Coastweek Newspaper Vol 2 No 13 (March 30-April 5,1979)

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Inside this Issue: Kibaki aids kisauni project:The Coast and Mombasa’s Harambee meeting of the year may take place on Sunday at 2.00p.m. in the ground of Frere Town Primary School, Kisauni (Mombasa) and the guest of honor may be none but his Excellency the Vice President and Minister for Finance, Hon. Mwai Kibaki; Errol on flood;The simple joys of fresh Herbs; Herbs:A variety of aromatic plants which enhance food; Aga khan scouts 50 year jubilee:H.H. The Aga Khan Boy Scouts Group, known as 2nd Mombasa (Aga Khan) Group is this week celebrating 50 years of its establishment; Mombasa movies: ‘The Amazing Dobermans’; Asian films;‘Kasme Vaade’; Postal problems: There appears to be something seriously wrong with the processing, dispatch and delivery of postal articles between Mombasa and Nairobi post offices; Spelling out the treaty:The Israeli Knesset has overwhelmingly endorsed the Israeli-Egypt treaty (although some members voted without enthusiasm and the minority was vociferously opposed) and President Carter has called the action a “voice for peace”; Kilindini port as a strategic base: The strategic importance of Mombasa and its use outside port limits for repairs, crew change, etcetera on the vital tanker shipping route to and from the Arabian gulf; Money with garry Bradley: Readers may be by now have recovered from their initial shock of their January and February electricity bill; Reseach vessel: The M.V. Kaskazi – a marine research vessel belonging to the Zanzibar based Institute of Marine Sciences is to be commissioned in May; Dateline : Nairobi / Dar es salama:If anybody deserves the title, journalist-of -the -year, Blamuel Njururi-for his investigative reports in the Nairobi Times on the Ken-Ren scandal, the V.O.K. air freighted equipment which eventually burned itself out at Ngong to mention a few – is the man; Myster of the acient footprint: Another father in the cup of archaeology in Tanzania; Micro-fossils-new discovery:The unearthing of some ancient rocks in Greenland and a female skeleton in North eastern Ethiopia may necessitate some re-writing of scientific textbooks, says their discoveries; Sonntag fruehschoppen jazzkonzert:Jeden zweiten soontag im monat finden im Robinson Baobab Hotel an der Suedkueste Jazzkonzert statt; ulevi wahatarisha maendeleo:Ulevu wa kupindukia unahatarisha Maisha na maendeleo na Kenya imekuwa na ongezeko la asilimia 130 kati ya mwaka 1972-1976 katika utumizi wa tembo; Musizushe mizozo ya kidini: Mkuu wa mkoa wa Pwani Bwana Eliud Mahihu ameishauri jamii ya kibohora nchini Kenya kuendelea na juhudi za kuhifadhi amani na umoja katika kutekeleza mafunzo ya dini na kuepukana na mitindo ya kuhatarisha Amani; New A.V.A volleyball club: The current Coast Volleyball League is well of the start with 22 teams fighting for top honors; Safari sponsors: A call to sponsoring to assist African drivers in the Safari Rally was made by the managing director of Pan African Paper Mills (E.A.) Ltd, Mr. Eric Knott, when he presented a cheque for Shs. 30,000/= to Jeff Kimaru, one of the leading African Participants in the Rally; Two selected for perth tour: Two coast hockey players have been selected for the national side which may tour Australia next month and take part in an international tour nament in perth; Mixed blessings: This year’s rugby scene has got a lot of mixed blessings coupled with the prevailing malady which often has been the failure to honor fixtures; M.S.C. 80 year’ young: It is most probable that Mombasa Sports Club are the oldest football club in Kenya, or even in East Africa; Sports club PIP Jaffery Mombasa sports club confirmed their claim as the top club at the coast last Sunday with a comfortable away win over Jaffery sports club by 67 runs; Coast youth impress at nation sports meet: A number of Kenya secondary school national tournaments were held in Mombasa early this week; Mombasa team tours Tanzania:Mwenge football club may tour Tanga this weekend for friendly matches against local sides, Mwenge has toured Tanga in 1976.