Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 50 (December 7-13,1979)

Abstract

Inside this issue; Dry times ahead: About 30-40 per cent more water is needed to end the current water shortage in Mombasa. Tourism up in the Seychelles: Despite experiencing a decrease of visitors from certain tourists’ markets, the latest figures released last week to a Kenyan press group on the amount of visitors alighting on Seychelles shores show an increase over last year’s Mid-east flights open new trade route to Kenya: Kenyan tourism and export to the Middle East have received a major boost with the advent of two non-stop flights a week from Nairobi to Dubai by Pakistan International Airline every week from December. Some prices actually go down with time: Although we live in an inflationary era and prices are rising all the time, some goods have actually fallen in price in real terms in recent years. DIE ALTSTADT: WO MOMBASA BEGANN Hier vermischt sich der penetrante Geruch von trocknendem Fisch mit dem aromatischen Duft teurer Parfumessenzen, das Geraeusch schrill aufheulender Fraesmaschinen unterbricht sporadisch den gleichmaessigen, monotonen Gesang der Lasten tragenden Hafenarbeiter. Mchuano wa uchaguzi mkuu bado lamu-mzamil: Aliyekuwa mbunge wa Lamu Bwana M.O. Mzamil alisema kwamba hakutosheka na matokeo ya uchaguzi huko Lamu na kwamba amechukua hatua ya kisheria kutaka mahakama irudishe tena uchaguzi mkuu huko katika Sehemu ya Lamu mashariki.