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KR Unveils 20 New Madaraka Express Coaches

4 days ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoasynewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Railways has unveiled new premium class coaches for the Madaraka Express that will cost Kenyans Ksh12,000 one way or...

Kenyan Seafarers Abandoned in Oman

5 days ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Four Kenyan seafarers are currently stranded at Port Duqm in Oman aboard a Somali flagged fishing vessel FV SAHARLA. The...

Union Wants Government to Bailout Stranded Seamen in Oman

5 days ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Seafarers Union of Kenya (SUK) has appealed to the government to help in the repatriation of four Kenyans stranded at...

Take Advantage of Government Projects: Mwanaisha Chidzuga

1 week ago thecoast

By Munira Mandano Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com William Ruto’s Kenya Kwanza administration continues to deliver enormous projects across the country as part of the development agenda promised...

Protein Summit Routes for Industrial Animal Production to Equitable, Humane and Sustainable Food Systems

1 week ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The global industrial animal production system has been widely criticized for its environmental degradation, inequity, and threat to public...

Fishermen Complain of Being Sidelined in Compensation Payment

2 weeks ago thecoast

By Fumo Mzalendo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Some 4,000 fishermen have received compensation payments from the government through the Kenya Ports Authority as displacement from the Kililana...

Mombasa Youth Fight Social Vices Through Sports

1 month ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Rising social vices among youth in Mombasa County have caused Football Kenya Federation (FKF) sub-branch and Dola Group to cushion...

Kenyatta University Wins KUSF Held in Kilifi

5 months ago thecoast

By Roald Ngomba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The University was declared winner after scooping a total of 12 medals, six gold, 0ne silver and five bronze to...

Bandari Recruits 3 Girls Signs One Year Contract with Diani Queens

5 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bandari queens signs a year contract with Diani queens after recruiting three of its girls to join them Bandari Queens...

Tan 19 Clinches Magical Kenya Ladies 2024 Golf Title

5 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Shannon Tan from Singapore scoops the overall trophy at the Vipingo Baobab Ridge Golf Club in Kilifi County of Kenya....

Tourism Boom as Tong II-Moo-Do Championships Kicks off in Mombasa

8 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Thousands of tourists are flocking in the Port City of Mombasa and its environs as Tong ll-Moo-Do starts the 11th...

Kilifi County Government Set to Open Up Beach Access Roads.

1 week ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County government will demolish all the structures blocking access roads to the sea-fronts within its jurisdiction. To do this,...

DIALOGUE OR ACTION? Mr President You are Being Fed with Wrong Fodder

2 weeks ago thecoast

By Prof. Dr. Halimu Shauri Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The events that have been unfolding for weeks now revolving around the youth and the government cannot escape...

THE RISE OF GEN Zs: Is Africa Leaping from Demoncrazy to Democracy or Vice Versa

2 weeks ago thecoast

By Prof. Dr. Halimu Shauri Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Africa, once fully colonized and controlled by the west, has had leaders who have been unable to break...

Kidney Patients in Danger Over a Malfunctioning Renal Unit at Malindi Hospital

2 weeks ago thecoast

By the COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Some 50 kidney patients are staring death in the eye after Malindi Sub county Hospital's Renal Unit dialysis machines...

Fishermen Complain of Being Sidelined in Compensation Payment

2 weeks ago thecoast

By Fumo Mzalendo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Some 4,000 fishermen have received compensation payments from the government through the Kenya Ports Authority as displacement from the Kililana...

Kenyans Told to Avoid Protests, Lamu MP Ruweida

2 weeks ago thecoast

By Fumo Mzalendo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu East MP Ruweida Obo has asked Kenyans to engage in dialogue with its leadership and stop participating in further...

Government to Burry Unclaimed Shakahola Bodies Within Vicinity

2 weeks ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Hundreds of cult victims to be buried in marked graves after staying unclaimed in the Malindi morgue in Kilifi...

Ganze Residents in Fear After Marauding Jumbo Killed One Person

2 weeks ago thecoast

By Kalama Mshomi Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Ganze residents of Kilifi County have appealed to the government to erect an electric fence to stop human-wild conflict at...

Government to Establish a Kiswahili Council

2 weeks ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kenyan government will establish a National Kiswahili Council in its bid to not only promote, but also develop the...

Seafarers’ Training and Education in Kenya’s History

3 weeks ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Maritime Consultant Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Historically, the Mombasa Institute of Muslim Education (MIOME) now Technical University of Mombasa (TUM), is an ultimate development...

A Prominent Pan Africanist Met an Assassin’s Bullet at the Tender Age of 39 then,

3 weeks ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com It's widely believed his rising *high-profile* and _illustrious_ _political_ _career_ tinged with *intelligence* and *charm* led to his assassination. Brief...

Mombasa Court Set to Rule on Land Case Involving a Tycoon

3 weeks ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Mombasa high court will finally deliver its ruling on September 25, 2024 on a petition where the National...

Kenya Airways Unites with IOM Kenya to Combat Human Trafficking and Protect Migrants

3 weeks ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspape@gmail.com Kenya Airways and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Kenya have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a...

Expanding Job Opportunities Within Education Sector Alone Could Fix Gen Z Unemployment Problem in Kenya

3 weeks ago thecoast

By: Prof. Dr. Halimu Shauri - Consultant Sociologist Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences PWANI UNIVERSITY Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com “IF you don’t give the youth...

Tradition Vs. Modernity: Kilifi Mothers’ Dilemma Amidst Persistent Infant Mortality Rates

3 weeks ago thecoast

By James Odhiambo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com For Miriam Keya of Rabai, life has never been the same since her first child died due to a birth...

KAM wants Tax Incentives to Bolster Manufacturing Sector

3 weeks ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu and Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) wants county governments to give tax incentives to bolster local manufacturing...

Lack of Sanitation Proper Hygiene Interventions Promote Post-Morbidity and Mortality due to Diarrhea in Kilifi County

3 weeks ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Diarrhea is a leading killer of children that accounts to approximately 9 percent of all deaths among children under age 5 worldwide...

Tourism Sector Intact Amid Anti-Government Protests

3 weeks ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu and Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government, through the ministry of tourism, has assured tourists of adequate security during this period of...

Coast Legislators want DP Gachagua to Resign

4 weeks ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Coast leaders have condemned DP Rigathi Gachagua over his accusations against the National Intelligence Services (NIS) director general Noordin Haji....

KMA Demands for Strict Adherence to Safety Navigation

4 weeks ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has asked Kenyan seafarers, recruitment and placement agents and ship-owners to stick to the requirements...

Seafarers Push for Review of Wage Scale

4 weeks ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The seafarers union of Kenya (SUK) has asked the government to initiate a review of its members' salary on an...

Malindi Streets Awash with GenZees Protesting Over Finance Bill

4 weeks ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Business came to a standstill in Malindi town Tuesday (June 25, 2024) when thousands of GenZ youths stormed the...

Lamu Youths Protest Against Controversial Finance Bill 2024

1 month ago thecoast

By Fumo Mzalendo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu County youths have expressed disappointment over their MPs' decisions to support the disputed Finance Bill 2024. Mohamed Skanda, speaking...

NuPea Urged to Stop Harassing Uyombo Residents

1 month ago thecoast

By Robby Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Nuclear Power Energy Agency officials have been told to stop using security agencies to threaten and intimidate Uyombo Village residents...

Mombasa Youth Fight Social Vices Through Sports

1 month ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Rising social vices among youth in Mombasa County have caused Football Kenya Federation (FKF) sub-branch and Dola Group to cushion...

Government ups Efforts for Power Lines to Distribute Internet

1 month ago thecoast

By Halima Mohammed Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has resolved to use power transmission lines to distribute high speed internet in the country. Cabinet Secretary Eliud...

Here Comes International Day of the Seafarer

1 month ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com This year's annual Day of the Seafarer will be held on June 25, 2024 to express gratitude and recognize the...

Media Council Lash at Journalists Over Petty Grievances

4 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Media Council of Kenya dressed down Mombasa County journalists for engaging in unproductive endeavors and personal grudges that do not...

Wildlife Farms Place Humans at Risk from Zoonotic Diseases.

5 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com An estimated 5.5 billion wild animals are being kept in cruel conditions on commercial wildlife farms, new research by...

South Africa’s Tumi Morake to Headline Glibeys and Punchline Comedy Special Girls Aloud in Kenya

5 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com *Nairobi*, March 4th, 2024: Top South African female comedian, actress, TV personality, and writer, Tumi Morake is lined up...

Will Block Nuclear Power Plant from Abroad, Says Omutatah

5 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Plans to construct a nuclear power energy plant at Uyombo village in Kilifi County have run into headwinds with the...

World Animal Protection Adopts 15 Resolutions to Tackle Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and Pollution.

5 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com From the assembly, the WAP welcomed two resolutions. The first, is UNEP/EA.6/L.11 resolution which focuses on promoting sustainable lifestyles....

A Dereliction of Duty for MP’s to Walk out During Debate on Affordable Housing Bill

5 months ago thecoast

By Senator Danson Mungatana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Constitution of Kenya Article 95 makes reference to the duties of an MP and one of it is...

Business News

I&M Bank Opens New Branch in Watamu Targets Locals and Tourists

5 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba & Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The march to spread its wings in the Coast region has seen I&M Bank open another new...

KPA Builds a Multipurpose Hall for Mazeras Girls School

5 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Through its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Kenya Ports Authority has put up a mulitpurpose hall for Mazeras Girls Memorial School...

Kenyatta University Wins KUSF Held in Kilifi

5 months ago thecoast

By Roald Ngomba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The University was declared winner after scooping a total of 12 medals, six gold, 0ne silver and five bronze to...

Collect your Corpses Senator Tells Government!

5 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Shakahola massacre has remained a mystery since being unraveled and the bodies for DNA tests at the Malindi mortuary...

Digitalization of Services Makes I&M Bank Remain Afloat

5 months ago thecoast

By Mwkwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com As the world drifts to digitalization, I&M Bank has equally embraced the Technology to render its services. A move that...

Chonyi Residents Reject 12 Billion Cement Project

5 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngaba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Chonyi community of Chasimba Ward in Kilifi County has rejected the proposed setting up of a Sh12 billion cement...

Tan 19 Clinches Magical Kenya Ladies 2024 Golf Title

5 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Shannon Tan from Singapore scoops the overall trophy at the Vipingo Baobab Ridge Golf Club in Kilifi County of Kenya....

Shipping Disruption Costs at Red Sea

7 months ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Suez canal and Bab Al-Mandeb Strait are some of the world's most important sea lanes of communications(SLOCs). About 12 per...

Tourists and Locals Plying Kwale-Kinango Road Warned Over a Roaming Lion

7 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.vom Tourists and locals using the Kwale-Kinango road should be vigilant for their safety following a stray lion roaming the area....

Dayo Radio Hits Airwaves Targets Community Listenership

7 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A new online radio station focusing on matters of youth, women and vulnerable communities has hit airwaves in larger...

Kwale’s Denyenye Residents Implicate Bamburi Cement Ltd for Deaths and Injuries of Locals

7 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email,thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents of Denyenye in Kwale County are up in arms against Bamburi Cement Ltd over incidences of death and injuries occasioned...

Kamba’s In Kwale Want to be Enjoined in the Mijikenda Community

7 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Former Machakos Senator Johnstone Muthama has challenged Mijikenda leaders to consider Kambas in coast region as one of their communities...

Agriculture and Food Authority Launch Bixa Handbook Manual

7 months ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper2gmail.com Bixa farmers from three counties of the Coast region are counting their days to improved livelihoods if the draft Crops...

Uyombo Nuclear Power Plant: Locals Raise Red Flag Over Shady Process

7 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Nuclear Power Authority (Nupea) has been criticized for secretly conducting public participation to justify its intention of putting up nuclear...

Revital Healthcare Signs Mou with Japanese firm to Establish New Manufacturing Plant

8 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Kilifi-based medical device manufacturing company, Revital Healthcare (EPZ) Ltd, has signed a memorandum of understanding with a Japanese global...

Tourism Sector Boosts Somo Soko Expo at Fort Jesus Mombasa

8 months ago thecoast

By Rehema Jilo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The booming tourism sector has opened a brief window for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) entrepreneurs to make money...

Coast Youth Declare War Against Radicalization and Crime

8 months ago thecoast

By Rehema jilo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa December 6, 2023: Coast region youth have declared war on radicalization and violent extremism that have bedeviled the young...

Cop 28, Factory Farms Major Contributors of Climate Disasters

8 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Animal Protection today, December 7, 2023, published research findings indicating how cruel factory farming contributes at least 11%...

Invisible to Visible, Kwale Widows Disclose

8 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com For many women around the world, the loss of a partner is magnified by a long-term fight for their basic...

Tourism Boom as Tong II-Moo-Do Championships Kicks off in Mombasa

8 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Thousands of tourists are flocking in the Port City of Mombasa and its environs as Tong ll-Moo-Do starts the 11th...

Leaders and Stakeholders Unite to Condemn Pinewood Attack in Kwale

8 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Coast region tourism stakeholders and leaders have condemned the recent attack of Pinewood Beach Resort staffs and guests at Galu...

Bamburi Cement to Stop Producing Top Variety as it Goes Green

8 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bamburi Cement Plc has announced that it will cease production of ordinary portland cement (OPC) within its product line...

Mackenzie gets 12 Months for Possession and Distribution of Unclassified Films

8 months ago thecoast

By George Maina Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Malindi court on December 1, 2023 sentenced controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie to 12 months imprisonment for being in...

Bamburi Cement Embarks on Construction of Solar PV Plant

8 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bamburi Cement Plc's solar photovoltaic (PV) power project is ready for construction after satisfying all conditions set up for...

Civil Societies Initiate Program to Engage Teenage Mothers in Kwale

8 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Two civil societies have organised a football programme for teenage mothers to give them hope of life in Kwale County....

Good Samaritan Reach out for Needy Families in Kilifi

8 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Poor families that have their children learning at Vonwald Primary and Secondary Schools received relief food supplies from Gapeka Children’s...

Lands Ministry Posts High Revenue Collection Through Cashless Payments

8 months ago thecoast

By Raphael Njunguna Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Cashless payments for lands transaction services has improved revenue collection in the state department for Lands and physical planning, says...

EACC Takes Interest in Sh17 Billion Oil Saga

8 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has issued a stern warning to those involved in the Sh17 billion fuel saga that has...

Kemfri Embrace New Technology of Marine Cage Farming In Kwale

8 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Marine cage farming is yet to be adopted fully along the Kenyan Coast from Vanga to Kiunga in Kwale and...

Village Savings Offer Women’s Businesses Lifeline in Lamu

8 months ago thecoast

By Raphael Randu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Women groups are reaping big from forming Village Savings and Loans Associations (VSLAs) aimed at enabling them to access credit...

Mombasa County Executive Needs Law to Address Disability Rights

8 months ago thecoast

By Rehema Charo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Persons living with disabilities will soon get assistance and cushioned from the perennial marginalisation in education, health and access to...

Mung’aro Picks New Public Service Board

8 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba. Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County government has hired a new public service board following the disbandment of the previous one. Due to public...

Environmentalist Wants Leaders to Secure Future Generation by Adopting Climate Change

8 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County environmental activists have asked political leaders to adopt climate change adaptation if they want to secure the future...

Government Moves to Mitigate Floods Havoc In Coast Region

8 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.co The government has formed a multi-agency team to assess and formulate ways of mitigating effects of flooding experienced in Mombasa...

Government Told to Support Sports Tourism

8 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya can earn a lot of foreign currency if it can invest in the sports tourism and sporting industry. Tong...

Take Good Care of your Kids, Parents Urged

8 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Parents and caregivers should take charge of children under their care through monitoring their movements and activities during this long...

Kenya Maritime Authority Launches Training for Boat Operators in Coast

9 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA) has started a programme of training more than 3,000 boat operators along the Coast region...

Local Leaders Raise Concerns Over Diversion of Funds from Hindi Kiunga Road Project

9 months ago thecoast

By Fumo Mzalendo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu East leaders have raised concerns after it was revealed that funds designated for the much-needed Hindi Kiunga Road had...

Cabotage Regimes in Africa

9 months ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com There are two important trade conferences that are scheduled to take place - one in Cairo and another in Mombasa...

Malindi Security Declares War on Drugs and Disco Matanga

9 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Malindi Subcounty Security Committee on October 20, 2023 declared war against drugs, disco matanga, child paedophiles and killing...

New Technology to Fight Food Insecurity Developed – KMFRI

9 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (KMFRI) is piloting a saline water purifying technology that could revolutionize agriculture...

Embrace Best Practices of Fighting New HIV Infections, Leaders Urged

9 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A nongovernmental health organisation Stawisha Pwani is calling on county leadership to embrace best practices of fighting new HIV infections...

CS Mvurya Launches Sh750 Million Blue Economy Project in Kilifi

9 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government and its development partners on October 24, 2023 launched a Sh750 million blue economy project that will...

Kilifi Medical Manufacturing Firm Receives 590 Million from Gates Foundation

10 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Kilifi-based Medical Devices Manufacturing firm has received Ksh590 million (US $4 million) as grant from Bill and Melinda Gates...

Politics

Allow Ruto to Implement his Manifesto, Opposition told

10 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has asked the opposition Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya Coalition to give President William Ruto time...

Pokomo Bible out in the Market

10 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter The Tana River County Pokomo community is a happy lot after the Bible was translated into to its language. Songs and...

E – Waste Generation Affects Human Health and Environment Globally

10 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Environment, Climate Change and Forestry ministry is warning of increased health risks if appropriate measures are not taken on the...

Government Rejects Calls to Share KPA Revenue with Mombasa County

10 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Mwakwaya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.co.ke The government will not share revenue accrued from the Port of Mombasa with the County government of area. Treasury...

Shimo La Tewa Women Inmates to Undergo Legal Advice, Courtesy Austria Embassy

10 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Austria Embassy in partnership with Kituo cha Sheria and Kenya Prison Services have commissioned a Paralegal Justice Centre at Shimo...

Government Calls for Cooperation to Combat Terror

10 months ago thecoast

By Edwin Maina Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has called for the cooperation of political leaders and citizens so as to root out terrorism activities the...

