: Mombasa (K.N.A.) _The people of the coast province have been urged to adopt and foster a new spirit of commitment to the coast institute of technology (C.I.T.) if the project is to come off the ground, Muslims urged to educate families: Mombasa (K.N.A.) _ Kenya Muslims have been urged to utilize fully the education facilities offered equally to all citizens of this country under the able leadership of president Daniel Arap Moi who has received great support from all Arabs and Islamic nations of the world, Industry for the rural areas: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -The main aim of the Kenya Industrial Estates (K.I.E.) is to take industries to the people in the rural areas, More tourists visiting Mombasa and Malindi: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -Kenya has been described as lucky in that it is the only foreign country which despite her economic difficulties affecting most European countries has had an increase in the number of tourists bookings for the forthcoming high seasons beginning in November, What the archeologists found at the pate island site: Mark Horton, archeologist from Cambridge University England, who led a team of workers and scientists excavating the remains of the early port of Shanga, Pate Island, Muslim council quandry: The present leaders of the Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims seem to have developed a negligent kind of attitude towards the interest of Muslims who have been plunged into problematic situations. 1980-09-12T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/975 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 37 (September 12-18,1980) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Gangsters raid town center: A new wave of armed robbery spilled over to the heart of Mombasa when a six-man gang broke into a shop along Nyerere Avenue and made away with property worth Shs. 183,000, Pilgrims of the haj set for mecca: A group of coast Muslims flew out from the Moi International Airport on Wednesday as the holy trek to mecca gained momentum this week, Crackdown on tiwi-waa crime wave: Mombasa (K.N.A.) _Residents of Tiwi and Waa in Diani Location, Kwale District have declared war against hooliganism and all sorts of crime and assured Kwale D.C. Mr. Isaack Lukalo than that in the month they may have wiped out prostitutes, bhang smokers and hooligan, Spanish village fair aids diani disabled: Proceeds from stalls run by hotel guests at Spanish Village Fairs at Robinson Baobab club Hotel, Diani, has benefited Kenya’s National Fund for the disabled by Shs.5,000 in response to president Moi’s appeal, U.K television star enjoys a kenya holiday: Holidaying on the Kenya coast recently was Trevor Bannister, a well known T.V. and stage star from Britain accompanied by his wife Pamela, Changamwe drama club to launch coast tour: Drama is the sole instrument for cultural development and preservation, Communication students film mkomani clinic: Students from the Film Production Department of the Kenya Institute of Mass Communication were in Mombasa last week filming the mkomani Harambee Health Clinic for showing on V.O.K. 1980-09-12T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/974 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 36 (September 5-11,1980) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Mayor stoms at inhuman actions: As the sensitive issue of squatters reared its ugly face in Mombasa the Mayor Council Rajab Sumba has assured the public that his Council “may never condone nor undertake wrongful demolition of people’s houses, Lets save the nyali bridge: The announcement that the old Nyali Bridge closes at the end of September has shocked many residents who regard this nearly 50-year-old pontoon bridge-one of the largest floating bridges in the world -as not only a great attraction but a part of the history and development of the coast, Islamic mass media forming new agency: Mombasa (K.N.A.)-The first International Islamic Mass Media Conference that recently ended in the Indonesian capital of Jarkata has resolved to form a non -government Islamic news agency to be based in Mecca-Saudi Arabia -under the direction of the Muslim world league (Rabita) also based in Saudi Arabia, Tourism minister on future trends: This the popularity of the Kenya Coast as a tourist paradise that the low season has virtually disappeared and with it has come an urgent need for more hotel beds, A long memory of the bridge: With eleven days to go the closing of the pontoon bridge, several people have asked if a any ceremony or farewell party is planned to mark the end of this historic connection between Mombasa and the north coast, Kenyans make a name on eye of the wind: Barack Wasuna (20-years-old and from the Limuru Boys Center) and Mwinyi Japan (23-years-old and a ship’s officer) are the two Kenyans ‘Young Explorers’ who are presently on board the Eye of the Wind with the two year-round -the -world expedition, ‘Operation Drake’. 1980-09-05T00:00:00Z