Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 23 (June 6-12,1980)

Abstract

Inside his issue: Poor man’s budget: Low paid Kenyans last night raised their glasses to Vice-President and Finance Minister Mwai Kibaki’s “soak the rich, save the poor” budget, Kenya budget at a glance: Petrol with the immediate effect the price of premium grade fuel may increase by 53 cents per liter, regular grade fuel may increase by 40 per cent per liter and diesel fuel may increase by eight cents per liter,Action on food shortage: The increasingly urgent food problems of developing countries have again come under scrutiny, this time at a conference in Arusha, Tanzania, one of the poorest of these nationsTremendous response from british tourists: Such has been the impact of B.B.C. films ‘Holiday 80’ shown on British T.V. during peak viewing time early this year when it was freezing, that many made bookings to sunny Kenya immediately, Mombasa movies: Here we go again: all the most colorful elements of fantasy, adventure and glamour in a fast- moving, action packed story as far removed as possible from the mundane reality of everyday life in the 20th C, Asian films: Since we have to be saddled with the Indian film industries stereo-typed films we might as well go through the torture of seeing them. To make things worse ‘Inspector Eagle’ which opens at the Kenya and Naaz cinema on Sunday, is none other than Sanjeev Kumar, Danish envoy on tour:Mombasa (K.N.A.)- The mayor of Mombasa Councilor Rajab Sumba has appealed to the Danish Ambassador in Kenya Mr. H. Jespersen to encourage technical aid flow to Kenya Councilor Sumba made the appeal when the Ambassador called on Him at his parlor.