Kidney Patients Cry for Help as Malindi Hospital Renal Unit Collapses

10 months ago thecoast

By Edwin Maina Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kidney patients are crying for urgent assistance after the renal facility unit collapsed at the Malindi Subcounty Hospital. Some 40...

Kilifi School Initiates Talent Nurturing Program

10 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A charity-based school in Kibarani Ward of Kilifi County has started an ambitious initiative seeking to cultivate and nurture school-going...

Drug use Disorders Prevalent in Coast Region

10 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Faith Community Against Drug Abuse organisation has launched a Faith leaders' handbook to guide them in the fight against drug...

National Fund for Disability of Kenya Pumps Millions to Kwale

10 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale County has benefited from four multimillion shillings projects through the National Fund for Disability of Kenya (NFDK). The NFDK...

Kwale Youths Undergo Trauma Sessions

10 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Some 2,000 youths in Kwale County benefited from trauma healing sessions to enhance mental wellbeing through a project dubbed as...

Mombasa

Is Kenya Ready for Oil Spill Disaster

10 months ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Maritime Day this year is expected to take place aboard the Maltese flagged MV LOGOS HOPE on 29th September....

Kilifi Governor Faults Raila on State Collaboration

11 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Azimio la Umoja-One Kenya leader Raila Odinga has been criticized for his directive restricting ODM governors from conducting business with...

Return Kilifi Cashew Nut Factory to Locals, Owen Demands

11 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Kilifi legislator want the Agriculture and Livestock cabinet secretary Mithika Linturi to start the process of returning the Kilifi...

Mombasa

Insufficient Funding Frustrate Efforts to Equip Healthcare Workers with Diagnostic Skills on Leprosy

11 months ago thecoast

By Caroline Kaatana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Leprosy is grouped as a rare disease with World Health organisation (WHO) indicates about 208,000 people having the Hansen's disease...

Africa Climate Week Meeting Urges for Health, Climate Change Integration

11 months ago thecoast

By The Coast Correspondent Email, thecoastnespaper@gmail.com Stakeholders have expressed disappointment over the Africa Climate Summit failure to address the climate change crisis' impact on the...

Climate Envoy Told to Discuss About Animal Welfare at Africa Climate Summit

11 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Animal Protection (WAP) and partners have called on African governments and the Africa Climate Summit 2023 to acknowledge...

Kenya Set to Manufacture Vaccines Locally

11 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya is out to revamp its medical sector and start manufacturing of vaccines after donor-partners threatened to withdraw their support come...

Kenya Eyes Nuclear Power to Combat Frequent Power Outages

11 months ago thecoast

BY Charles Ogallo and Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya's government expects to have a fully operational and its first nuclear power plant by 2036 to boost...

Kwale Local Communities Safeguarding Coral Reefs with Modern Technologies

11 months ago thecoast

By Ruth Kadide Keah Email, thecoasnewspaper@gmail.com Maimuna Aboud, a mother of two and a dedicated member of the Wasini Beach Management Unit (BMU) in Shimoni...

Maritime Training Funding Scheme

11 months ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.ccom The government of Kenya has come up with Ksh25 billion plan to transform Bandari Maritime Academy into a centre of...

Kilifi Acquires New Ambulances to Enhance Service Delivery

11 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper2gmail.com Kilifi County has launched four state-of-the-art ambulances that will help the region to enhance service delivery and management in line...

Bamburi Cement Beats Odds To Post High Profit

11 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email ,thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bamburi Cement PLC has defied economic challenges in the first half of this year to register its pre-tax profits...

Environmentalists Want Ban on Logging to Stay

11 months ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County environmental players have supported the Environment and Land Court's move to temporarily suspended President William Ruto’s directives to...

3000 Jobs Up for Grab at Liwatoni, Says Government

11 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government will create some 3,000 jobs once the Liwatoni fish processing plant is operational. Salim Mvurya, mining and blue economy...

Problems Afflicting the Fisherfolk In Coast Counties

11 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Fisher communities operating in Kwale, Mombasa, Kilifi, Tana River and Lamu lack title deeds for their fish landing sites....

Business News

New Hope For Tuna Fisheries As Government Invests in Value Addition

11 months ago thecoast

By Mazera Ndurya Email, thecoastnewspapaer@gmail.com Poor fishing gear, lack of stable market, huge post-harvest losses and inadequate data flow have over the years been the...

Prisons Open Doors to Conduct Business

11 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Prisons will soon open their doors to do business with the members of the public, the prison department announces. The prisons...

Glovo Partners with Domino’s Pizza to Bring Meals Closer to Kenyans

11 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Glovo, Africa’s leading multi category app, has announced a partnership with multinational pizza restaurant chain, Domino’s Pizza, to offer...

South Africa Accused of Inhumane Lion Farming Industry and International Crime Syndicates, Report Shows

11 months ago thecoast

By COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The World Animal Protection is calling on the South African Government to commit itself on shutting down the country’s cruel...

Rename Malindi International Airport After Mekatilili, Kaya Elders Want

12 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kaya Elders want the Malindi International Airport be renamed after one of their own _Midzichenda_ heroine who fought against the colonialists...

Kenya Ports Authority Acquires Second Ship-to-Shore Gantry Cranes

12 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Ports Authority has made a significant move towards efficiency and modernisation at the port after unloading the second ship-to-shore gantry...

Governor Nassir Taken to Task by Local Leaders Over Leadership

12 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The World International Youth Day on August 12 was turned into arena of accusations and counter-accusations between the executive and members...

Revive Cash Crops in Coast, ASK Appeals to Leaders

12 months ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Agricultural Society of Kenya is appealing passionately to Coast Leadership to give a chance on the revival of cash crops saying...

Missing Lecturer Found Dead in House

12 months ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Pwani University (PU) lecturer who went missing early this month was found dead at his rental house in...

Businessmen Optimistic with Arrival of MV Lagos

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The arrival of mv Logos Hope the World's largest book fanfare, at the Port of Mombasa next month is...

Open Letter to Faith Leaders.

1 year ago thecoast

By Rt. Rev. Willybard Lagho, Catholic Bishop of Malindi Email, thecoasnewspaper@gmail.com Greetings in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. A close examination of the...

Bamburi Rifle Club Hosts International IDPA Tier 3 Championship

1 year ago thecoast

By Jenje Bozo Jenje Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bamburi Rifle Club in Mombasa county was proud to host another International IDPA Tier 3 championship dubbed Euro Africa...

Government Cagey on President Suluhu Mediation Mission

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has rubbished reports of keeping the Tanzania President Samia Suluhu on the doldrum when she came calling to...

Mombasa

Environmentalists Want President to Clarify Order on Logging

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County based environmental activists want President William Ruto to give details on which trees and regions the logging...

African Governments Urged to Promote Sustainable and Humane Animal Production Systems

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Animal Protection (WAP) has called on the African governments to promote sustainable and humane animal production systems to...

Bamburi Cement Empowers Women to Venture in Procurement Business

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bamburi Cement (BC) targets to increase its total procurement spending on special groups such as women-owned businesses to 30...

Business Roars AS Tourists Mark Kiswahili Day in Mombasa

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com An estimated 70,000 of locals, regional people and international tourists thronged the Port City of Mombasa for a three-day event...

Airtel Kenya Launches 5G Network with 370 Active Sites

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A leading telecommunications, Airtel Kenya (AK) and mobile money services provider, has launched its highly anticipated Airtel 5G network...

Government Set to Settle Displaced Dongo Kundu Residents

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Displaced residents of Dongo Kundu in Mombasa will 'soon' receive their compensation for paving way for the construction of...

Move by Mombasa ASK to Change Show Dates Irks Exhibitors

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Agricultural Society of Kenya has sparked controversy over its decision to change the Mombasa International Show dates from the conventional...

Mackenzie Charged For Violating Film Classification Laws

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com, Good News International Church preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in a Malindi court for mentioning from a case in...

Give Us Back Our Land, Magarini Residents Tell ADC

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents from four locations have filed a petition of Kilifi County at the Kilifi County Assembly (CA) seeking to...

Opinion/Commentary

The Right to Sexual and Reproductive Health is a Fundamental Human Right.

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com In Kenya, sexual and reproductive health rights have been a topic of discussion since the early 1990s. Additionally, the...

Mawasco Workers Strike Over Poor Conditions

1 year ago thecoast

An employee of the Malindi Water and Sewerage Company (MAWASCO) was injured on June 29, 2023 after riot police officers fired teargas canister to disperse...

Misuse Public Funds at Your Own Risk Mung’aro Warns

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County employees engaging in mismanagement or misappropriation of public resources will be dealt with according to the County's...

Government to Review Capitation Model Says Machogu

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government will review the capitation disbursement model in quest to ensure a more equitable distribution of funds to...

Schools Embrace LPG, Firewood Takes a Back Seat

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Emai, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Boarding schools across the country are embracing the use of smokeless cooking through LPG method in lieu of the previous...

No Extra Funds to Cushion Capitation, Government Says

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has told off teachers on their demands for the increase of capitation saying it was unattainable. With this...

Teachers Demand More Funds to Run Schools Effectively

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper2gmail.com The current high cost of living will force secondary schools' heads to adjust their fee structures so that they can...

County Wants Investors Pay Shareholding Rights

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County government wants investors into salt manufacturing business to allow for shareholding rights to the county when issued...

Seafarer’s Pick New Officials for Union

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The February court ruling for Seafarers' Union of Kenya (SUK) to hold fresh elections two years after electing current leadership...

Lower Grade Pupil Survives Electrocution Incident

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Grade Four pupil was electrocuted by a falling electricity pole in Ganze Constituency of Kilifi County almost a...

Moribund Seafarers’ Union Under Threat of Being Swallowed

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Seafarers' Union of Kenya (SUK) is facing the danger of being swallowed up by the hospitality industry that is currently...

Court Issues Warrant Of Arrest for Dr Amkeni

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Mombasa court has issued a warrant of arrest for a London based Kenyan political activist, Abdul Majid Ali...

Mung’aro Re launch Mbegu Fund to Uplift Lives

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County government has created Wezesha Fund of Sh200 million in partnership with Kenya Commercial Bank and Rafiki Microfinance...

International News

Trafficked Parrots Released to Fly Freely

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Animal Protection has praised Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre for rewilding parrots caught up in the cruel wildlife trade....

Irate Parents Eject Teachers Over Poor Results

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Irate parents stormed Mkombe Primary School in Kilifi County where they paralysed learning before ejecting teachers and students. They...

Mombasa Health Care Programme Up and Running

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa County has launched the MombasaCare Health programme targeting to register 15,000 individuals under Natiobal Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)....

Assembly Adjourns Over Reduction of Salaries and Remuneration

1 year ago thecoast

By Jonathan Chai Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County Assembly (CA) adjourned indefinitely to protest against Salaries and Remuneration Commission's (SRC) decision to reduce members of County...

Business News

Kilifi Governor Disbands Public Service Board

1 year ago thecoast

By Halima Kalisho Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County Public Service Board has been disbanded following accusation of hiring staff based on nepotism and abuse of office....

Exchange Program Benefits Lamu Fishing Community

1 year ago thecoast

By Joel Mzanta Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The fishing community in Lamu County have benefited from a fishing gear exchange programme aimed at stopping overfishing of different...

Set Up More Nurseries, Chiefs Directed

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale County Commissioner (CC) Michael Mwangi has directed chiefs to set up tree nurseries so as to accelerate the...

Never Regulate Church Over Shakahola Massacre, Clergy Tells Government

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Different Christian denominations want the Shakahola tragedy be treated as isolated case and not be the basis of instituting...

Eat Less Meat Public Warned

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Nairobi, Kenya June 08, 2023: World Animal Protection (WAP), a leading animal welfare organization, wants humanity to reduce the amount...

Mangrove Farmers Reaping Big In Coast

1 year ago thecoast

By Khamis Kahaso Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mangrove tree seedlings are changing fortunes of a conservation group in Kilifi County that is reaping big from selling them....

Mackenzie To Face International Law, Says Kindiki

1 year ago thecoast

By Halima Charo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The controversial Pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and his allies will be prosecuted locally using the International Crimes Act 2008 and...

No Sound Amendments Tabled by Opposition On Finance Bill

1 year ago thecoast

By Senator Danson Mungatana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Finance Bill 2023 has sparked debate countrywide with each supporting or opposing side sticking to their viewpoints. On...

Public Service Board Accused Over Irregular Recruitment Process

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Four members of the Kilifi County Public Service Board are fighting to keep their jobs after an employee petitioned...

Hired Goons Demolish Widow’s House in Mombasa

1 year ago thecoast

By Charles Ogallo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A middle aged widow and her family have been left homeless at Chaani area of Mombasa county after a group...

Government Roots Out Hooliganism

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Stringent measures have been put in place to protect the elderly people who have become victims on suspicion of...

Mung’aro Warns Debtors Over Arrears

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Property owners in Kilifi County owe the government over Sh30 billion in rate defaults. Governor Gideon Mung'aro, speaking at...

Resource Discrimination Hits Hola Irrigation Scheme

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Farmers of Hola Irrigation Scheme in Tana River have protested of being discriminated on water distribution on their farms....

Regulate Religious Activities, Clerics Urge

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Some religious leaders want Kenyans to relook at rights which are enshrined in the 2010 Constitution arguing that they are...

International News

Hunger Threatens Somalia

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Somalia, one of the Horn of Africa countries, is facing a worsening humanitarian crisis ranging from about 6.7 million people...

News Feature

World Animal Protection Warns Against Killing Lions

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Animal Protection (WAP) is concerned over the recent killing of six lions at the Amboseli National Park. The...

Mombasa

Obama Kin in Land Tussle In Malindi

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Former US President Barack Obama’s half-sister is embroiled in a land ownership dispute with a German national along the...

Appoint Special Envoy to South Sudan, Mungatana

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya stands to benefit more on various business opportunities if at all it would appoint a Special Envoy to the...

Mombasa Cement Reaches Out For Needy Students

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa Cement Company has come to the aid of four KCPE candidates who had lost hope after failing to secure...

Court Affirms Mung’aro’s Victory

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Reprieve for Governor Gideon Mung'aro as Malindi High Court dismisses election petition challenging his victory on Thursday. In her virtually...

Establish Institutions for Better service Delivery in Counties

1 year ago thecoast

By Advocate Zedekiah Adika, Kituo Cha Sheria & Chair, Coast CSOs Network for Human Rights. Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa County sits at the centre of the...

Reduce Punitive Revenue Charges For Crustaceans, Mungatana

1 year ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya RaymondEmail, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comFishermen of lobsters and other crustaceans have rejected levy charges of Sh450 per kilogram being imposed by Tana River County government. The...

Kilifi

Government to Weed out Cartels and Fast-Track Pension Processing

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government is mounting a plan that will speed up the processing of pension for retirees. Retiring public servants...

Cartels Blocking Enactment of New Marine Fisheries Regulations

1 year ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Cartels are colluding with government officials to stop the implementation of marine fisheries regulations set to benefit stakeholders along...

Coconut Value Chain Research Intensified to Boost the Subsector

1 year ago thecoast

By PATRICK AMUNAVI Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Researchers have intensified work on the coconut crop through research presentations on innovative technological interventions that target to enhance the...

How Lifting of GMO Ban Has Stirred Controversy

1 year ago thecoast

By Charles Ogallo. Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmain.com Farmers in Kenya will this year begin cultivating genetically modified GM crops after the government lifted a 10-year ban on...

KDF Airlifts Candidates to Faza for Examinations

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzee Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Candidates sitting for their Kenya Primary Education Assessment Examination (KPSEA) from the Boni area have been airlifted to Faza Secondary...

Hoteliers Laud Revival of Lamu Festive Calendar

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzee Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Hoteliers in Lamu reaped big following a huge turnout of local and international tourists thanks to the return of the...

Governor Suffers Setback as Assembly Rejects List

2 years ago thecoast

By Haguye Guye Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Tana River Governor Dhadho Godhana suffered a setback after three of his executive member nominees he submitted for approval by...

Sex Pests Will Not Walk Scout Free, Jumwa Vows

2 years ago thecoast

By Halima Charo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The newly appointed Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Gender and Affirmative Action Aisha Jumwa has made it clear that she...

Nomadic Community Donate Food to Locals to Mitigate Hunger

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzee Email, thecioastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents of Bahati Kalale and Mkowe Arid School Hindi Warad in Lamu County were all smiles after their counterparts from...

Lamu Cultural Festival, Women Reap Goodies

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzee Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com At least 27 women groups received a total of Kshs 800,000 aimed at enabling them to set up food bazaar...

Court Upholds Petition Against Governor Mung’aro

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email,thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com An election petition against Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro will now have to go full swing after a court declined to...

Political Icon Joins Angels for Eternal Rest

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond and Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Nyonga wa Makemba, the signature of the late Mgogo Emmanuel Karisa Maitha in the 1990s and 2000s,...

Listen to the Voice of Kenyans, Bishops Advice Ruto

2 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Conference of Catholic Bishops (KCCB) want the Ruto administration to ensure the sura ya Kenya (face of Kenya) is prominent in...

Change of Guard at PAP as Mungatana Takes Office

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya has changed its guard at the Pan-African Parliament (PAP) through Tana River Senator Danson Mungatana from Kilifi Senator Stewart...

County Closes Down 17 Illegal Dump Sites

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com County Government of Mombasa has so far closed down 17 out of 32 illegal dumping sites since the exercise...

Government to Conduct Comprehensive Geo Survey

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Government will conduct a comprehensive geo-survey to ascertain the kind and availability of minerals within the country. Salim Mvurya, mining...

Stop Imposing More Taxes on Kenyans; Senator Says

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Ruto administration has come under criticisms for seeking to bolster its tax collection through multifaceted approach detrimental to the...

At Last Some Hungry Families Receive Relief Food

2 years ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmil.com Kilifi county has so far received relief food from various Donors, National government and well-wishers to distribute to residents in different...

Auctioneers Demolish House Over Ownership Dispute

2 years ago thecoast

By Mahenzo Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A family of 8 in Malindi is languishing in the open air after auctioneers demolished the only house they’ve called...

Mombasa

Mombasa Alarmed by Loss of Future Generation

2 years ago thecoast

BY Mwakera Mwajefa Email, mwakera2@hotmail.com Is Mombasa County losing its 21st century boy child who is faced with tremendous challenges such as families and homes, socialization process,...

