https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2105 Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:07:53 GMT 2026-04-22T12:07:53Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2145 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 4 No 39 (September 25-October 1,1981) Coastweek, Newspaper A big boost for tourism: The annual overseas holidaymakers early dash for the sun has coincided with the move by the government to devalue the Kenya shilling and is bringing the smile back to tour operators and hoteliers in Kenya weeks before the tourist season reaches its peak anticipation of a slow and anxious start to the season has been proved wrong and for a number of coast hotel’s the month of October is expected to be the best month ever- Reported by Gray Phombeah. Nakuru Scarlet to clash with Feisal: It is now Scarlet Football Club’s turn to visit Mombasa for Kenya national football league matches this weekend scarlet hail from Nakuru and tomorrow they will play Feisal and on Sunday they will take on Lake Warriors Both matches will be played at the municipal stadium from4p.m- Reported by Khiladi Hoshiarpuria Fri, 25 Sep 1981 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2145 1981-09-25T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2144 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 4 No 38 (September 18-24,1981) Coastweek, Newspaper World recession and escalating costs hit tours: The world recession a rigid policy on air charters escalating fuel prices unavailability of new saloon cars for hire fleet replacement and an increasingly competitive world tourist market are some of the major issues with which Kenya’s tour operators are faced with today. Lamu divorce rate cause for alarm: Lamu ( K.N.A.) the number of divorces in Lamu district has reached alarming proportions and the Department of Social Services has been called upon to seek ways of minimizing them. Australian Navy to visit new week: A further unit of the Royal Australian Navy, the destroyer HMAS ‘Hobart’’, is due to pay a courtesy\recreational call at Mombasa from the 23rd of September until the 8th of October this will be the third visit this year by Australian Navy who have become popular amongst ships of visiting foreign navies-Shipping with Walters. Fri, 18 Sep 1981 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2144 1981-09-18T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2143 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 4 No 37 (September 11-17,1981) Coastweek, Newspaper West German welfare group aid polio clinic: It was a great moment for the Port Reitz polio Clinic Mombasa when shs.36,000 was received from the Albert Schweitzer school hidden Germany- Reported by Neta Peal. Ships warned of threat from Tanga pirates: One of the regular Dutch flag callers to use Mombasa for many years has been the 10000-ton Nedlloyd Ebro on their service between east Africa and the northwest continent having outlived her usefulness to Nedlloyd she has now been sold to unnamed interests although probably for further trading as she is only 21 years old- Shipping John Walters. Fri, 11 Sep 1981 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2143 1981-09-11T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2142 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 4 No 36 (September 4-10,1981) Coastweek, Newspaper Arab-Kenya trade boost: Arab delegation for talks on new commerce chamber: Reported by Saleh AL-Ismailly from Muscat. Oil rig leaves port after an abortive visit: Reports from several sources have reached me with the hard-to-believe news that Mombasa’s long staying oil drilling rig western Apollo I will shortly be vacating Kilidini presumably with her two Smit Lloyd consorts for Sri Lankan waters and not Kenyan waters and that a substitute drill ship will take her place- Shipping with John Walters, Fri, 04 Sep 1981 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/2142 1981-09-04T00:00:00Z