Coastweek Newspaper Vol 41 No 23 (June 22-28,2018)

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Inside this issue: Mombasa-Nairobi madarak express rail is big success:China’s top political advisor hails Mombasa-Nairobi railway, calling for enhanced co-operation with Kenya, Kenya bourse key index surge on bullish stocks: The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) benchmark Index went up 24 points on Monday supported by a surge in share prices of large stock, with the rise attributed to foreigners buying various stocks, New move steps up commercial oil production with 200 kenya oil wells: Kenya’s National Treasury is working with the private sector to invest in the development of 200 oil wells to facilitate the flow of 60,000-80,000 barrels of oil daily from fields of Turkana in northwest region, EU Navfor hosting major counter piracy exercise off Somalia coast: EU NAVFOR champions the cooperation and coordination of efforts with civilian and military partners to combat piracy; events such as the recent Counter-piracy Exercise with the Multi-National Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) demonstrate this