Kwale Gem Leaves Inspirational Legacy

2 years ago thecoast

BY Mwakera Mwajefa Email, mwakera2@hotmail.com This year’s Kwale County 2022 missed a crucial cog of the ever-smiling diminutive figure of Simeon Mwero Mkalla whose previous...

Achani, Stop Gender Discrimination

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale county Governor Fatuma Achani has called on Kenyans to stop discriminating fellow citizens on the basis of gender....

Eat Less Meat Urges Animal Welfare Organizations

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Animal Protection together with Animal Welfare organizations is urging consumers to eat less meat and save the planet....

Ukraine Wheat Vessel Docks in Kenya Despite Russian Invasion

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Ukraine vessel with 51,000 tons of wheat docked at Kilindini Port being the first one since Russia launched a...

Governors Move Swiftly to Avert Hunger in Schools

2 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale County has now embarked on a plan to re introduce school feeding program as a measure to combat...

Ruto Outlines Plan to Boost Agriculture Amid Looming Effects of Climate Change

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email. thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Agriculture is key to increasing food production, reduce the cost of living and create a more prosperous Kenya, President William...

Initiate Rescue Centres to Combat Abuse of Migrant Workers, Agencies Urge

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of recruiting agencies in Kenya now wants the government to initiate Rescue centres in a bid to curb...

Venture into Pasture Farming, Farmers Advised

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Government has advised farmers in Magarini sub county to start practicing commercial pasture farming in order to minimize...

County Initiates Plans to Revamp Health Sector

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County has initiated a plan that intends to revamp the health sector by involving investors and nongovernmental organizations...

Red Cross Launches Offtake Program to Mitigate Drought

2 years ago thecoast

By Haguye Guye Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Kenya Red cross society in conjunction with the National government have commenced a livestock off take program targeting to...

Petitioner Wants Court Stop MCA from Assuming Office

2 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa Chief Magistrate Martha Mutuku will next week Thursday deliver a preliminary ruling on Petition challenging election and declaration...

Council of Elders to Sue Mung’aro Over CeC Nomination

2 years ago thecoast

By Ronald Ngoba Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Jibana Council of Elders in Kaloleni Constituency has threatened to move to court to challenge Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung'aro’s...

Schools Shut as Drought hit Hard

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Several schools in Tana River county face untimely closure due to the prolonged dry spell of drought currently hitting...

Researchers Turn Tide of Manufacturing in Coconut Value Chains

2 years ago thecoast

By PATRICK AMUNAVI Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The National Research Chair for Manufacturing on technological innovations for quality and productivity in the coconut value added products domiciled...

KRA Collects Ksh 492 Billion from Coast Region

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Revenue Authority has disclosed that Coast region contributed about Ksh.492 Billion way ahead from the set target of Ksh...

Poll Losers Gang up to Oust Sitting MCA

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com 10 Mombasa MCA candidates in the just concluded August 09 elections have regrouped and moved to court to challenge...

Residents want Governor to Solve Water Crisis

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mokowe residents have urged the county government to establish measure that would mitigate the area’s perennial water crisis. Speaking...

Clerics Forge Alternative Mechanism to Combat Youth Killings

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzanta Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Muslim Communities in Lamu county are mounting efforts to establish alternative conflict resolution mechanisms aimed at curbing revenge killings among...

GSU Unit Clinch Kenya Shooting Championship

2 years ago thecoast

By Jenje Bozo Email, thecoastnewpaper@gmail.com General Service Unit bagged Ksh, 150,000 after winning the discipline forces title at the Kenya Shooting Sports Federation and Bamburi...

Opinion/Commentary

WHY Nominated Cabinet Secretaries with Pending Cases Deserve Due Process

2 years ago thecoast

By Prof. Morris Kiwinda Mbondenyi Constitutional Law Expert Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com 1. The Constitution of Kenya presumes everyone to be innocent until proven guilty. Thus, no...

Forbes Africa Lists JKUAT Student Top 30 Under 30

2 years ago thecoast

By Patrick Amunavi Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Forbes Africa has listed Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology student, Dr. Joan Ruguru Kimani, as one of the...

Alice Shauri Wins UK-based Madrinha Trust Award

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery (MBChB) student at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and technology (JKUAT) has bagged the...

Can Kenyan Media Turn the Page

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com With implicit/explicit biasism or partisanism within its ranks, can all media professionals expose, isolate and eliminate all forms of incitement...

Youth MCAs want Governor to fulfill Election Pledges

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzanta Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Members of the Lamu Youth Assembly have urged the current county government administration to adhere to their election pledge of...

Mombasa County to Conduct Headcount of Workers

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa County Government will now conduct a Human Resource Audit (HRA) to verify the current number of bona fide workers...

No More Illegal Dumping, County Orders

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email,thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com It’s now official that dumping of garbage could land you in a civil jail as the county government orders closure...

111Years Old Golf Course Positioned for Sports Tourism

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Mombasa Iconic golf course under UNESCO list is undergoing a major refurbishment in order to attract both local...

County Government Commits More Funds to Bursary Kit

2 years ago thecoast

By Jilian Anyango Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com At least 2,500 students will continue to benefit from the Lamu Scholarship and bursary programme initiative aimed at improving education...

Azimio Brigade Authorizes Governor to Work with Ruto

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Azimio la Umoja one Kenya Coalition has officially authorized the newly sworn in Mombasa governor Abdullswamad Sheriff Nassir to collaborate...

Governor Elect Vows to Restore Town’s Lost Glory

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecpastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa county governor elect Abdulswamad Sharif Nassir has expressed his desire to restore the lost glory for the ancient...

Long Distance Drivers Issue Ultimatum

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Operations along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway could soon be paralyzed if a section of long distance truck drivers make good...

Arrested Jordan Citizens Heading Back Home

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com 40 Jordanian Tourists who were stranded in the coastal town of Mombasa are on their way to their homeland...

Consider PWD’s Plights, County Governments Advised

2 years ago thecoast

By Jilian Anyango Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A community based organization wants county governments to consider and include the plights of people living with Disabilities in their...

KPA Acquires Ksh.1.4 billion Tugboat for Lamu

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu Port will now commence tugging operations after Kenya Ports Authority acquired a brand new tugboat worthy 1.4 Billion. MV....

County Speakers Races Hot Up as Incumbents Stay Put

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Team. Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Several dignitaries have quickly changed gear days after the conclusion of the general elections where their lack did not...

Conduct Forensic Audit on Pending Bills, Nassir

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa Governor-elect Abdulswamad Nassir says his government will be conducting a forensic audit on all pending bills before making...

LAPSSET Holds Talks with Qatar Investors

2 years ago thecoast

By Jillian Anyango Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority has embarked on talks with prospective investors from the Gulf region. The talks centered on...

Lamu West Candidate Promises Fair Bursary Allocation

2 years ago thecoast

By Jillian Anyango Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu West parliamentary candidate says distribution of bursaries by the local CDF committee has been unfair. He is now promising...

Mombasa County owes Lawyer Sh120 Million in Arrears

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Mombasa based advocate has threatened to take serious legal action against the local County Government for defaulting in...

Lamu Leaders Failed Us: Senate Aspirant

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzanta Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu ANC senate aspirant Yusuf Abubakar says his priority goal when elected would be to push for more fund allocations...

Matuga MP: My Work Speaks for Itself

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Matuga MP Kassim Sawa Tandaza has urged locals and Kenyans at large to vote in only development minded leaders...

Lamu’s Umra Pledge to Fix UHC

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzanta Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu Gubernatorial Candidate Umra Omar has termed healthcare as most critical issue and is therefore promising implement universal access incase...

CDA to Pool sh33 Million in Malindi’s Irrigation

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, the coastnewspaper@gmail.com Coast Development Authority (CDA) is set to expand its Chakama irrigation scheme in Malindi sub-county of Kilifi to...

Rabai Residents Protest Over Pollution by Jumbo Metal Company

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.copm A major row is in the offing between a metal firm and residents of Rabai village over pollution. Consequently,...

Murshid Calls for Action on Disappeared Kenyans

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A former commissioner in the apex National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Mr Murshid Abdalla has condemned disappearances of Kenyans...

ASA International to Distribute Wheelchairs to PWDs

2 years ago thecoast

Alfred Kazungu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A credit firm has launched a wheelchair distribution program meant to benefit people living with disabilities. ASA International chief executive officer...

Kilifi Firm Develops Ventilator

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Kilifi firm has developed a ventilator that operates without electricity and helps infants who run out of oxygen....

Stop the Pingpong of Sakaja’s Academic Papers as they are Just Pieces of Papers

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Education has five essential elements that you CANNOT quantify from piece of papers written CERTIFICATE! These elements are: - concepts...

Forbes Africa Lists JKUAT Student in Top 30 Under 30

2 years ago thecoast

BY PATRICK AMUNAVI Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Forbes Africa has listed Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology student, Dr. Joan Ruguru Kimani, as one of the...

Archbishop Kivuva: Our Democracy will Reach there

2 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Catholic Archbishop Martin Kivuva Musonde calls for the rule of law and taking responsibilities to be at the centre of...

Lamu County Government in Row with it’s Assembly over Land

2 years ago thecoast

By Fumo Mzalendo Emai, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Lamu County executive has sharply differed with its county assembly over the subdivision of land schemes in the county....

Pate Residents: Why We Will Vote Out Our Leaders

2 years ago thecoast

By Fumo Mzalendo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents of Pate Island in Lamu East constituency say they are tired of their current leaders for failing to address...

Safaricom Golf: Kitale’s Sorobea Carded 40 Points, Clinches Title

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kitale’s Elly Sorobea was named the overall winner of the tenth leg in a colourful Safaricom Golf Tour event...

Kenya Climate Smart Project Revives Hopes for Lamu Cotton Farmers

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzanta Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com At least 300 smallholder cotton farmers in Lamu have started to benefit from a climate change mitigation program. The farmers...

Eric Mugo: I’m Most Fit for Lamu Governor Job

2 years ago thecoast

By Joel Mzanta Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Four politicians have been cleared for the Lamu County gubernatorial race. This follows clearance of the former deputy Governor Mr...

Mombasa

Luhya Community in Mombasa Pledge to Campaign for Raila

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoasnewspaper@gmail.com Members of the Luhya community residing in Mombasa have pledged to mobilize and campaign for the Azimio presidential candidate...

Mombasa

Several Aspirants Decry Tough IEBC Rules

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A number of independent candidates in Mombasa and Kilifi are unhappy with the "very rigid" clearance procedures of the...

Mombasa

MUHURI Launches Voter Education and Peace Campaign in Coast Region

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A Mombasa based rights lobby Muslims for Human Rights (MUHURI) has added its voice on the calls for peaceful...

Mombasa

Jubilee women in Mombasa Accuse ODM of Short Changing them

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter. Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A major row is brewing among Azimio's women rank and file in Mombasa. Jubilee women brigade in the County...

Mombasa

Bamburi Cement clocks Sh 2.2 Billion Profit

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@mail.com Bamburi Cement Group has registered a 22 per cent growth in its pretax profit for the year 2021. Its...

Mombasa

COVAW Rescues Women and Youth Businesses after Covid-19 Slump

2 years ago thecoast

By Munira Shaban Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Coalition on Violence against Women (COVAW) organization is rescuing women and youths whose businesses collapsed or suffered the impact of...

Mombasa

Boga Calls for Peaceful Polls

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale county governorship aspirant Mr Hamadi Boga has urged different communities in the county to reject any leader who...

Mombasa

NBK aids KEWI’s Water Symposium with Kshs 1 million

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com THE National Bank of Kenya (NBK) recently injected Kshs 1 million as sponsorship for the second edition of the...

Mombasa

The Coast Media Group: Editorial

2 years ago thecoast

Eleven public rallies and five economic forums are in the offing from William Samoei Ruto (WSR) as he begins his four-day campaign encounter of the...

Mombasa

Is Media Rigging August 2022 Elections?

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa. Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The answer to this question can be picked from content analysis of media reportage on the two presidential frontrunners. As...

Ravaging Drought Leaves Kilifi Women with Nothing to Show

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com As the world joined in commemoration of this year’s women’s day achievements some months ago, a large number of...

Chauhan Clinches 8th leg of Safaricom Golf Tour at Nyali

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Nyali’s home-based golfer Kailesh Chauhan is the overall winner of the eighth leg of the Safaricom Golf Tour held at...

Gen Mwathethe Issues New Rules to Revamp Fishery

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com RETIRED General Samson Mwathethe is rooting for new measures to enable coastal communities to access oceans to eke out their...

Opinion/Commentary

Leaders Disunity Hampering Bargain For Coast

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa And Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.cpm Desperation to shed the 'village party' tag in lieu of national outlook is forcing Pamoja African Alliance...

Opinion/Commentary

What You Should Know About Opinion Polls

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com People should know the good, the bad and the ugly of polling and public opinion. If you take a public...

DP Ruto, KADU and Amidzi Elders in New Pact to Lock Kilifi

2 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Deputy President William Ruto's UDA has moved to consolidate its Kilifi support base by signing pacts with KADU Asili and...

Kwale’s Sonrisa Resort Owner Hospitalized after Land Saga

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnespaper@gmail.com A Polish investor whose tourist hotel was demolished at Galu Kinondo, Kwale, says those executing the court order destroyed...

Lobby Calls for Total Ban on Wildlife Trade

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com An international conservation lobby wants a complete end to wildlife trade.World Animal Protection says the Convention on International Trade...

Makupa Bridge Ready by June 2022

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Commuters and motorists plying along Mombasa Island and Changamwe will be relieved of the perennial traffic hiccups in June,...

Mombasa Cement Support to UDA Campaigns Raises Storms

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST ReporterMany coast residents know Mombasa Cement firm more for its extensive multibillion philanthropy rather than for its being a lead manufacturer of...

PAA Suffers as ODM to Field Candidates for all Posts in Kilifi

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com ODM party has declared it would field candidates in all elective positions within Kilifi County because it is one...

JKUAT Research Chair Trains SMEs on Coconut Value Chains

2 years ago thecoast

By PATRICK AMUNAVI Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Second National University Research Chair on Manufacturing that is supported by the National Commission for Science, Innovation and Technology...

Coast Based Parties Form Own Coalition

2 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Three political parties based in the Coast Region have merged to form a new coalition “Ukombozi wa Majimbo” in...

Let’s Build Strong Seafarers Union

2 years ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com SUK has a lot of weaknesses and the leaders and members too we've a lot of weaknesses. But remaining in...

News Feature

Women Struggle for Survival in Marsabit Despite Tough Climatic Conditions

2 years ago thecoast

By Scovian Lillian Emai, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Marsabit County in Northern Kenya is one of 27 counties classified as arid or semi-arid. Most rivers in the region...

Pwani Innovation Week slated for March

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa and other coastal counties will host the third edition of Pwani Innovation Week (PIW) that aims to promote culture...

Let’s Conduct Peaceful Campaigns: Abdulswamad

3 years ago thecoast

By Nyota Suleiman Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir has called all leaders to shun divisive politics in their campaigns. Speaking during a women's forum...

Government on Lookout for Inciters and Militia

3 years ago thecoast

Seif Kadir Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail,com Tana River County Commissioner (CC) Mbogai Rioba has warned leaders against instigating ethnic hatred and incitement to violence in their campaigns....

Media Feeds and Game Framing of Presidential Race; Guns Should be Trained on Journalists’ Coverage?

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Each of the mainstream media leaders - Citizen TV, KTN News, NTV, K24 TV, TV47 & KBC - have promised...

CORRUPTION, Is it an Agenda in this Election?

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera Mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Corruption hurts everyone and goes beyond the corrupt individuals, the innocent colleagues who are implicated, or the reputation of the...

KENYA PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS 2022; Why OKA is the Most Attractive Suitor?

3 years ago thecoast

By Prof Dr Halim Shauri Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com "Hayawi hayawi huwa", the year 2022 is here with a bang and we have been lucky to see...

PAA Seeks Foothold as Race Hots up for Kingi Successor

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The recently formed Pamoja African Alliance (PAA) has embarked on a frantic search for political candidates to field in various...

Another Two People Missing in Mombasa Bringing Toll to 61

3 years ago thecoast

By Phelgonna Velma Emai, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Two people in Mombasa have gone missing and their families have expressed fear over their lives. Families of Mwinyi Mwinyi,...

PWDs Reject Media Sympathy

3 years ago thecoast

By SCOVIAN LILLIAN Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com As the World celebrated the International Day of persons with disabilities (PWD) on December 3, 2021, a regional activist challenged...

Mombasa

JKP Seeks Sh 100B For Economic Stimulus Package

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email,thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani (JKP) wants the government to set aside Ksh 100 billion as economic stimulus package for Coast...

Mombasa

Kilifi Leaders Want DICECE College Elevated

3 years ago thecoast

By Said Bambanya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Leaders in Kilifi are calling on both the County and national governments to protect the sh 200 million resource learning...

Mombasa

Foreign Teams Arrive In Mombasa For Tong- IL Moo-Do Event

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Phillipian Team has already jetted in to Mombasa for the open Tong-IL Moo-Do championship that kicks off next week. The...

Regional

EACC Warns Grabbers of Public Beaches in Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is investigating alleged grabbing of several public beach plots in Mombasa. EACC's lower coastal...

ODM Women League in Mombasa Promise Major Campaign for Raila

3 years ago thecoast

By Halima Charo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) women activists in Mombasa County have pledged to conduct extensive campaigns for the party's presidential hopeful...

Oguna Urges Youth to Capitalize on Government Programs

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Government wants youth to take advantage of the numerous opportunities extended to them in order to improve their lives....

KPA Builds Dorm for Shimo La Tewa School

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com OVER 50 schools in the Coast region will benefit from an education development project by the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA)....

Power Body Sets Aside Ksh159 Billion For Rural Electrification

3 years ago thecoast

By Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@mail.comThe Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation (REREC) plans to spend a whooping sh 159 billion to expand electricity distribution in the next...

Government Moots Plans to End Abuse, Death of Kenyans in the Gulf

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has assured Kenyans that a strategy to end abuses of Kenyans in the Middle East is at an...

