Coastweek Newspaper Vol 39 No 12 (April 1-7,2016)

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Tourism stakeholders urge Britain to Lift Lamu travel warming: Lamu or Lamu Town is a small town on Lamu Island, Which in turn is a part of the lamu Archipelago on the Kenya North Coast. It is the headquarters of Lamu county and a UNESCO world heritage site. Lamu is Kenya oldest continually inhabited town, and was one of the original Swahili settlements along Coastal East Africa, founded in 1370.The Town contains the Lamu Fort on the seafront , Which commenced construction under Fumo Madi ibn Abi Bakr, the Sultan of Pate, and was completed after he died in the early 1820s.Lamu is also home to 23 mosques, including the Riyadha Mosque, built in 1990, and a donkey sanctuary. Expatriate teachers from dubai jet into Mombasa for a holiday: Coast tourism got a rare surprise visit when a group of top expatriate teachers from Dubai jetted into Moi International Airport, Mombasa last week as the easter festivities set in- Reports Titus Musau. Tamarind Mombasa activities in April: The Month of April comes with very refreshing interesting and exciting activities at the Tamarind.