Coastweek Newspaper Vol 7 No 1 (January 6-12,1984)

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Inside this issue: Record prices on tea: Prices for Kenyan tea have sowed up to new heights in this week’s Mombasa Tea Auctions, fetching Shs. 53/90 per kilo in a new eighty-year record peak price; Tanzanians beginning to cross border:Several hundred Tanzanians visited Mombasa and the coast for Christmas, new year and Maulidi celebrations, following the successful re-opening of the Tanzania-Kenya boarder six weeks ago; President Moi visit kilifi: Kilifi (KNA) An assistant minister for culture and social services Mr. Noah Katana Ngala has confirmed that president Daniel Arap Moi has accepted the visit of women groups from Kilifi to his Kabarak home on 10 January; New babies at coast: Major hospitals in the coast province registered a total of seven births for the new year; Main enemy ok kenya; I wish to congratulate series of six radio programs in the Ulimwengu wa vitabu in the National Service of the Voice of Kenya which discussed the evils of tribalism and as the arch-enemy of progress in this nation; Clean up rubbish: I write on behalf of the residents of Wachangamwe Streets (Old Town), regarding the stench and filth left decaying and uncollected in the gutters and septic tanks on the door steps of our residences; Third manta line ship arrested in Mombasa: The third Manta line vessel to be arrested entered port over the Christmas weekend; Risala za mwaka mpya: Mkuu wa mkoa wa wilaya ya pwani Bwana D. Galgalo ametoa wito kwa wapwani waendelee kuishi kwa amani, umoja na kupendana na wazidishe bidi katika shughuli za ujenzi wa taifa; SGS ya wiki lamu: Kamati ya shirikisho la kandanda (K.F.F.) tawi dogo la wilaya ya Lamu limeombwa litengeneze uwanja wenye manyasi ikiwa na nia ya kuinua hali ya wanasoka kisiwani humi;‘Vryheid’ wins new trophy: A race for the New Year’s Cup was held from the Mombasa Yatch Club on Sunday over a predominantly ebb tide with a north easterly wind of around Force Three with stronger guts coming in an irregular pattey.