Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 18 (May 2-8,1980)

Abstract

Inside this issue:Millions for Kilifi centre: Some 150,000 cattle in the Kilifi District stand to benefit from the first sh. 1.5 million modern Veterinary Diagnostic Center at Kilifi-the fore runner of six others in each district of the coast, Big increase for African Christianity: Pope John Paul II’s six-nation African tour was another important spiritual landmark for a continent which has witnessed a drastic upsurge in religious faith over the past decade, Islamic marks 14 centuries of faith: On the occasion of the 14th Islamic centenary celebrations, it gave me much happiness to convey a message of brotherly greetings to all Muslims, wherever they are, wishing them prosperity in peace, freedom and dignity together with all other people of the world.Record season for M.W.E: The 1980 season of the Mombasa Wreck Excavation has proved by far the most rewarding with more than three and a half thousand objects found during the three-month diving period compared with just under 3,000 for the first three seasons of the excavation, French navy call on kenya: There was champaign, cream cakes and lots of halting French spoken as hundreds of local folks met men from three visiting ships of the French navy at a cocktail party hosted by Captain J. P. Lucas commander of the Jules Verne.