https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/233 Mon, 04 May 2026 01:00:35 GMT 2026-05-04T01:00:35Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/261 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 22 (May 30-June 5,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Coast rain forest must be saved: The Arabuko-Sokoke Forest Reserve must not be excised, Hon. Mulu Mutisya, chairman of the permanent presidential commission for soil conservation and afforestation has said; Crown paints ‘beautify’ Mombasa: A very important gift in the ‘Beautify Mombasa’ campaign has come from Crown Paints which donated much needed white and yellow paints; Special report: Simba Colts Motors have recently been appointed the sole distributors for the Cummins Onan generator sets in Kenya; World listing: Nairobi talks focus on preserving unique cultural heritage of Kenyan coast; Security situation ‘ back to normal’ in northern kenya: During the past few months there has been apprehensions over the security situation and in Northern Kenya in particular; Coastdrive: Large heavy commercial vehicles and public service vehicles have been in the news lately especially where multiple fatalities have been involved; Sailing notes: Light winds greeted the 18 sailors when they arrived at the Yacht Club on Wednesday, May 21 to sail the 16th ‘Off Season’ Trophy race; All set for the tamarind open sea swimming gala on Sunday: Preparations for this year’s Tamarind sponsored open sea swimming Gala are in full gear with all roads leading to Fort Jesus sea front. Fri, 30 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/261 1997-05-30T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/260 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 21 (May 23-29,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Good year for port: The Port of Mombasa handled 431, 283 tonne of grains, fertilizers and other foodstuffs in the first quarter of this year, according to the Kenya Ports Authority; Wonderful work with kwale district eye centre: The chairman of Kwale district Eye Center, Mr. Ken Martin, has stressed the need for improved eye care in the district; Fishing notes: Everything is mixed up on the water sport scene here at the moment; Coastdrive: It is quite surprising how often those involved in projects give very little thought to how their activities may impact on Joe Public;Cricket:coast Gymkhana club hosted two glorious Sundays on their new turf wicket; Soccer scene: Kenya federation coast branch has invited all those interested in becoming football referees to enroll for a three week course to be run between May 31 and June 21 at a venue in Mombasa; Rugby sevend:This year’s Driftwoods Sevens may be on the May 31 to June 1. Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/260 1997-05-23T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/259 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 20 (May 16-22,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Time to clean up Mombasa: Tourist Association making town more attractive; Coast squash players join Zambian tourney: Selisho Masambo of Zambia won the Barclays Invitational Squash Tournament at the Nairobi club last weekend edging out Ahmed Baraka of Egypt 3-2 in the finals; Unique internet service from ‘form -net africa’ The Internet is basically a global computer network that connects millions of computers around the world in seamless manner; Our heritage of faith: Shakespeare wrote in Henry VI that: “Delays have dangerous ends” but how encouraging to know that divine delay are always beneficial since they develop virtues in the one waiting; Goldf news: All the golfing action took place at the Mombasa golf club last weekend and conditions could not have been more in contrast than those of the previous Saturday and Sunday; Some exicting races sailed with an unusually high tide;Having watched the trees bowling wildly all afternoon sailors turned up for Wednesday evenings race looking forward to some challenging sailing. Fri, 16 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/259 1997-05-16T00:00:00Z https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/258 Coastweek Newspaper Vol 20 No 19 (May 9-15,1997) Coastweek, Newspaper Inside this issue: Cash boost to water project: Mrs. Constance Wanini, a 30-year-old mother of four, sighs as she purposefully waits in line to fill her three litres debe with water; Coastdrive: Some people get surprised when seemingly stable objects turn turtle; Fishing notes: I never thought that I would be able to do ‘fresh water’ sailing on the Kenyan coast … but it happened on Sunday; Bodywise by nova: When it comes to “fat burning”, theories and misconceptions abound; Soccer scene: Nyoka FC, Railway FC and VecZuller FC are currently leading the three major leagues organized by the Mombasa District KFF sub branch officex; Golf news: The unrelenting rain of the previous three day eased only for a short while last Saturday when the Ladies at Nyali and the Men at Mombasa played their monthly Medal competitions; Rama vyombo shakes up sailors in his rolls Royce: It was very pleasing to sea 11 boats out in the Eighth ‘Off Season Cup’ with seven Cadets sailing in the most uninviting weather. Fri, 09 May 1997 00:00:00 GMT https://coastweek.tum.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/coastweek/258 1997-05-09T00:00:00Z