Aga Khan Distributes PPEs to Boost Anti-Covid Campaign

3 years ago thecoast

By Kahonzi Kaliwa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Aga Khan Development Network Mombasa (AKDN ) intends to distribute PPEs and e-learning equipment worth Ksh 12 in coastal counties...

JKP Lands on Ksh 3.5 Billion EU Grant for Blue Economy

3 years ago thecoast

By MwakwayaRaymond Email, thecoastnewspapeper@gmail.com The blue economy sector has received a major boost after the European Union announced a grant of Ksh 3.5 billion. The...

Bishop Kalu: Let’s Reject Leaders Preaching Anarchy

3 years ago thecoast

Johnson Mwadime Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com An eminent Anglican cleric has warned politicians for allegedly engaging in divisive utterances that can perpetuate hatred among Kenyans. Bishop Emeritus...

Sports

Ibrahim Ndung’u Wins in Shooting Finals in Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

By Halima Charo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Master Ibrahim Ndung’u clinched the title of the international practical shooting confederation league in the finals held at the Bamburi...

Sports

25 Nations to Attend Martial Arts Tourneys in Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The 9th edition of Mombasa Open Tong-IL Moo- Do Martial Arts Championship is slated for December 11th to 22nd 2021...

Health

HealthX Firm Launches Telemedicine in Kenya

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com HealthX, a fully equipped, and virtual medical facility has commenced its services in Kenya. The innovative locally founded healthcare provider...

Mombasa

Kenyan Farmers Give too Much Antibiotics’ to Animals

3 years ago thecoast

By Nwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Many livestock farmers in Kenya tend to rush to pharmacies and agrovets to buy antibiotics for their animals every time...

Mombasa

Government to Give Relief Foods to 23 Counties hit by Drought

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, theoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government is scaling up relief food distribution to people in 23 counties currently afflicted by drought and famine. Government...

Business News

KUDHEIHA: Restore full Salaries for Hotel Workers

3 years ago thecoast

By Kahonzi Kaliwa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com THE Kenyan Union of Domestic Health Educational Institutions and Allied is calling for hoteliers at the coast to restore the...

Politics

Wajir Ex-Governor says NE Region Should Back Raila

3 years ago thecoast

By Gurcha Boru Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Former Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi has urged leaders from the Somali community to rally behind the ODM leader Raila Odinga...

COTU Mooting Plan to end Deaths of Kenyans in the Gulf

3 years ago thecoast

By Kahonzi Kaliwa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The umbrella workers body COTU is developing a plan to ensure safety and security of Kenyans who migrate abroad for...

The “Elephant Queen” Coast Tour

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A new film on elephant conservation was exhibited nationwide starting with Mombasa County. The initiative, Mobile Cinema and Outreach Programme,...

Wananyuki FC Elects New Officials

3 years ago thecoast

By Halima Charo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa's Wananyuki FC, which is among the oldest clubs in Kenya, has elected new officials bringing to an end protracted...

Mombasa

Kwale Women Vow to Capture all Seats Come 2022

3 years ago thecoast

By Kahonzi Kaliwa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale county gubernatorial aspirant Fatuma Achani has endorsed Samburu-Chengoni MCA Josphat Chirema Kombo as her running mate in the oncoming...

Did William Samoei Ruto’s Coast UDA Tour Make Inroads

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakera mwajefa Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com This question draws two sets of answers depending on which political divide you ask.If you go with the ODM wing,...

MP Nassir’s Petition on Dockers Wages Sails through

3 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.con The Dock Workers Union (DWU) is aerated after the National Assembly resolved that the Kenya Ports Authority implement the...

Kwale Activists Demand Government Action on War Mongers

3 years ago thecoast

BY KAHONZI KALIWA Email, thecoastnewspaper@mail.com Kwale political activists are calling for peaceful campaigns in the lead up to the 2022 general elections. Led by Mwanasiti...

Coast Leaders Back Raila Economic Plans

3 years ago thecoast

By Hellen Mwashumbe Email, tecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Raila Odinga’s pledge to address the cost of doing business if he becomes President has earned support of the coast...

Another man Kidnapped by Armed Men in Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

By Sidi Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A 22-year-old university student has gone missing in Mombasa after he was allegedly forced into a car by heavily armed...

KRA Leads in Grand Forest Planting in Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

By Joseph Mwema Email, thecoastnewspaper2gmail.com THE Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has planted over 20,000 mangrove trees at Mchenja Maisha in Jomvu, Mombasa, as part of...

20 get Scholarships from Bamburi Cement in Kwale

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Bamburi Cement company has salvaged academic dreams of at least 20 needy students in Kwale by financing their education for...

Kenya Government Finally Sets Seafarers’ Wages Council

3 years ago thecoast

BY Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The recent establishment of the Merchant Navy Wage Standards marks a major step towards better employment conditions for Kenyan seafarers....

We won’t STOP Flight of Workers to Saudi, CS Chelugui Declares

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has dismissed calls by COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli for suspension of licenses of immigration recruiting agencies that...

IEBC Commends Media Pledge to Work Closely

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Independent Electoral Boundaries Commission IEBC has lauded journalists in the Coast Region for reporting electoral matters objectively and responsibly. The...

Kenya’s Press Release Before ICJ Verdict

3 years ago thecoast

By Presidential Press Unit On the 24th September, 2021, the International Court of Justice (the Court) released a Press Statement indicating that it would deliver...

Kenya-Somalia Maritime Dispute: Tension Builds but What way out?

3 years ago thecoast

By The COAST media Commentator email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Tension is rising between Kenya and Somalia who disagree over the delimitation of the maritime border of an...

Kenya Roots for Diplomatic Solution After Losing Case on Border Dispute with Somalia,

3 years ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com ICJ has ruled largely in favor of Somalia in its long-running dispute with Kenya over their maritime dispute. In 2009,...

Ashoka, Worldreader Launch Book Collection for Children

3 years ago thecoast

By Coast Media Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comAs the world commemorated the International Day of the Girl Child on Monday, 11th October 2021, Ashoka and Worldreader collaborated...

HIV Cases and Uncontrolled Births on the Rise in Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

By Sidi Katana Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa has recorded a remarkable decrease in the use of contraceptives and the trend has caused sharp rise in the...

Mombasa

Mombasa’s Kashani Residents Alarmed by Land Cartels

3 years ago thecoast

By Sidi Mweni Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comOver 500,000 residents of Kashani in Mombasa County are likely to miss out in the ongoing continuous voter registration, as they...

Mombasa CSOs Root for Open Data Policy

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Civil societies in Mombasa are working on modalities of enhancing public access and use of open data produced by State...

Foodies festival props Mombasa back from Covid-19 effects

3 years ago thecoast

By FAITH SAMMY Email,thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa residents had an opportunity to showcase their food varieties during the Foodies’ Festivals held along Mama Ngina Water Front, adjacent...

Pwani Oil Fetes Kenya’s Best Essay Writers

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com FIVE pupils all of them from rural schools fought their way to the national finals of the Countrywide Essay Writing...

KPA’S Salvage Tug Boat

3 years ago thecoast

By Andrew Mwangura KPA’s 1.7 billion shillings salvage tug boat currently under construction at the Turkish based ship builder MED MARINE is ready to be...

Competence Based Curriculum Here to Stay, says Maghoha

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Cabinet Secretary for Education Prof George Magoha says the Government would continue with full implementation of the competence-based curriculum (CBC)...

Mombasa

Joho Castigates Bottom Up Economic Model

3 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Mwakwaya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Governor Hassan Ali Joho has criticised those touting the bottom-up economic model saying it is unworkable in Kenya because...

Civil Society Out to Mobilize Locals In Voter Registration Exercise

3 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Correspondent Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A civil society in Coast Region has launched a campaign to mobilize and sensitize locals on the need to register...

Sh14 Billion deficit needed for next year’s polls, IEBC

3 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission has asked the government to immediately release Sh14 Billion for its preparation and conduct of free,...

Get them back to school, CR orders

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT Coast regional commissioner John Elungata has directed chiefs and their assistants to identify form one children who have been unable to...

Senators upbeat proposed Bill to transform coconut industry

3 years ago thecoast

BY COASTNEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT Three Coast Senators are upbeat the proposed Coconut Industry Development Bill 2021 will not only improve the coconut industry but also change...

Mombasa Cement comes to rescue of Butere girl

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT Fatuma Kwekwe Mongo, 16, had lost hope after failing to report at Butere Girls High School of Western region due to...

New Cashew nut varieties to boost industry in Coast region

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Cashew nut farmers are set to benefit from a new variety of seedlings developed by the Kenya Agriculture and Livestock Research...

Water troubles to end soon in Garissa

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The perennial water problem that troubles Garissa County will be a thing of the past if the ongoing construct of an...

Untold Story of Climate Change ‘Ghost’

3 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Shifting temperatures and changing rainfall patterns to more extreme and unpredictable weather are threatening human health, social order and economic...

Poverty riding on climate change’s back

3 years ago thecoast

BY CAROLINE KALIWA Seventy-one percent of Kwaleans lived under poverty level before devolution and this has been a result of poor rainfalls caused by climate...

Parliament to stop Chinese fishing in Kenya

3 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Parliamentary Committee on Agriculture wants the Chinese fishing activities within Kenya’s water borders regulated or stopped altogether. During an inspection...

Lufthansa lands in Mombasa with a cargo of 150 tourists

3 years ago thecoast

BY RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Tourism sector came alive on Saturday morning of July 24, 2021 when 150 passengers jetted at the Moi International Airport Mombasa (MIAM)...

Second commercial ship calls Lamu

3 years ago thecoast

COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT ANDREW MWANGURA MV Spirit of Dubai, which is operated by a French Shipping Company-CMA CGM, on July 21, 2021) became a second...

900 radical youths rehabilitated in Mombasa and its environs

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST MEDIA REPORTER More than 900 radicalised youths who have undergoing de-radicalization programmes have successfully been integrated into the society within Mombasa County and...

Farmers to reap more from fruit processing plant in Galole

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST MEDIA REPORTER Fortunes of mango farmers are set to change drastically following the commissioning of a Sh200 million Hola Integrated Fruit Processing Factory...

Back in time needs to be preserved in Tana River

3 years ago thecoast

BY DANSON MUNGATANA On Thursday, July 8, 2021 after court, I had a most amazing visit to our oldest lady, mkuu jwa mabongolo, in Garsen....

Lamu hoteliers see business boom from port activities

3 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Hopes of turning round the Lamu hoteliers’ fortunes are at the end of the tunnel following the ongoing infrastructure of the...

Covid-19 discrimination raises concern in Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

BY CHARLES OGALLO Emily Banda, a middle-aged woman, succumbed to Covid-19 related complications seven days after being mandatorily admitted at the Coast General Referral and...

Varsities should focus on their core areas of strength, says CS

3 years ago thecoast

By PATRICK AMUNAVI Kenya’s Education Cabinet Secretary, Prof George Magoha, wants universities in the country to remain focused on their traditional core areas of strength...

Romanian chartered flight gives life to Tourism sector with its 116 human cargo

3 years ago thecoast

BY GIDEON MAUNDUKenya’s limping tourism industry got a shot in the arm when 116 travellers jetted at the Moi Interntional Airport aboard a Romanian chartered...

Coast political alliance unstoppable, says Kingi

3 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comProponents of the Coast political alliance have vowed to continue with their mission to set up a regional party irrespective of...

Is BBI running into ‘troubled waters’ in Kilifi County?

3 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comKilifi County Assembly is among the counties that passed the BBI bill but its awareness among the electorates is low based on...

BBI Bill to be tabled ‘soon’ in both houses-Lusaka

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT The Constitution of Kenya (Amendment) Bill 2020 will ‘soon’ be tabled in both the Houses of Senate and Parliament for deliberation...

Finland grants Sh14 billion to Trademark East Africa to spur business in East Africa

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT The Finnish Government has extended an additional grant of Sh14 billion to TradeMark East Africa (TMEA) to spur trade and economic...

Your days are numbered over ‘witchcraft-fueled’ killings, says Coast RC

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT The government has issued a stern warning for those unknown assailants killing the elderly people in Kilifi and Kwale counties on...

PIL agreement behind the congestion at the Port of Mombasa

3 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA The Kenya Ports Authority and Pacific International Line (PIL) agreement is to blame for the ongoing congestion at the sea port of...

Stop inciting people on land or political issues, Tana River leaders warned

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT The government has warned political leaders in Tana River County against fuelling animosity and tension on land and the forthcoming elections....

US boost Kenya’s maritime surveillance of its territorial waters

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT The United States of America has boosted maritime surveillance along the Kenyan Coast territorial waters after deploying the Expeditionary Sea Base...

Samboja takes over JKP chair for less than 18 months

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT Jumuiya ya Kaunti za Pwani (JKP) secretariat is pleased to announce the unanimous resolution of the six member counties to appoint...

Let’s involve communities in heritage conservation, says NMK

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) is rooting for community involvement in the conservation of heritage sites faced with imminent threats...

Agriculture

Government On Right Track, Says Oguna

3 years ago thecoast

By Mahenzo Baha Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Government spokesman retired Col. Cyrus Oguna has reaffirmed Kenyans that the government is doing so well as far as development...

Business News

World Bank Pumps 4.5 Billion to Water Agency

3 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com World Bank is set to release 4.5 Billion to the Coast Water Works Development Agency (CWWDA) to militate against...

Education

Sossion Drums Support for BBI

3 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Teachers have been told to embrace the Building Bridges Initiative Bill since its governance will help in getting a...

KPA Regional Maritime Awards 2020 set for May

3 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER REPORTER Summary · Interested companies and individuals have until February 26, 2021to submit their entries · The 2020’s awards are open to maritime...

Diani’s Leading Beach Destination Bounces Back

3 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Newspaper Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Sprawled along the spectacular Diani Beach overlooking the Indian Ocean, Fins Beach Bar & Grill serves up a...

Quest for Coast Kingpin turns Nasty and Noisy

3 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Efforts to set up a Coast based national party has hit an all-time high with three governors staring an exit at the...

Mombasa

Mombasa Port Report Impressive Business Performance Despite COVID-19

3 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Port of Mombasa has recorded an impressive business Performance including vessels and container traffics this month despite adverse effects of...

Mombasa

Pakistan Community to Construct 200 Bed Capacity Hospital in Isiolo

3 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Pakistani community in Kenya is planning to construct an ultra-modern 200-bed-capacity hospital in Isiolo County, the Overseas Pakistanis...

Mombasa

Illegal Fishing Going on in Kenyan waters

4 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com For a very long time now local and foreign owned fishing vessels have fished along Kenyan waters contrary to the...

Waive Away School Fees, Legislator Tells Government

4 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has been asked to waive school fees for this term at the public and private learning institutions so as...

USPK Launch Membership Recruitment

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Reporter Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Umoja Summit Party of Kenya USPK has launched a vigorous campaign to recruit new members ahead of the 2022General...

Politician’s Mother to Be Buried in Rural Home

4 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The family of former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana has resolved to have their mother buried at their rural home Ngao...

All Teenage Girls Must Be in School, Government Orders

4 years ago thecoast

By DAMA KALAMA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Education chief administrative secretary (CAS) Zachary Kinuthia has directed local administration officers to conduct a crackdown on teenage girls so...

Opinion/Commentary

Friends of Coast People are Well Known, Its not Ruto

4 years ago thecoast

BY Hon TEDDY MWAMBIRE Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com If we didn't know Mohamed Ali (Nyali MP), we would have thought the statement he just released was done...

Which Way for Democracy in Uganda this Month 2021?

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Democracy is on trial in Uganda after being castrated in US on November 3, 2020 by the first unorthodox billionaire-cum-Republican President Donald...

The Apostleship of the Sea

4 years ago thecoast

By ANDREW MWANGURA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The appointment of Fr Wilybard Lagho as the Bishop-Elect Malindi Catholic Diocese is a great honor to seafaring and the...

Seafarers Celebrate Festive Season In Deep Sea Due To Covid 19 Protocols

4 years ago thecoast

By ANDREW MWANGURA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com As we near the most holy time of the year, I want to share some thoughts with you. Normally, many of...

Mourning Former Chief Justice Gicheru What He Meant To Tana River County

4 years ago thecoast

By DANSON MUNGATANA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com I first met the former Chief Justice Gicheru as a young practitioner of the law in Mombasa where I used...

Tong-IL Moo-DO Championship Gets Notch Higher

4 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com President of the fast growing Tong Il- Moo-Do Championship has expressed satisfaction with the way Kenya government has been handling the...

JOHO’s Foot Soldier Picks Shahbal For 2022

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Correspondent Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The battle for Mombasa gubernatorial post has proven to provide a tough political duel come 2022 as key candidates...

News

Political Party In Search For Presidential Candidate

4 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Umoja Summit Party of Kenya USPK has launched a search for a probable candidate who will fly its presidential flag...

Kenya likely To Miss 2030 Sustainable Development Goals

4 years ago thecoast

By DAMA KALAMA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has been challenged to revisit to keep on track plans to attain sustainable development goals (SDG’s) by 2030...

News

Ombudsman Warns Public Institutions Against Withholding Information

4 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond and Charles Ogallo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Public institutions have been challenged to strictly adhere to the law on Access to Information (ATI) Act...

COVID-19 Fuels Mental Health Disorders

4 years ago thecoast

By Charles Ogallo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The COVID-19 pandemic has since March, 2020 continued to exert a substantial negative impact on health and socio-economic structures of...

Health Sector Paralyzed as UHC, Contracted Nurses Join Strike

4 years ago thecoast

BY DAMA KALAMA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa nurses under the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) are set to withdraw health service delivery at public hospitals from December...

ODM Narrowly Wins in Tension-Packed Dabaso by- Election

4 years ago thecoast

By Alfred Bambanya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party narrowly won the Tuesday’s Dabaso Ward by-election in Kilifi North constituency of Kilifi County. ...

BBI Politics Dominate Burial Ceremony of Malindi MCA’s Wife

4 years ago thecoast

By Alfred Babanya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) politics dominated the burial ceremony of the Town Member of County Assembly (MCA) David Kadenge’s wife...

Transport Sector Up In Arms Against County’s New Covid-19 Directives

4 years ago thecoast

By Dama Kalama Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Transport operators in Mombasa have threatened to paralyse operations in protest to the introduction of a fumigation certificate by the...

