Coastweek Newspaper Vol 3 No 45 (November 7-13,1980)

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Inside this issue: Shekhar wins coast 800: Deep and glutinous mud, rocky drifts dust and the Taita Hills at night; the recipe for a highly competitive rally, World bank project: athe 140-million-shilling Mombasa Second Urban Project sponsored by the World Bank has now been given the go ahead, Hundreds at David hurd funeral: With lots of tears, -wailing, drums and dancing- David Hurd of Robinson Island was on Sunday given a warrior’s funeral by the Giriama people he loved, Coast leaders agree to help C.I.T. revival: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -A coast leaders meeting has unanimously resolved to give fresh commitments, sacrifice and determination in the current efforts to revive their Coastal Institute of Technology (C.I.T.) a project which has lagged behind similar ones elsewhere in the republic, Dutch envoy tour coast: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -The visiting Dutch foreign Minister Dr. C.A. Van Der Klaauw has exorted his countrymen engaged in various sectors of development in Kenya to continue in the same spirit, Cargo boss slates politics in port: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -The Managing Director of Kenya Cargo Handling Services Mr. Edward Halwenge, has warned people distributing pamphlets within the port area that the government may not tolerate people whose interest was to disrupt the smooth running of the port, Such shameful behaviour: The recent chain of events in parliament were not only dramatic but disturbing especially when you do not consider the events in the assembly as isolated cases, Japanese help forproject: Mombasa (K.N.A.) -Under the Japanese government’s oversees volunteers’ program 326 volunteers have been sent to work in Kenya over the past 15 years or so.