Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 34 (August 22-28,1980)

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Inside this issue: Council budget gets the big chop : Local Government Minister’s axe has fallen on a number of programs and projects approved by the Municipal Council of Mombasa as part of its budget for 1980, Government action urged over family planning aid: Kwale (K.N.A.)- The government has been called upon to make sure that all contraceptives either locally manufactured or imported are medically safe before they are used in Kenya, President moi receives cheues for charities: Mombasa (K.N.A.)-President Daniel Arap Moi today today received a total of Shs. 44,000 and goods worth Shs. 20,000 at state house, Mombasa from various organizations in aid of several deserving cases in the country, Circumcision: Female circumcision is increasingly being given prominence as a subject of discussion both at local and international level. Granted people should be able to say how they feel about any given issue, Mistaken anti-arab sentiments: Through the column of your esteemed weekly, I wish to rescue your readers, from anti-Arab sentiments generation as a result of propaganda spread by fanatics of western ideology, Nyali bridge is a symbol of development: The ceremonial opening of the new Nyali Bridge at the coast on august 25, by President Daniel Arap Moi whereby hundreds of Kenyans, foreigners (tourists) converged to witness the ceremony has been a sign of Kenya’s development, not only in road building but also in bridges, Former E.A.S.L freighter sold off: With the recent sell by auction of the E.A.N.S.L. Uganda, I hear the 10950 gross ton Kenyan flag Jogoo under arrest at Newport (Mon) in the U.K. since February 24, has now been sold to the Mediterranean Shipping Company (M.S.C.) with delivery to the continent for a price in the region of $4.5 million, so doubtless we may be seeing her in these waters again in quite different livery, and I anticipate flying the Panamanian flag and port of Registry to read Panama instead of Mombasa.