Life Threatening Cases to Journalists on the Rise

4 years ago thecoast

BY The COAST TEAM Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com At least 30 Kenyan journalists have received threats against their lives and intimidation this year while in line of duties...

Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing

4 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com How long would Eastern African countries continue to watch fishing vessels violate labour standards for their onboard crews? Time is...

Civil Societies Want Medics Grievances Resolved Immediately

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Civil society groups in the Coast Region have resolved not to sit back and watch as the country plunges into anarchy due...

Kenyan Journalists to Receive Legal and Medical Aid

4 years ago thecoast

BY CHARLES OGALLO Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenyan Journalists are set to enjoy a rare privilege of getting free legal and medical support after National Coalition of Human Rights...

Face Masks Challenge in School Reopening

4 years ago thecoast

BY SALMA ATHMAN MZUNGU Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lack of facemasks among school-going children has adversely affected their classes’ attendance in Kisauni Constituency of Mombasa County. Survey...

Politics

Declare Stand on BBI Referendum, DP Ruto Challenged

4 years ago thecoast

By Alfred Bambanya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Vocal Kilifi Member of County Assembly Nixon Mramba has challenged Deputy President William Ruto to declare his stand on the...

Allocate More Funds to Reproductive Health , Governors Urged!

4 years ago thecoast

By Dama Kalama Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health sector stakeholders from the Coastal region are calling on the county governments to increase budgetary allocation to implement effective and...

Do not Scare Away Desert Locusts, Governor Tells Residents

4 years ago thecoast

By Salim Mwavumbo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County Governor Amason Kingi has urged area residents not to scare away or eat desert locusts that have been...

Government Changes Plan on Galana Project!

4 years ago thecoast

By Alfred Bambanya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com It is now official. The land on which the multi-billion-shilling Galana/Kulalu Food Security Project is being implemented is being turned...

Embrace BBI or Perish, Legislator Woes Coast Residents

4 years ago thecoast

By Baha Kasena Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Ganze Member of Parliament Teddy Mwambire has urged the residents of the Coast region to fully support the Constitutional Amendment...

Investigate Senator For Preaching Hate Speech, NCIC Told

4 years ago thecoast

By Dancan Ochieng Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has been asked to investigate the Lamu County senator Anwar Loitiptip for his ‘hate...

Science and Research Key to Unlocking Development Potential, Uhuru says

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Science and research are key to unlocking Kenya’s development potential especially in finding solutions to many a challenge slowing down...

Empowerment Programs Reduce Crime Government Says

4 years ago thecoast

By Nyevu Mwarandu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Youth empowerment programs targeting the young people in Kisauni Sub county have been attributed to the decline of crime from...

Kilifi Unveils Extensive Anti-Teenage Pregnancy Campaign

4 years ago thecoast

By Salim Mwavumbo Email, thecoastnewspaperNew strategies have been launched for anti-teenage pregnancies in Kilifi County to tame the vice that is causing sleepless nights to...

Joho’s Headache Over BBI Vote After Demise of ODM Chair

4 years ago thecoast

By Alfred Bambanya Email. thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The recent sudden demise of member of the Mombasa County Assembly (MCA) Mohamed Hatimy (nominated) has left Governor Hassan Joho...

National Museums Taps on Digital Revenue in Covid-19 Recovery Plan

4 years ago thecoast

By Dama Kalama Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenyans will soon enjoy the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) collections from anywhere on the globe once digitization of its...

Kadu Asili: Loss of Political Voice Denies Coast Region Right to Socio-Economic Development

4 years ago thecoast

By Alfred Bambanya Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comThe Kadu Asili political party has decried the perceived lack of a political voice in the Coastal region saying it has...

Why Task Force on Fishermen Training is Mandatory

4 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Now that the Syllabus for training of fishermen is published, the Government should set a Special Task Force on fishing...

County Attorneys Hail Enactment of Office of the County Attorney Act 2020

4 years ago thecoast

SAlim Mwavumbo Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com County Attorneys in the 47 devolved units have hailed the enactment of the Office of the County Attorney Act 2020, which...

Coast Feeling the Heat of Foreign Tourists Deficiency

4 years ago thecoast

By Dama Kalama Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Reliance on foreign arrivals and ongoing global COVID 19 pandemic crisis has virtually turned the hotel industry along the coastal...

Mombasa

ECOBIZ SACCO DECRIES DIP IN LOAN REPAYMENT AS COVID-19 BITES

4 years ago thecoast

BY DAMA KALAMACOVID 19 shocks continue to ravage the financial economy, as Savings and Credit Co-operative Organisations (Saccos) struggle to stay afloat through restructural programs...

Cracking the Nut: JKUAT technologies to boost coconut value chains in Coast region

4 years ago thecoast

BY PATRICK AMUNAVI The quest to upscale processing and production of quality coconut-based value added products by small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in the...

Attend Gatherings at Your Own Peril; Kagwe Warns

4 years ago thecoast

Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comPolitical activities and social gatherings are to blame for the current COVID 19 spike that is ravaging as new cases and deaths continue to...

Kisauni MP’s supporters reject Kalonzo’s preferred candidate mantra for Mombasa’s governorship race

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The mission of Wiper Democratic Movement of Kenya to reactivate its mashinani support bases and recruit new members stepped on dynamite...

KEMSA SCAM: ICPAK warns members of dire consequences if found culpable

4 years ago thecoast

BY DAMA KALAMA The institute of certified public accountants of Kenya ICPAK has warned it will suspended and deregistered members implicated in the Kenya Medical...

Sharp divisions emerge among the giant DWU officials over KPA merger with sister corporations

4 years ago thecoast

BY DAMA KALAMAThe merger of three government parastatals into one unity has sparked divisions among the giant Dock Workers Union officials and members at the...

Forceful Disappearance Cases Increase as Family Demands for Kinsman

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email; thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Cases of people disappearing mysteriously in the hands of the law enforcers have drastically increased with 19 cases having...

Think About Less Fortunate! Government Told

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comA section of Mombasa county residents have urged the government to create job opportunities for hundreds of families risking starvation.According to the locals...

Mombasa Black Mondays to Resume Over Merger of Parastatals

4 years ago thecoast

By DAMA KALAMA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comCoast human rights groups have declared a return of the Black Monday weekly demonstrations due to what they term as continued...

Donor Threatens to Withdraw HIV Funds In Coast

4 years ago thecoast

By DAMA KALAMA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comKey players in the health sector at the Coast have called on the government to tame corruption at the ministry of...

Chamber Tells Media Not to Scare Investors

4 years ago thecoast

By GURACH WORRA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comKenya National Chamber of commerce and Industry (KNCCI) want media to be fair when reporting on upcoming Enterprises not to jeopardize ...

Muslim Clerics Rebuke MP For Demolishing Mosque

4 years ago thecoast

By THE COAST Reporter Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Muslims National Advisory Council (KEMNAC) wants Nyali lawmaker Mohammed Ali to apologize to the Muslim community for the demolition...

6 Billion Housing Units Set to Take off

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST ReporterEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comA section of Mombasa county residents wants to be given first priority in the allocation of the intended upgrading housing units in...

Safaricom Foundation Injects One Million to Shimo-la-Tewa Borstal Institute

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Shimo la Tewa Borstal is one of the four institutions in Kenya whose mandate is to reform and re-integrate young...

Streamline Sexual Reproductive Health Policies- Government Told

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of lobbyists in Mombasa County have asked the government to streamline sexual reproductive health and rights policies in a...

Terror Suspect Gunned Down in Matuga

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) in collaboration with other security agents have gunned down a terror suspect at Gasore Village in...

Lobbyists warn Government Against Mutilating Constitution

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Coast Civil society lobby groups have warned the political elites against any move to amend chapter 4 of the constitution. The...

Domesticate Menstrual Hygiene Management Policy to Cushion Girls

4 years ago thecoast

By DAMA KALAMA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Health practitioners from Kilifi County are now demanding for a full implementation of the recently launched Menstrual Hygiene Management (MHM)...

Support Our Program, Disability Lobby Pleads

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lobby group championing for the rights of disabled community, wants the government to support its reusable sanitary towels initiative. Speaking to...

Arrest COVID-19 Funds Looters, FABCOM Petitions Government

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Activists attached to the Fast Action Business Community (FABCOM) /have asked the government to arrest and prosecute COVID-19 funds looters. The...

Mwahima; What a Legacy!

4 years ago thecoast

EDITORIAL Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Ordinary Likoni residents turned in their hundreds to bury their elderly leader Mwalimu Masoud Mwahima who passed on Monday night August 24,...

Panic in Gamba as Senior Officer Falls From Building

4 years ago thecoast

By GURACH WORRA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Sombre mood engulfed the police fraternity in Gamba Tana River county after a senior police officer fell from a storey...

Parents Can Whip Out Street Children Menace

4 years ago thecoast

By DAMA KALAMA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Children rights defenders have raised an alarm over the rising number of street children neglected in urban areas during this...

New COVID-19 Testing Laboratory in the Offing for Truck Drivers in Mombasa County

4 years ago thecoast

By DAMA KALAMA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com To fast-track the testing of truck drivers and easy movement of cargo, the Ministry of Health is setting up a...

Maintain High Hygiene to Stay Afloat, Taita Taveta Traders Told

4 years ago thecoast

By THE COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Hundreds of traders trooped back to Taita Taveta County markets in Wundanyi, Mwatate, Taveta and Voi sub counties...

Governor’s Residence Hit by COVID-19 Pandemic

4 years ago thecoast

By GURACH WORRA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comSome 37 people among them 10 workers at the Tana River County Governor Dhadho Godhana’s official residence have been quarantined on suspicion of...

Efforts to Restore Kaya Forest Take Shape

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Survey and demarcation of the controversial Kaya Tiwi forest in Matuga sub-county has begun. This comes after a private developer...

COVID-19: Unite in Combating COVID-19, Hindu Clergy Tells Kenyans

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The clergy from different religions have called on Kenyans to join hands in a bid to stop further spread of the...

EU Support Port of Mombasa Frontline Workers to Tame COVID-19

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKERA MWAJEFA The European Union, through its Kenya ambassador Simon Mordue, has donated personal protective equipment (PPE) to the Kenya Ports Authority frontline staff...

Uphold The Rule Of Law, Police Told

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comFamilies of a trio allegedly abducted by police in Kilifi County on Saturday want the government to intervene and shed light on their...

Could Kenya Be Sliding to Dictatorship?

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKERA MWAJEFA Editor in Chief/ The Coast Media Group FORD ASILI secretary general Njeru Kathangu thinks the country is sliding to dictatorship based on...

A Coast Political Party – Is Putting the Cart Before the Horse?

4 years ago thecoast

By HAMISI MWAGUYA (Advisor on urban planning and development-Mombasa County) Listening to the latest sounds of clamouring for a Coast political party is like passing through...

Trending

Kenya Should Proceed Beyond Moody Awori’s 2003 Prison Reforms

4 years ago thecoast

By ZEDEKIAH ADIKA (Program officer at Kituo Cha Sheria and convener of Coast Civil Society Network) University of Nairobi intellectual, Tom Odhiambo states, ‘indeed, if Kenyans...

Deliver or See the Door, Taita Taveta Governor Warns

4 years ago thecoast

By Coast Media Group Reporter Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comTwo newly sworn in county executive committee (CEC) members for Water, Sanitation, Environment, Climate Change & Natural Resources, and...

Cushion PLWNCD’s in COVID-19 Kitty, State Told.

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com People living with Non Communicable Diseases (NCDs) across the country are living at a higher risk of severe complications and...

Government Official Accused of Facilitating Illegal Business in Kwale

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Vanga residents in Kwale County are calling upon security apparatus in the region to launch investigation against illegal trades. According to...

Mombasa Cement Dismisses Claims of Playing Politics in Relief Food

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A cement manufacturing firm has rubbished claims that the weekly food distribution program to locals is a political strategy to ascend...

COVID-19: Mombasa County Facing Acute Shortage of Health Workers

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P15) By PETER KOMBE AND SALMA ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The department of health in Mombasa County has urged the national government to deploy more health...

Mungatana Refutes Fraudulent Charges

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Directorate of Criminal Investigation detectives, on Tuesday (August 11, 2020), pounced on the former assistant minister and Garsen MP...

COVID-19: Lamu COVID-19 Situation, A Wake Up Call

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comThe continued rise in coronavirus cases in Lamu County should serve as a wakeup call to the region which has for...

Senate Voted to Postpone CRA Debate What Next? Mungatana

4 years ago thecoast

Hon Danson Buya Mungatana MGH, Commissioner COMESA Competition Commission, Advocate of High Court of Kenya, Lecturer Business law. Yesterday Tuesday 4th August 2020, the Senate...

COVID-19: Remain Steadfast in Combating Corona, Clergy Urged

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comChurch leaders have been urged to remain steadfast in ensuring health directives are adhered to in a bid to combat the spread of dreadful...

Four Arrested in Connection to Robbery in Likoni Mayhem

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER MASEKE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Police in Mombasa County have arrested four suspected machete-wielding criminals in connection to the Likoni Friday night attack. The four...

COVID-19: Paralegals Want Government Assistance in Job Placing

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST ReporterEmail thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comParalegals in Mombasa County have asked the government to chip in and assist them seize job opportunities in their area of specialization.The...

Mombasa Youths Fault Revenue Allocation Formula

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST ReporterEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comA section of Mombasa youth leaders have faulted the formula of revenue allocation as proposed by a section of senators.They claim that...

Live Dangling Kenya Power Wires Kill Family Members In Kwale

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Two members of the same family lost their lives after they were electrocuted at Bowa village in Kwale County. The deceased Mwaka...

Dad Had a Big Heart, Bereaved Actress Opens Up

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comA Coast based artist is ruing over the loss of her father last week at the age of 76 after battling...

Uproar on Revenue Allocation Intensifies as CSO’s Reject Formula

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST TeamEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comCoast Civil society organizations (CSO) have rejected the Third Commission on revenue allocation CRA recommended claiming it is a deliberate attempt to...

COVID-19: KPA and CMG moot plans of partnership for the benefit of Coastal people

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Ports Authority and Coast Media Group have resolved to partner with a view of highlighting emerging issues...

Mombasa

COVID-19: Government Tasked to Come Clear on Cash Transfer

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Former Kwale women representative Zainab Chidzuga has called on the national government to publicise names of individuals receiving monthly cash...

Mombasa

Buffaloes Get a New Home After Relocation Exercise

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Base Titanium, in partnership with Kenya Wildlife Services (KWS) has launched exercise of relocating buffaloes from Shimba Hills Game Reserve to Tsavo...

Mombasa

Government to Renew Mining License in Kwale

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Base Titanium, an Australian owned mining company is yet to be licensed for the third phase mining processes, Principal Secretary...

Ailing Mom Pleads For Help

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE AND SALMA ATHMANEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Junda ward in Mombasa County is where we find Habiba Ismail, a middle aged woman. A mother of...

COVID-19:Kilifi County’s Historical Sites Shiver Over COVID -19 Pandemic

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P14) By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Email:thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Thirteen Kenya’s coastal historical landmarks left behind by early visitors dating back to 4th century have been stripped...

Makadara Ground Gets a Face lift

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE AND SALMA ATHMANEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comOld Town residents have kick-started a program of restoring discipline and sanity in the Old Makadara Ground.The program seeks to...

COVID-19: Mwakirunge Dumpsite and its Implication to Quality of Life in Mombasa

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMONDEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comUnderstanding the petition of citizens is the basis for improving urban governance and citizen satisfaction during the process of urbanization.Given City of Mombasa’s...

Several People Arrested Over Land Feuds

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Police are detaining 22 people for allegedly attending an illegal meeting in Magandia within Matuga in Kwale County. The 22...

COVID-19: Locals Cite Unfairness in Kazi Mtaani Recruitment Program

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P13) By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comA section of Mombasa county residents have raised concern over the recruitment procedure in the ongoing Kazi Mtaani government program.The locals...

Artists Stand for Ailing Colleague

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE AND SALMA ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comMombasa based artists have planned a one month competition challenge in bid to raise funds for one of their...

Time to Rethink Shared Prosperity in Kenya

4 years ago thecoast

By KHAMIS MWAGUYA (Advisor on urban planning and development-Mombasa County) A number of weeks ago, during the "flagging off" of the maiden shipment of the...

COVID-19: Waste Likely to Emerge as Major Health and Environment Risk in Kenya

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P11) By CHARLES OGALLO Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Improper disposal of COVID 19 related waste is raising concerns to health professionals, environmentalists and residents as huge...

COVID-19: Mvurya Sets up Gender Based Violence Facility

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P10) By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Plans to build gender based violence (GBV) recovery facility by Kwale county government are underway. This is due to...

COVID-19: Seek Manual Jobs, Youth Challenged

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P9) By PETER KOMBE AND SALMA ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Ministry of public service and Gender has urged youths to stop unnecessary complaints instead visit...

COVID-19: Government Closes Down Illegal Orphanage

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P9)By PETER MWITA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government on Wednesday raided an orphanage in Likoni Mombasa and rescued 29 children that were being held hostage. Hence...

COVID-19: Private school Teachers Plead for Help

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P8) By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Private school teachers in Mombasa County have urged the government to set aside a special kit in a bid...

COVID-19: Teacher In Custody For Defiling a Minor

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P7) By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Police are holding a primary school teacher for allegedly defiling a minor.The accused, a teacher at Kiruku Primary School...

COVID-19: Government Wants County Chiefs to Prioritize Health Matters

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P6) By PETER KOMBE AND MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com With spiking numbers of COVID 19 in the country, County governments have been urged to prioritize...

Mvurya to Blacklist Cowboy Contractors

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale county Governor Salim Mvurya has issued a stern warning to lazy contractors saying they risk being blacklisted. Addressing the...

COVID-19: Taita Taveta Health Committee to Table Report on COVID-19 Funds

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P5) By THE COAST NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENT Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Taita Taveta County has run into trouble with civil societies after questioning COVID-19 funds following disclosure...

COVID-19: KPA Strikes Deal with Port Stakeholders Over SGR Directive

4 years ago thecoast

MCK P4 By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comKenya Ports Authority (KPA) on Monday struck a deal with port stakeholders on the way forward on the previous government directive...

