Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 15 (April 11-17,1980)

Abstract

Inside thus issue: Loans for housing: Malindi has an immense squatter problem which the Malindi Town Council hopes to ameliorate through a “controlled squatter housing unit “for some 400 people, a plan for which is being forwarded to the Ministry of Local Government for approval, Dockers go to polls: Juma Boy looked poised to retain his post as the secretary general of the powerful Dock Workers Union in the May 5 elections race hotted up in Mombasa this week, Shailendra sings: Over the week, Mombasa was the scene of two shows from Shailendra Sings and his orchestra. The group which performed to packed houses on both nights captivated the audience with their melodious numbers and rib-tickling jokes, Lions club clinic: A one-week camp organized jointly by the two Lions Clubs of Mombasa, pwani and central ended and ended with 22 cataract eye operations being performed and 450 patients being screened between Mombasa, Malindi and Lam, it was disclosed by the joint convenor of the camp during the closing ceremony at Lohana Hall, Dr. Bachu Brahambhatt over the weekend.