Coastweek Newspaper Vol 41 No 9 (March 16-22,2018)

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Inside this issue: All we are saying is give peace a chance: Experts at the international think tank on Tuesday welcomed a political truce between Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga and urged them to use such gesture to yield meaningful change, First lady launches strategic plan to fight cancer: Lady Margaret Kenyatta on Thursday launched a second strategic plan for her campaign dubbed “beyond Zero,” and vowed to fight cancer and maternal and child mortality, President Uhuru launches doctorial scholarship: President Uhuru Kenyatta on Monday launched doctoral scholarship program named after him which is fully sponsored by the Chinese government, Kenya open gets huge boost from government: The Government, through National sports fund officially announced a Kenya shillings 50 Million partnership towards the 50th edition of the Kenya Open Tournament, Secondary schools stage tax conventions in Mombasa: Over 200 secondary school students participated in the Kenya Revenue tax convention on Saturday, 10th March at technical University of Mombasa, SGR bound cargo shows steady growth through Mombasa port: Total container yard population at the port of Mombasa rose from 13,974 Twenty foot equivalent Units (TEUs)to 20,411 TEUs in the week ended February 28th .