COVID-19: Red Cross Donates PEP’s to Frontline Workers

4 years ago thecoast

MCK (P3) By ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comThe Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCs) has donated face masks and other protective gear to support frontline health workers...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: What does it Mean When Cessation of Movement is Ceased?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 46 BY PROF HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Kenyans are expectant to the content of President Uhuru Kenyatta's...

COVID 19: Panic Grips Lamu Island After A Reported Case

4 years ago thecoast

MCK Project 2BY ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com While about 40 counties are staggering under the COVID 19 attack in the country, the first case in...

Sex Workers’ Dilemma Amid COVID-19 Crisis

4 years ago thecoast

MCK PROJECT 1 By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Commercial sex workers in Mombasa are in a catch-22 situation following curfew and cessation measures to contain...

Joy As Stranded Students Jet Back In The Country

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comIt was all joy as parents, guardians and well-wishers waited for over 4 hours at Moi International airport to welcome their children who...

Show Valid Evidence on Impeachment, Mohaa Told

4 years ago thecoast

By THE COAST NEWSPAPER REPORTER Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comKenya Muslim National Advisory Council (KEMNAC) has issued a 48 hour ultimatum to Nyali legislator Mohammed Ali to produce valid...

COVID-19 Mitigation: Media Houses Hiding Behind COVID-19 To Unleash Terror On Employees

4 years ago thecoast

EDITORIAL (EDITION 1)Of late we have witnessed unprecedented purging of media houses’ employees in the name of COVID 19 pandemic after raring its dreadful head...

Overhaul Top Police Brass to Sanitize Force

4 years ago thecoast

By ZEDEKIAH ADIKA (Advocate for Kituo Cha Sheria and chair of Coast Civil Society Reference Group) We received with utter shock the news of the...

Hundreds of Seafarers Quarantined Onboard Ship As COVID-19 Ravage Globally

4 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA (The writer is a maritime expert and former seafarer based at the Port City of Mombasa) As seafarers throughout the world get...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Is Medicalization of Politics Real in Kenya?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 45 By PROF. DR HALIMU SHAURI (Writer is a professor and consultant sociologist, and dean at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Pwani...

TUM Cushions Slum Families With Relief Food

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comOver 100 families living in informal settlements in Tudor Sub County have benefitted from COVID-19 relief food donated by the Technical University of...

Boat Operators Issue One week Ultimatum on Tarriff Fee

4 years ago thecoast

BY ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Boat Operators and owners in Lamu County have issued a seven day ultimatum to the Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) to...

Kwale Conservator Fails to Hit Tree Planting Target

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Eamil: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Corona pandemic and low rainfall hindered plans by Kenya Forest services to plant over 7milion tree seedlings this year, Kwale...

Police Brutalize Youth In Curfew Enforcement

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMANEmail:thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Police officers in Lamu County are again on the spot over brutality.This follows recent complaints from a family in Mpeketoni alleging that...

Civil Society Kicks off Move To Recall Legislators

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comFast Action Business Community movement (FABCOM) has headed to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) seeking a legal redress in their attempt...

COVID-19 AND SOCIAL CHANGE: Is Kenya Still the Same?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 44BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (The writer is a professor and consultant sociologist dean of School of Humanities and Social Sciences Pwani University) Social...

Allocate Kitty for Muslim Imams, Ngao Asks Government

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comThe Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council has urged the government to allocate a special kitty to cushion Imams during this period the country...

Mvurya Disowns Oversight Sitting

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale County Governor Salim Mvurya Wednesday failed to appear before the county assembly committee on oversight as scheduled.Speaking to the...

Depression and Divorce can Lead to Drug Abuse, Say Expert

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Depression and divorce have been cited as key push factors for people engaging in drug and substance use, Taib Abdulrahman...

Clerics Appeal to Leaders to Work Together for A Common Goal

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Continued fighting between the executive and the county assembly might cause division among the resident of Kwale County, religious leaders...

Kwale Residents Throw Weight on ANC Party

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Emial: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Luhya community living in Kwale County have thrown their weight behind ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi saying any attempts...

Economic Activities Expected to Rise Following the Launch of Samburu-Kinango Road

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents of Samburi in Kwale County have every reason to smile after the completion of a 58 kilometre Samburu-Kinango road...

Coast County Chiefs ‘Burning Billions’ Without Residents’ Input?

4 years ago thecoast

By ZEDEKIAH ADIKA (Advocate for Kituo Cha Sheria and chair of Coast Civil Society Reference Group) Treasury cabinet secretary Ambassador Ukur Yattani Kanacho unveiled a...

Rotary Club of Mombasa Down Town Donates Food Hampers to Samburu Residents in Kwale County

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaer@gmail.com After being on a lockdown for more than two months, the people of Samburu – Kwale county are in dire...

Opinion/Commentary

Likoni Pedestrian Floating Footbridge not Viable At Kilindini Harbour

4 years ago thecoast

By ANDREW MWANGURA Email; thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The construction project proposal of a Pedestrian Floating Footbridge to connect the island and the mainland south could be a...

Fishermen Want Government To Open Up Somali Border

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Lamu fishermen and ice block dealers are pleading with the state to open up the Kenya-Somalia border.In June, 2019, the...

Government Urged to Beef Up Security In Lamu Outskirts

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents in villages affected by machete-wielding gangs in Lamu County are pleading with the state to establish more security camps...

Court Orders Detectives to Conclude Investigation on Keroche Heiress Murder

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMANEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Detectives probing the alleged murder of Keroche Breweries heiress Tecra Muigai have been given 30 more days to finalize their investigations...

Police Insists Family Members Gunned Down are Terror Suspects.

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER MWITA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Coast region security committee has once again reiterated the man gunned down in Kwale alongside his two children was linked to...

Youth Support Impeachment of CS Macharia

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Mombasa county youths leaders’ activists have added their voice on the impeachment motion of Transport Cabinet secretary (CS) James Macharia....

Government Issues Tittles to Lamu Residents

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMANEmail; thecoastnewpaper@gmail.com There is relief for residents in Kiunga Village on the border of Lamu and Somalia after the county government of Lamu...

Reopen Worship Centres, SUPKEM Tell Gov’t

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comThe Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims SUPKEM has urged the government to open places of worship including mosques and churches but strictly under...

Mentally Challenged Person’s Plead for COVID-19 Relief Food

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comA section of the recovered mentally retarded persons have called on both local and national leaders to cushion them in the COVID-19 pandemic...

Rotary Family Donates Protective Equipment to COVID-19 Isolation Centres.

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Rotary Club of Mombasa Downtown joined hands with other clubs in the Coast region to donate covid19 protective gears...

Mohammed Ali Put to Task On Poor Service Delivery

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper TeamEMAIL: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council KEMNAC has issued an ultimatum of thirty days to Nyali legislator Mohammed Ali to enlist...

Police Holding Five Suspects Over Murder of Police

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBERI ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Five people have so far been arrested in connection with the murder of Police Constable Rodgers Odhiambo on Monday night.Confirming...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Do We Know Most Kenyan Homes to Propose Home Based Care?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 43BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) In our previous article on COVID-19 MITIGATION, with my co-author...

Kwale County Assembly Approves 160M Supplementary Burget.

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com At last Kwale County Assembly has approved a supplementary budget of sh160 million as requested by the county executive. The...

Account for COVID-19 Graffiti, Activists Petition County Government

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper TeamEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comCounty government of Mombasa has been put to task to account for all the funds used in drawing graffiti images in...

Base Titanium Launches Third Phase of Relief Program

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Over 3,000 families in Kwale County and Likoni Sub-County will benefit from a sh80 million Emergency Relief Food Programme spearheaded...

11 Million Spent on Ajira Mitaani, Interior Ministry PAS Reveals

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has spent over sh11 million in paying 1000 youths employed under the Ajira Mitaani Initiative in Kwale County,...

Police Gun down 3 Family Members over Terror Allegations

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Police in Diani has gunned down a terror suspect alongside his two children whom he used as shield in Kibundani...

Panic Grips Likoni Residents as Dead Body found in Septic Tank

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER MASEKE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A man has been killed and his body dumped in a septic tank in Likoni sending Panic among the area...

Government Warns Road Users on Over-speeding

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has issued a stern warning to users of the Lamu-Garsen route against careless driving on the road during...

Preserve Our Heritage, Council of Elders Tell Gov’t

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Lamu Council of Elders is agitating for the formation of a special committee to help in preserving the culture...

Tourism Stakeholders Want Gov’t to Abolish Curfew

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMANEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Trade and Tourism stakeholders are urging President Uhuru Kenyatta to consider lifting the Covid-19 dusk-to-dawn curfew in Lamu County.The nationwide 7pm...

Hippos Invade Villages After Floods

4 years ago thecoast

By ZUBEIR ATHMAN Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Fear has gripped two villages of Witu sublocation in Lamu West following the invasion of dangerous animal and reptiles escaping...

Sex Workers Accuse Governor for Side-lining Them In COVID-19 Relief Food

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of sex workers in Mombasa County have decried being side-lined in the COVID-19 relief food distributed...

WB Sh10 Billion to Boost Kilifi County’s Agri-Blue-Economy

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County is set to benefit from a five-year World Bank (WB) funded contract of Sh10 billion for the...

People Living with Leprosy Risk Being Evicted From KMTC Land

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com More than 42 families living with leprosy in Tumbe village Msambweni Sub County are afraid of being evicted from a land...

COVID-19 Has Exposed Food Insecurity Underbelly In Mombasa

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 42By CHARLES OGALLO Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Being the second hardest hit county by COVID 19 after Nairobi, Mombasa residents, living in the sprawling areas of...

Residents Want IEBC to Call For By Elections

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Msambweni residents are now calling upon the Independent Electoral and boundaries Commission (IEBEC) to set date for Msambweni sub_county by election...

Allow Us Access Worship Centres; KEMNAC Tells Gov’t

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmial.com The Kenya Muslims National Advisory Council (KEMNAC) has urged the government to open mosques in areas less affected by the Corona...

Activist’s Want County Government to Initiate COVID-19 Relief Fund

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of activists in Mombasa County have called on the county government to set aside a special kitty in a...

83 Per cent of Mombasa County COVID-19 Patients Are Asymptomatic, Health Official

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The department of health in Mombasa County has revealed that 83.6 per cent of COVID-19 victims within the county are asymptomatic....

DTB 10m to Cushion 2,000 Needy Families Over COVID-19 Pandemic

4 years ago thecoast

By CHARLES OGALLO Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Diamond Trust Bank (DTB) has kicked off a Sh10 million programme to support 2,000 vulnerable families affected by the COVID...

Bunkering, Sure Way of Revamping Shipping Sector

4 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA Bunkering sector can become an economic pillar for Kenya if the Port of Mombasa establishes itself as the Transhipment and Bunkering hub...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Nationalization of Devolved Functions

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 41 By PROF. DR. HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) The COVID-19 pandemic struck Kenya, just like it was...

Embrace Agribusiness to Avert Famine, Achani Tells Locals

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspapar@gmail.com The county government of Kwale has called on farmers to embrace agribusiness as a way of averting famine within the county....

New Cassava Variety to boost farmers’ yields if approved in Kenya

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Cassava researchers have asked the government of Kenya to approve a genetically modified (GM) type that can protect farmers of this important...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: The Triple Philosophy of Mitigation Measures

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 40 By PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) To date many people globally are not aware why or...

Gender Based Cases on the Rise Amid COVID-19 Restrictions

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The directives by the public health to combat the spread of covid_19 has made Kwale county to record an alarming...

Base Titanium Way Ahead in Mitigation Efforts Against COVID-19

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Responding to the Kenya’s emergency appeal to combat the COVID 19 pandemic, Australian mining firm, Base Titanium has flagged off...

Base Titanium Cushions Families to Beat COVID-19 Challenges

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Over 1000 families in Msambweni sub - county have benefited from food relief from the Australian owned mining company Base...

Mombasa Locals Raise Alarm over Relief Food

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper TeamEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of Mombasa county residents have faulted the distribution of relief food meant for Mombasa county residents as a mitigation...

Where Trust and Faith are Under Siege, Betrayal Thrives

4 years ago thecoast

By Our Political Analyst Email: theoastnewspaper@gmail.com Is 2022 the year to dissolve the 'political bands' which tie us together into tribal cocoons? In the course...

Prioritize on Mentally Retarded Persons; Gov’t Told

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comMombasa Women Empowerment Network, a Mombasa based lobby group has appealed to government to give first-hand priority to the mentally retarded people during...

Be wary of Fragile Quarries; Gov’t Warns Miners

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Miners in Kwale County have been urged to be more cautious as they go about their business during this period...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: The New Normal is Becoming a Reality

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 39 By PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) The impact of COVID-19 pandemic is real in many...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: The Future is Here and in Digital Investment

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 38By PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI(Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) When I was growing up and throughout my academic career, I...

Kingi Unveils a Multi-Million Covid-19 Facility

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County government has unveiled a multipurpose medical complex in its preparation to combat the COVID 19 disease. The ultramodern facility of...

Release them or we Sue You, Muhuri Tells Gov’t over Stranded Kenyans

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Muslims for Human Rights, a Mombasa based NGO has threatened to go to court if the government fails to allow...

Disabled Get Face Masks from CBO to Combat COVID-19

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Over 2500 people with disabilities in Mombasa County will benefit from face masks donated by Tunaweza Women with disability a Mombasa...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: “Cartelinization” of Quarantine!

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 37By PROF. DR. HALIMU SHAURI(Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Epidemics are not just Epidemics! You are wondering what I mean!...

No way to Forceful Testing, SUPKEM tells Gov’t

4 years ago thecoast

By MASEKE PETER Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims (Supkem) has faulted the government’s move of forcing people to mass saying majority have...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Dilemma in Emergency Epidemic Resuscitation (DEER)

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 36 By PROF. DR. HALIMU SHAURI(Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University)Our series of COVID-19 mitigation articles directs us today to focus...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Explaining the Fear of Mass Testing

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 35 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI(Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Yesterday (May 2) as I was watching the 9:00 o'clock prime...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Where Ethics and Human Rights are Tested

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 34BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI(Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) The history of pandemics has been one of ups and downs...

Relax COVID19 Directives, Tuk Tuk Operators Plead

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnespaper@gmail.com Transport stakeholders in the Tuk Tuk sector have called on the government to review its directive of carrying one passenger...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Good Signs Ahead for Kenya

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 33 By PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Today, almost two months after the outbreak of coronavirus...

Enhance Surveillance to Curb COVID, Mvurya Urges Government

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale county governor Salim Mvurya has called upon the national government to enhance a total lockdown at the one stop border...

Officers Sent Packing as Covid Relief Food Goes Missing

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale county governor Salim Mvurya has suspended three administrators from Mwereni ward, Lungalunga Sub County over missing relief food meant...

Mtongwe Ferry services to Resume Soon, says MD

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMONDEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comLikoni ferry channel is expected to experience relief of human cargo when the Kenya Ferry Services resumes operations at the Mtongwe channel ‘soon’...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: From Online Sharing of Ideas and Techniques to Face-to-Face Training

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 32BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) Since the first case of COVID-19 was announced in March...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: No Street Celebrations of Labour Day this Year Globally

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 31By ANDREW MWANGURA For the first time in 130 years Labour Day this Friday (May 1, 2020) will not be celebrated in the streets...

Police gun down Terror Suspect

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Security operators have gunned down a suspected terrorist in Ngerenya area in South Coast of Kwale County.Confirming the incident Kwale County...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Explaining the Rural-Urban Differentials in Infection Rates

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 30 By PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) Kenya, like many countries in the world has a...

Initiate Home Based Quarantine, SUPKEM Tells Government

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comSupreme Council of Kenya Muslims (SUPKEM), Mombasa branch has called on the government to look for an alternative solution instead of the current quarantine...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Sociological Explanation of Gender Differentials in Infection Rates

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 29 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) From the COVID-19 test results, it is emerging clearly...

Move Away Before You’re Swept Away by Floods, Residents Urged

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Directorate of Meteorological department in Kwale County has called on families living in flood prone areas to move to...

Police in Kwale Hunting for Health Officer Imposters

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Police in Kwale County have started a man hunt on a group of youths posing as security officers to enforce...

Fear Grips Residents as More COVID-19 Cases Reported

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents in Kwale County are living in fear of contacting the corona virus from both Tanzania a neighboring country and...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: The Power of Sociological Imagination

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 28 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Today, I want to commend the government of Kenya...

Prof. Mohammed Hyder Matano Demise

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Muslim Community has once again lost a prominent scholar and elder in the person of Prof Muhammad...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Stop Deluding Ourselves in Kwale, Kilifi and Continue Complying

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 27 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) The COVID-19 spread story started in Nairobi and Kilifi...

Early Pregnancy and Gender Based Violence, Big Challenge to Teenagers

4 years ago thecoast

By PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comMombasa county health department has decried an upsurge in teenage pregnancy and gender based violence (GBV) in the past six months.Speaking...

Government Sends Home Rogue Police Officers Caught Demanding Bribe

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Two police officers found soliciting for bribes from members of the public have been interdicted.Confirming the incident, Joseph Nthenge...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Will Corona be Eliminated by End of Partial Lockdown?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 26 By DANSON MUNGATANA (Advocate, High Court of Kenya, Chairman, Strategy Committee COMESA Competition Commission, Former Assistant Minister) I have been wondering a lot and...

Speaker Calls MCA’s For Special Sitting

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale county assembly speaker Sammy Ruwa has called for a special sitting to discuss a proposed supplementary budget of sh160million...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Do You Know Why You are on Quarantine?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 25By PROF. DR. HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) It is apparent that we have not gotten the gist of...

Kwale to Plant 5 million Seedlings despite Corona Pandemic

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comDespite the COVID-19 pandemic, Kenya Forest Services (KFS) department in Kwale County has promised to plant 5milion trees this year in...

Officers Hiding Behind Essential Services Warned of Dire Consequences

4 years ago thecoast

By KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has vowed to take a legal action against public and private officers found offering essential services with their...

