Coastweek Newspaper Vol 8 No 28 (July 5-11,1985)

Abstract

Inside this issue: Major road repair plan: The Ministry of Transport and Communications with the help of Norwegian expertise, is winning the four-year-old battle to reclaim the damaged portion of the main Mombasa-Nairobi at a cost of Kshs. 10 million; ‘A legacy of economic distortion’ A legacy of economic distortion is the main reason most developing countries may fail to reach real or inflation adjusted growth rates of up to 7 percent or more over the long run that should otherwise be possible says a report issued in Paris by the Group of Trinity; Don’t forget old town: Many of Mombasa’s roads have been repaired and newly tarred, but Old Town’s Old Kilindini Road seems to have been left out; Historical party poll: At the end of the day it is the people of Kenya who have won by exercising their rights to elect leaders of their choice and seeing true democracy, in a continent torn by wars, drought and dictatorships, at work.