Coastweek Newspaper Vol 35 No 29 (August 3-9,2012)

Abstract

Transport costs saddle economy - reported by Xinhua correspondent. Ben Ochieng and David Musyoka: It takes 28 days to move a 40ft container from the port of Shanghai, China, to Mombasa at a cost of 600 dollars, it takes 41 days for the same container to reach Bujumbura from Mombasa at a cost of 8.000v dollars. Food ration distribution in Kwale for Ramadhan: The holy month of Ramadhan provides an opportunity for spiritual training, revitalization, personal evaluation, acquiring the positive and undoing the wrong. Officials dismiss fears of any Ebola outbreak: Health officials have dismissed fears of a possible outbreak of Ebola in the East African nation after 14 people died and 36 suspected cases have been diagnosed in neighboring Uganda last week.