We are Starving, Matatu Operators Crying for Help

4 years ago thecoast

BY CAROLINE KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Matatu operators in Kwale County are starving and are calling the county government and well-wishers to come to their aid.The...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Reducing Cases of Domestic Conflict and Violence

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 24BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University)There has been growing tension in families and households brought about...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: What are you doing with your 21 days of Cessation of Movement?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 23BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University)The onset of COVID-19 sparked lots of changes globally ranging from...

Government Throws 29 to Forceful Quarantine

4 years ago thecoast

BY CAROLINE KATANA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has ordered a forced 14 days quarantine for 19 people found contravening the public health act put in...

COVID-19 MITIGATION- Salvage Economic Strain on Destitute families Mr. President

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 22 BY PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comAs a concerned Kenyan I hereby take this opportunity to write a bit of my thoughts.I’m very happy that the constitution...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Kenyans’ Peculiar Habits Will Cost Us Big Time

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 21 BY PROF. DR. HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University The revelation today by the Principal Secretary (PS) that...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Is There Categorization of Staff in Fighting a Pandemic?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 20 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) It is now clear that in new situations such as...

You are Free but! Court Tells Saburi

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast newspaper TeamEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comKilifi Deputy Governor (DG) Gideon Saburi was on Thursday released on Sh200,000 cash bail or an alternative sh500,000 bond.A Mombasa court...

Base Titanium Bails Out Starving Families In Kwale

4 years ago thecoast

BY KAHONZI KALIWA Email. thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Australian owned mining company Base Titanium has moved in with speed to assist families in Kwale that could be...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Imagine the Suffering of Kenyans Abroad!

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 19BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI(Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Kenyans have been suffering the fear of catching COVID-19 infection since...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: How Prepared are you and your County?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 18 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Going by the recent update on COVID-19 infections, Kenya...

Nabbed Boda boda Sneakers Under Forceful Quarantine

4 years ago thecoast

BY KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Two women are under forced quarantine in Kenya Medical Training Institute (KMTC) Msambweni Sub County in Kwale County after crossing...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Uselessness of Status, Beauty, Money and Power

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 17 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Humanity struggles for certain values and ideals. The latter...

Boda Boda Flouting Restrictions to Face Full Force of the Law

4 years ago thecoast

BY KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The security department in Kwale County has issued a stern warning against Boda boda operators ferrying passengers to Mombasa County despite...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Setting our Priorities Right Going Forward

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 16 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Africa and the developing worlds have had for a...

Abide by Government Directives on COVID-19, Catholics Say

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Catholic clerics in Mombasa County have lauded the government's move of locking down COVID-19 hit counties.The clergy says the directive aimed at...

Mind About the Less Fortunate; Faithfuls Urged

4 years ago thecoast

By MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Christian Faithfuls and Kenyans at large have been called upon to stand with the less fortunate by sharing with them...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: The Face Mask Can Be Your Undoing

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 15 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean; School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Every challenge comes with its on changes, some positive...

Joho Sets Aside Sh64 Million for Isolation Centres

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast newspaper TeamEmail: thecoastneswpaper@gmail.comThe county government of Mombasa has allocated a total of sh64 million for the expansion of the isolation centre at...

We are Starving, Disabled Cry Foul

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBEEmail: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of people living with disability in Mombasa County has called on the government to ensure an adequate supply of food...

Court Dismisses Uhuru’s Utterances on Saburi

4 years ago thecoast

BY THE COAST NEWSPAPER TEAMEmail; thecoastnewspaper@gmail.comKilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi will remain in custody for seven days until April 15, 2020 when the court will rule...

Government Warns Against Moving out of Restricted Counties

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Email:thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has issued a stern warning to Mombasa county residents against moving out the county in the next twenty one days.Speaking to...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Resolving the Contact Tracing Headache

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 14 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) Today, we have heard on television the challenges facing...

KRA Releases Measures to Combat Covid-19

4 years ago thecoast

COMMISSIONER’S STATEMENT Email:thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Taxes play a fundamental role in Kenya's sovereignty. We significantly fund our national budget though taxes. To mitigate the effects of COVID...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Risk Management Using Spatial Mapping

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 12 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) As COVID-19 infections sore day by day, we are...

County Government Distributes Tones of Seeds to Farmers.

4 years ago thecoast

BY KAHONZI KALIWA Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Over 15 thousands farmers in Kwale County will benefit from free seeds issued by the county government.Speaking during the launch of the...

Help me Feed my Starving People; Mvurya Pleads

4 years ago thecoast

BY KAHONZI KALIWA Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kwale County is in dire need of Sh450 million to enable it feed over 500,000 people with relief foodstuffs because...

Rotary Club Joins Hands to Stop COVID-19 in Hotspot Counties

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper team Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Mombasa based Rotary clubs through its District 9212 office joined hands in combating the global threat of...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Where Social Distancing Becomes Social Discrimination

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 12 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) In our sister article on "let's start discussing COVID-19...

Court to Decide on Saburi’s Fate

4 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER TEAM Emailthecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The prosecution is seeking the detention of Kilifi deputy governor Gideon Saburi for 14 days at Manyani Maximum Prison a...

Kenya’s maritime students lack 12 months’ sea-time to complete studies

4 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA Seagoing service of 12 months is a mandatory requirement for marine engineering and nautical science cadets who want to qualify as marine...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: It’s Time to Start Discussing Coping with Corona

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 11 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) Corona has been with us for sometime now and...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Mr President, Hunger Will kill More Than Covid-19

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 10 BY PETER KOMBE JOURNALIST The COAST Media Group Mombasa Email; thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenyans throughout the country are experiencing hardships and suffering because of the...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: What Lockdown and Shutdown Means?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 9 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) The war against Corona virus is reaching peak in...

Kilifi Deputy Governor Arrested After Quarantine Discharge

4 years ago thecoast

BY COAST NEWSPAPER TEAM Email.thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers have arrested the Kilifi Deputy Governor Gideon Saburi immediately he was released on April...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: From Lockdown to Shutdown: Why not Shutdown Only Hotspot Counties?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 8 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) Kenya, like the rest of affected countries globally, is...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: From Curfew to Our Former Secondary Schools

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 7 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University) The anxiety is growing, day by day since this...

Bed Occupancy Takes a Nosedive in the Vast Tsavo Ecosystem due to COVID-19

4 years ago thecoast

BY FATUMA HAMISI Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Tourism players in Taita Taveta ecosystem have lamented over low records of bookings as foreigners stay away due to COVID-19 virus....

Mombasa County Receives 10 Ventilators Worth ksh60 Million

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Email.thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The county government of Mombasa has received a total of 10 ventilators at a cost of 60 million from a well-wisher...

Uhuru’s State of the Nation Address Targeted the Rich, Youth Activists

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of youth activists in Mombasa County have faulted President Uhuru Kenyatta’s recent state of the nation address claiming that...

Is COVID-19 the leader of Anti-Social Diseases?

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 6 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI (Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences; Pwani University) The world has suffered many plagues and epidemics, some...

We are incharge of Likoni channel under Covid 19 directive, Kenya Ferry Services told

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA After the police brutality witnessed on Friday evening hours before the national curfew (March 27) started, Saturday epitomised ‘confusion’ between the multi-agencies...

COVID-19 MITIGATION: Demystifying the Curfew

4 years ago thecoast

Episode 5 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University & Consultant Sociologist Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com On my article today morning...

Total Shutdown is Imminent Except for Kenyans’ Behaviour Under Curfew

4 years ago thecoast

COVID-19 Episode 4 BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University & Consultant Sociologist As numbers go berserk globally...

Government Implements New Ferry Order to Combat COVID-19 Pandemic

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE AND MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The government has started implementing a new operation schedule at the Kenya Ferry Services aimed at combating...

Brace Yourself for Impeachment, MCAs tell Deputy Governor

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Divisions have emerged among Kilifi members of County Assembly (MCAs) after some of them vowed to impeach the deputy governor Gideon...

Combine RSNA with Sociometrics to Mitigate COVID-19 Outbreak, Pleads Sociologist

4 years ago thecoast

BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University & Consultant Sociologist. In two of my previous articles on COVID-19...

Corona Restrictions hike Public Transport Fares

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Public service vehicles operating within Mombasa County have increased fares as Covid-19 pandemic hits the country’s economy. According to Matatu Owners...

Government to Interrupt Operations at Likoni Channel Should Pandemic Persists

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Normal operations at the Likoni Ferry channel may be temporarily paralyzed if the corona pandemic persists, Mombasa County...

Disclose Victims Identity to Mitigate COVID 19, Says Sociologist

4 years ago thecoast

BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI Prof Dr. Halimu Shauri Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pwani University & Consultant Sociologist. Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Through an...

Professor Halimu Narrates Genesis of Various Classroom Performance

4 years ago thecoast

BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com I know you are wondering why a sociologist would want to lecture you, an educationist, on classroom performance!...

Prof. Dr Halimu: Destigmatize the COVID-19 virus, Mr President

4 years ago thecoast

BY PROF DR HALIMU SHAURI Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com It is public knowledge that most people now know what COVID-19 is and how it is spread. Briefly,...

Government Forcefully Isolates Senior Officer in Kilifi over Corona

4 years ago thecoast

BY RAYMOND MWAKWAYA thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A senior Kilifi County executive officer was on Friday forcefully quarantined after arriving recently from Germany sparking fears of spreading the...

Kaya Elders Join Uhuru in Fight Against Corona Virus

4 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com As the world grapples with the spread of COVID-19 pandemic, Kaya elders in the Kenyan coast region have arranged ‘special prayers’...

Suspend International Flights From Moi International Airport, Coast CSO’s Tell Government

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Email:thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Civil society organizations in the Coast region have called on the government to immediately suspend all international flights coming to Moi...

Follow Up School Leavers to Curb Terror Recruitment, Government Urged

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Email:thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Likoni sub county youths have accused the government on claims of failing to track down high school leavers. According to them,...

DJ Dave crowned Battle of Beats Season II Winner Mombasa

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The Smirnoff Battle of the Beats season II Mombasa Edition crowned DJ Dave the third winner of the...

KADU ASILI Rooting for Majimbo System of Governance

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com A section of politicians aligned to KADU ASILI in Mombasa county have called for the formation of Majimbo system of...

County Gives Ultimatum on Sand Harvesting

4 years ago thecoast

The Coast Newspaper Correspondent Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Sand harvesting stakeholders in Taita Taveta county have until 30th June 2020 to register themselves into Sacco which is...

BBI Rallies Tearing Country Apart, Clerics Want Them Stopped

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Team Email thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Religious leaders want the Building Bridges Initiative rallies stopped saying they have become divisive and threatening nationhood. At the same...

The Fifth Kenya Submarine Cable ‘DARE 1’ Lands in Mombasa

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kenya has acquired the fifth submarine cable network sourced from the Djibouti Regional African Express 1 that landed...

Activists Up In Arms as County Cancels Public Participation Forum

4 years ago thecoast

By Peter Kombe Email: thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Residents in Mombasa county have raised concern following the cancellation of a public participation forum by the department of trade...

National Fund for Disabled to Support Infrastructural Development

4 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Newspaper Correspondent The National Fund for the Disabled in partnership with the County government will support infrastructural development in Mwanyambo and Malela...

Residents Issue Warning to Governor Over Land Rates.

4 years ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Majaoni residents have told off the County Government of Mombasa over its intention to raise land rates saying this will be met...

Repatriate Chinese Nationals, Government Urged.

4 years ago thecoast

By Peter Kombe The Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council KEMNAC has issued a 72 hour ultimatum to the government to repatriate all 239 Chinese tourists...

Water Shortage Continues to Hit Mombasa as Residents Revert to Unsafe Boreholes

4 years ago thecoast

By Charles Ogallo and Sakina Chiro Hundreds of residents in Mombasa risk contracting diseases due to prolonged water shortage which has affected the county since...

Give us Employment, Ganze Graduands Tell TSC

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Ganze Constituency Development Fund wants the government to give first priority to its sponsored students from teacher training colleges when it comes to...

Political Elites Influence Campus Politics, COASTA Secretary General Claims

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Coast Region Students Association COASTA has accused politicians on claims of funding politics in universities and colleges. Speaking to The Coast Newspaper...

Civil Societies Oppose Governor’s Plan to Split Coast

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Coast Civil society organizations have strongly opposed recommendation by Coast governors to divide the region into two political units. Addressing...

We Are Restoring Hope to The Hopeless, Mombasa Women Empowerment Network Chair Says

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Mombasa Women Empowerment Network, a locally based lobby group has kick-started a campaign of swooping up mentally challenged persons in...

SUPKEM Coast Branch Accuse Saudi Envoy of Meddling in Council’s Affairs

4 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE The Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims Coast region has issued a stern warning to the Saudi Embassy to Kenya over allegations of ...

We Support Anti SGR Transport Monopoly Demos, Mombasa Clerics

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Muslim clerics in Mombasa County have pledged to support the anti SGR weekly protests organized by Fast Action Business Community...

Sanitary Towels, Hindering Girl Child Education in Mombasa County Schools, Activists

4 years ago thecoast

BY MWANAMGENI SAID Lack of sanitary towels in schools hinders the progress of the girl child as far as education is concerned, activists have said....

Law Applies Equally to All Regardless of Status, DPP Hajj

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team The Office of the Director of Public Prosecution wants Kenyans to adhere to the law insisting that it applies equally...

I Will Fast track Land Injustice Cases in Kilifi County, DPP Hajj Assures Victims

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team The Office of Director of Public prosecution has pledged to fast track all land injustices in Kilifi County to ensure...

Develop Clear Programs to Avert Impacts of Climate Change, says MP

4 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team The National Assembly Committee on Environment and Natural Resources has called on the environment ministry to develop clear cut policies...

Abolish BBI Rallies Forthwith, Taireni Tells Government

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Taireni Association of Mijikenda has petitioned the government to immediately abolish all BBI countrywide rallies to avert eruption of chaos...

Government Rolls out 10 Point Strategy to Facilitate Service Delivery

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE AND MWANAMGENI SAID In a bid to strengthen service delivery throughout the country, the Ministry of Interior and coordination of National government...

Lamu Port Set to be Launched in Mid-February

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team The government is set to launch the first berth in Lamu mid-February, the Cabinet Secretary in charge of Transport James...

Multi-Agency Team Repatriates 10 Kenyan Seamen Abandoned in Mozambique

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE A multi-agency team led by Kenya Maritime Authority has assisted in repatriating 10 Kenyans abandoned in a Mozambican ship, MV Nina. The...

Taita Taveta

National Land Commission promises to deal with historical land injustices in Taita Taveta County

5 years ago thecoast

By Fatuma Hamisi The National Land Commission NLC has promised to deal with historical land injustices in Taita Taveta County once and for all. Speaking...

Over Six million Worth of Property goes up into smoke in Majengo, Mombasa county

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Property worth million of shillings went up in smoke in a mid morning incident along Kenyatta Avenue in Mombasa county....

Stand up, Restore the Reputation that was -Likoni DCC Francis Kazungu tells youths

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Likoni sub county Deputy County Commissioner Francis Kazungu Kahindi has appealed to youths in the sub county to stand up and restore...

381 Pupils Benefit from Elimu Scholarship Program by Equity Bank in Mombasa County

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team A total of 381 pupils who sat the 2019 Kenya Certificate of Primary Education have benefitted from the Elimu Scholarship...

Parents decry economy bite as schools re-open on January 6

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Parents in Mombasa County have decried a biting economy as schools reopen on Monday with preparations taking a high note....

Executive Frustrating Five MCA’s, Jomvu Kuu Ward MCA Athman Shebe Alleges

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast newspaper Team A section of Mombasa county MCA’s have claimed that their wards are being sidelined as far as allocation of resources...

We Have Set a Record of 1.4 Million TEU’s This Year, Declares Manduku

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Mombasa port has set a record of 1.4 million TEUs this year against a target of 1.3 million TEUs set...

Abandoned Seafarers and Forgotten Kenyans in Captivity

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA 2019 is coming to a closure and Kenyans moments to reflect on how it has been and make plans for the year...

Push for national unity and fight graft, Kenyans told

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA and PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on Kenyans to join hands in pushing for national unity and fighting graft in every...

Come to our rescue, get us reinstated, former KPA employees urge Uhuru and Raila

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team Twenty seven former Kenya Ports Authority employees have urged President Uhuru Kenyattta and NASA principal Raila Odinga to intervene in...

Investigate Mutua Security Threats; Coast Residents Tell Government

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team A section of coast residents want the government to conduct thorough investigations to the claims by Machakos county governor Alfred...

We are coming for you, Mombasa county commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo tells drug barons

5 years ago thecoast

By The Coast Newspaper Team The government has issued a stern warning to drug barons importing and cheaply retailing drugs to vulnerable youths within Mombasa...

Mombasa

Give us an alternative land before eviction, residents demand

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Bahati Estate residents in Changamwe, Mombasa County want the government to provide an alternative relocation before evicting them from the estate. The...

QUEST FOR A UNITED KENYA: When the handshake turns into a competitive hand-push game of interests

5 years ago thecoast

By: Prof. Dr. Halimu Shauri Kenya was divided and in the brink of destruction after the repeat presidential elections, where President Uhuru was declared winner...

Tana River to have a common stand on BBI Report, say Leaders

5 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Newspaper Team Tana River leaders have initiated a campaign to bring together all leaders around the county to deliberate on the BBI...

Mombasa

Police gun down a gangster suspect in Kisauni

5 years ago thecoast

By The COAST Newspaper Team Police in Mombasa have shot dead a criminal suspect in Bamburi, Kisauni Sub County. The suspect according to Kisauni sub...

Support graduates, Yattani orders Training institutions

5 years ago thecoast

BY THE COAST TEAM The Ministry of Labor and Social Protection has called on both the private sector and county governments to fully support graduates...

Remit our statutory deductions, Employees demand

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Mombasa county Employment and Social Welfare on Friday issued a stern warning to companies operating at the port of Mombasa that flout...

Girl rewrites history with over 400 marks on KCPE in Kilifi

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA AND PETER KOMBE History makers may be interested in a 16-year-old girl from Magarini Subcounty in Kilifi County who has rewritten...

President Kenyatta destroys 8,700 illegal guns, warns against ownership of illicit arms

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU KAJIADO, MAGADI 19 NOV 2019, (PSCU) — President Uhuru Kenyatta today presided over the destruction of 8,700 illegal firearms and 366,000 pieces of assorted ammunition...

Nairobi Targets 17 Billion as Revenue in this Financial Year

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Nairobi business operators have been put on notice to brace for strict measures as the city collects revenue in this financial year...

SMEs contribute 85 per cent of direct employment, says Muriuki

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Small and Medium-sized Enterprises SMEs directly contributes 85 percent of employment opportunities throughout the country, Invest In Africa country director Wangechi Muriuki...

Fafi MP should be behind bars, Tana River leaders say

5 years ago thecoast

BY RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Leaders from Tana River County have expressed disappointment over the government’s reluctance to take action against the Fafi MP Abdikarim Osman for...

No end to Likoni ferry tragedies?

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA The ferry tragedy that caused the death of a mother and her daughter after their car plunged into the sea aboard mv...

Recovery operations hit over 144 hours at Likoni channel but where is Mariam and her daughter?

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE AND MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA The government is facing challenges to recover the remains of Mariam Kighenda and her daughter Amanda since they...

Rescue operations in top gear to salvage the sunk vehicle at Likoni channel

5 years ago thecoast

BY THE COAST TEAM Ferry operations have been rescheduled temporarily to allow the retrieval of the vehicle and its occupants that plunged into the sea...

Rescind SGR directive or face our wrath, traders tell govt

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE AND JACINTA KIMANI Mombasa County business stakeholders have issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the government to withdraw its decision of transporting cargo...

Stop divisive politics and work together for development, Kenyatta tells Coast leaders

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU MOMBASA COUNTY, 6th September 2019: President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged Coast leaders to unite and work closely with each other so as to...

Market other destinations not Mombasa alone Mr Balala

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Kilifi North MP Owen Baya has criticised the Tourism cabinet secretary Najib Balala of overlooking other tourism destinations when it comes...

Execute your duties without fear, Kingi tells board members

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA Kilifi County government has commissioned two towns of Kilifi and Malindi into municipal status in accordance to the devolution law. Governor Amason...

Agriculture is the way to go, Coast governors told

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE AND MARION KITHI Coast county governors have been urged to invest more in agriculture as the means of not only boosting food...

Kenyan chef cooks herself into Guinness Book of World Records

5 years ago thecoast

BY MEZA MWANZA A self-made Mombasa based chef Maliha Mohammed set a new Guinness World Record for cooking nonstop for 75 hours and three minutes...

Judges gather to deliberate on independence and accountability

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA More than 150 judges will from today (August 19) converge in Mombasa County for their annual conference to discuss a range of...

Amend the visa law to allow longer stay, hoteliers plead

5 years ago thecoast

BY KWALE CORRESPODENTS Coastal based hoteliers want the national government to amend the visa expiry period to enable tourists to prolong their stay and boost...

End standoff over allocation for counties, President Kenyatta directs

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on the National Assembly and the Senate to end the stalemate over the Division of...

Consult please before implementing directive on SGR, Mwinyi tells government

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE AND MEZA MWANZA Changamwe MP Omar Mwinyi wants the government to engage the local leadership for consultations before re-implementing its directive compelling...

We are coming for you, CS Matiang’i tells drug dealers and juvenile gangs

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE AND MEZA MWANZA Drug traffickers and juvenile gangs have been put on notice of a pending massive crackdown to flush them out...

Economic diplomacy can conquer poverty and create more jobs in Africa, says Kenyatta

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA LIVINGSTONE, Zambia 27th July 2019: President Uhuru Kenyatta last evening said economic diplomacy offers the best opportunity to conquer poverty...

Govt assures Manufacturers of 30 per cent electricity cost reduction

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA President Uhuru Kenyatta has told manufacturers that the government is in the process of rolling out a 30 per cent power cut...

Community policing crucial for beefing up security at grassroots levels, police spokesman says

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE National Police Service spokesperson Charles Owino has asked the Coastal people to promote community policing (CP) as a way of enhancing security...

Empower disadvantaged women, manufacturing sector urged

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Kenyan First Lady Margaret Kenyatta and her Botswana counterpart Neo Jane Masisi expressed their optimism disadvantaged women would benefit from small-scale manufacturing...

Implement key infrastructure to stop Al-Shabaab attacks in Lamu, say residents

5 years ago thecoast

BY ZUBEIR ATHMAN Lamu residents have criticised the government for failing to implement key infrastructural developments promised during the multi-agency security operation to flush out...

CS Wamalwa tells governors to stop theatrics and develop their counties

5 years ago thecoast

BY MALINDI CORRESPONDENCE Devolution cabinet secretary Eugene Wamalwa has urged governors to concentrate in developing their counties instead of street demos over funds allocation. Mr...

Can President Kenyatta or Odinga save Samboja’s County government from collapsing?

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA The grandstanding between the Taita Taveta County Governor Granton Samboja and the County Assembly (CA) members is more political than ideological since...

Seamless integration will create enough jobs for Africa’s youth, Kenyatta says

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU NAIROBI, 17 July 2019 (PSCU) — President Uhuru Kenyatta today called on African governments to promote seamless continental integration in order to boost...

Give more education opportunities to vulnerable women and girls, says Mrs Kenyatta

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU MAASAI MARA, Narok County, 17 July 2019 (PSCU): — First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called on education sector stakeholders in the country to...

We will work on improving welfare of the vulnerable, African First Ladies commit

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU NIAMEY, Niger, 8 July 2019 (PSCU) – African First Ladies have renewed their commitment to improving the welfare of vulnerable communities on the...

Blue economy gets a shot in the arm as Kenyatta commissions Bandari Maritime Academy

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU MOMBASA, 8th July 2019 (PSCU): Kenya's efforts to position the blue economy sector as a key driver of the country's transformation today received a...

Kenyatta, Magufuli vow to deal firmly with insecurity,

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU CHATO, Tanzania, 6th July 2019: President Uhuru Kenyatta and his host President John Magufuli have today vowed to deal firmly with insecurity saying...

Government to spend Sh15 billion on electricity connectivity in 14 counties

5 years ago thecoast

BY TANA RIVER CORRESPONDENT The National Government has embarked on a Sh15 billion last mile electricity connectivity programme targeting 14 counties, Energy cabinet secretary Charles...

Sensitise citizenry on Children’s laws, civil societies tell government

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Mombasa County civil society activists want the government to create awareness and sensitise the citizenry on the contents of the Children’s Act....

President Kenyatta signs the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA and PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta has signed the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill (2019) and the Insurance (Amendment) Bill into law at...

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Let’s unite for a prosperous East Africa, President Kenyatta says

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU CHATO, Tanzania 5 July 2019 (PSCU): President Uhuru Kenyatta has called on East Africans to unite in order to develop a prosperous region....

Kenya, South Sudan to deepen trade ties, set up joint border commission

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU NAIROBI, 1 JULY 2019, (PSCU) — Kenya and South Sudan have reached a deal to deepen their trade ties including a plan for...

Give more resources to win war against graft, government urged

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA The national government has been challenged to allocate more resources to the National Anti-Corruption Campaign Steering Committee to enable it fight graft...

US-Kenya partnership boosts security at the port, says Manduku

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA The United State-Kenya partnership is behind the hi-tech security surveillance equipment that has enabled the Port of Mombasa to prevent the transport...

Intervene or else … Maji ya Chumvi elders warn government

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Elders of Maji ya Chumvi in Kinango Constituency have asked the government to intervene over a land dispute pitting the area residents...

State House explains President Uhuru Kenyatta’s events and diary

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCUGood morning everyone. Let me take this opportunity to welcome and thank you for making it to today’s press briefing.I will quickly recap the...

Beware of cruise lines operating without international conventions

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA The recent recruitment of 40 Kenyan seafarers to work aboard the MSC Ship Management Ltd Company’s cruise vessels brings the number of...

Stop petty politics and join me in uniting Kenya, leaders told

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU NAIROBI, 16 June 2019 (PSCU) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has restated his resolve to unite the country and called on leaders to stop...

Stop indulging in corruption, archbishop tells Christians

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Catholic Archbishop of Mombasa Martin Kivuva has challenged Christians to desist from engaging in corruption saying the recent change of currency was...

Cashewnut farmers to smile as processing factory set to start operations

5 years ago thecoast

BY MAZERA NDURYA and MWAKERA MWAJEFA Cashew nut processing is the next phase in the revival of the defunct cashew nut industry being implemented in...

Kenya to host the third ‘Next Einstein Forum’ scientific conference in 2020

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA Kenya will host the third Next Einstein Forum (NEF), the largest African scientific conference, in March next year. The conference,...

President Kenyatta to launch a maritime academy in Mombasa soon

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA President Uhuru Kenyatta is expected to launch Kenya’s proposed maritime academy that will replace the Kenya Ports Authority-owned Bandari College mid-this month...

Send your children to schools or face the law, warns commissioner

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Parents still holding their children at home have been warned of dire consequences if they failed to take them to public pre-primary,...

Use your talents to generate income and employment, Mrs Kenyatta tells the youth

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA Kenyan youths have been challenged to use their talents in the arts and culture as an economic activity that has...

Women determined to break the jinx in ocean-related activities as they celebrate World Oceans Day

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Coastal women have vowed to confront gender inequality in the ocean-related activities to break the masculinity perception of the maritime industry as...

Contractors warned over government delayed projects

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i has warned contractors over delaying government projects saying they risked being blacklisted for future engagements. The...

Over our dead bodies will you privatise the port, say Coastal leaders

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Coast leaders have vowed to oppose any privatisation of the Port of Mombasa that does not guarantee the full ownership or running...

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Women are as capable as men in leadership, Kenyatta says

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU AND MWAKERA MWAJEFA Women should be given equal opportunities of authority as men as they are able to deliver in equal measure and...

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Settle pending bills by end of month, Kenyatta orders accounting officers

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA NAROK, 1 JUNE 2019 — President Uhuru Kenyatta today issued two policy directives to remove bureaucracy that have caused a...

Please help us find our kin, a Mombasa family cries

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE The investigative agencies have been asked to trace the whereabouts of Salim Mzee Salim who disappeared in mysterious circumstances from his Mwandoni...

Government to vet and register all import, export cargo consolidators

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA The Government will vet and register all import and export cargo consolidators to root out tax evaders, President Uhuru Kenyatta...

Wainaina releases new album, Dreams in Stereo

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Eric Wainaina famed for “Nchi ya Kitu Kidogo” song wants upcoming artistes to learn musical instruments besides writing their own songs. This is...

OBITUARY: Ruth Mwakideu

5 years ago thecoast

It is with sorrow we announce the transition of Mama Ruth Mwakideu. After battling cancer since 2014 Mama finally rested in the Lord on 21.05.19...

Kilifi Govt officers, company charged of graft amounting to Sh14.8 million

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST TEAM Kilifi County government officers and others appeared before a Malindi court to answer charges of graft relating to the procurement of a...

Mortgage Refinance Company to boost affordable housing agenda, Kenyatta says

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA and PSCU Mortgage refinance company has been set up to boost the government’s affordable housing agenda with the sole function to provide...

Stop spreading lies or misinformation about the Port of Mombasa, says marine expert

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA In the recent weeks, MPs from the Coast region have used every public podium at their disposal to tell the locals that...

International News

Mrs Kenyatta roots for mainstreaming of adolescent health in UHC programmes

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA The young people should be mainstreamed in the universal health coverage (UHC) programmes through policy formulation to ensure the accessibility...

Unite or lose the port through privatisation, Coast leaders told

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Coast region leadership has been told to remain united, focused and relentlessly fight against any attempt to privatise Kenya Ports Authority’s Second...

International News

Embrace physical exercises as part of your healthy living, Mrs Kenyatta tells the world

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA and PSCU The world has been called upon to embrace physical exercises as a way of promoting healthy living and stopping non-communicable...

We support the war against graft and counterfeits, EU envoys tell President Kenyatta

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU NAIROBI, 17th May 2019, (PSCU): European Union envoys to Kenya have, in one united voice, declared their full support for the ongoing purge...

JKUAT geared towards value addition technologies to improve the Coastal coconut sector globally

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) has promised to develop machinery tools and marketing structures aimed at improving the coconut...

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African economies will largely be transformed by ICTs, Kenyatta says

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA African countries have been asked to prioritize the integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in their development plans because...

President Kenyatta holds bilateral talks with Ethiopian President Zewde at State House, Nairobi

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA and PSCU President Uhuru Kenyatta held bilateral talks with Ethiopian President Sahle-Work Zewde when the latter paid him a courtesy call at...

Fisheries industry has the potential of earning Kenya Sh400 billion annually, says KMFRI

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Kenya can earn more than Sh400 billion annually if the fisheries industry is sustainably exploited to the fully along its 600km stretch...

Microsoft to set up a technology development centre in Kenya, says its Vice President Spencer

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFANairobi May 13, 2019: American technology giant Microsoft Corporation has unveiled a plan to set up a technology development centre in...

Kenyatta signs Health Laws (Amendment), Assumption of the Office of County Governor bills into law

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCUNAIROBI, 13th May 2019 (PSCU)—President Uhuru Kenyatta has today signed into law the Health Laws (Amendment) Bill of 2018 and the Assumption of the...

JKUAT to unlock the potential of coconut tree in a five-year research project in the Coast region

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA More than 150,000 households are set to benefit from Jomo Kenyatta University Agriculture and Technology’s five year manufacturing research that is meant...

Lack of a chief at Kadzandani Ward cause of substance abuse

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE The lack of local administrator at Kadzandani Ward in Nyali Constituency has been cited as the major factor leading to the upsurge...

CS Kiunjuri tells county governments to mitigate effects of climate change

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Agriculture cabinet secretary Mwangi Kiunjuri wants counties to develop a mechanism of mitigating the effects of climate change within their jurisdictions. Mr...

Supreme Court judges, magistrates face charges from different petitioners, JSC says

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Four Supreme Court judges and five magistrates have been served with charges on various acts of misconduct ranging from Wajir gubernatorial petition...

Take healthcare services closer to the people, Mrs Kenyatta says

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has said she will remain steadfast in her efforts to take healthcare services closer to Kenyans in all parts...

Kenya yet to identify potential crude oil buyers as it eyes 200,000 barrels before export

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Kenya is in the process of identifying potential global crude oil buyers before it starts disposing of the stored barrels (bbl) of...

Please help drug addicts reform, activists say

5 years ago thecoast

BY MOMBASA REPORTER The rising cases of drug abuse have forced some activists in Mombasa County to call on the Coastal county governments to develop...

Controversial preacher released on Sh1 million bond

5 years ago thecoast

BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Controversial televangelist Paul Mackenzie Nthenge appeared in court to answer to three counts of incitement and disobedience of law in Malindi on...

Kenya needs more oncologists on rising cases of cancer, First Lady says

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA And PSCU Kenya is in need of more oncologists especially in the counties to handle the rising cases of cancer, says First...

Arrest looters not whistleblowers, DCI told

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND Civil society organisations (CSOs) want the Directorate of Criminal Investigation boss George Kinoti to deal with criminal actors and the corrupt instead...

Wish you Saum Maqbul, President Kenyatta to Muslims

5 years ago thecoast

BY PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA On behalf of the people and the Government of Kenya, I extend warm greetings and best wishes to our Muslim brothers...

Stop being enemies of the blue economy, Coast MPs told

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Seafarers and marine students took to the streets in the central business district in Mombasa to demonstrate against Coastal MPs impinging on...

No party politics here, Aisha Jumwa tells ODM secretary general Sifuna

5 years ago thecoast

BY RAYMOND MWAKWAYA And ONESMUS BARAKA Mombasa County deputy governor Dr William Kingi’s father’s burial turned into a verbal brawl between the Malindi MP Aisha...

Kenya ready to work with The Global Fund for its Universal Health Coverage program

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA And PSCU Kenya has praised its partnership with the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in the delivery of health...

Muslims want government to intensify security during Ramadhan

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE The Muslim community wants security beefed up during the Holy Month of Ramadhan to allow them adhere to their religious teachings as...

Stop Second Container Terminal privatisation plan, govt told

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Coast legislators have warned the government they will seek legal process if it fails to shelf its intention to privatise the Second...

The restless ghost of Mtongwe ferry tragedy: refuse to die

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA Today marks the 25th Anniversary of the sinking of the MTONGWE FERRY. On this day in 1994, 272 men perished along the Kilindini Channel....

State House rattled by two dailies’ “failed to secure loans or funds” reports

5 years ago thecoast

BY OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF PRESS STATEMENT As you are no doubt aware, H.E the President is winding up a very successful visit...

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Kenya secures Sh67 billion in project financing as the Belt and Road Summit kicks off in Beijing

5 years ago thecoast

BEIJING (CHINA), Friday 26th April 2019, (PSCU) – President Uhuru Kenyatta today witnessed the signing of two project delivery agreements totalling to Sh67.5 billion through...

EACC detectives arrest two Kilifi County officials

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission detectives have arrested two Kilifi County officials over graft charges of paying monies to a phantom water project. The...

Develop clear policy to deal with radicalised women, says Supreme Judge

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Supreme Court Judge Lady Justice Njoki Ndung’u wants the Director of Public Prosecution and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations to develop a...

International News

Kenyan avocados cleared to enter the expansive Chinese market

5 years ago thecoast

BY PSCU and MWAKERA MWAJEFA, BEIJING Kenyan farmers will now export their popular hass avocado direct to China following a trade deal signed when President...

Community health volunteers to benefit if talks on paycheck bear fruits

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Community health volunteers (CHVs) are set to benefit if discussion underway at the national level on modalities to factor them in the...

Mombasa teachers defy Sossion’s order on CBC

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE The Kenya National Union of Teachers has been told to support the ongoing nationwide Competency Based Curriculum training saying it would help...

Africa’s Blue Economy: the missing link

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA African countries need political will to implement strategies aimed at benefiting the continent from the vast marine resources along their coastlines. In...

Shun divisive politics, clergy tells politicians

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Political leaders in the county have been asked to refrain from preaching divisive politics but instead preach unity to Kenyans. According to...

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President Kenyatta condoles with former President Moi at his Kabarak home

5 years ago thecoast

PSCU and SHABAN MWAJABE President Uhuru Kenyatta has visited the former President Daniel Arap Moi to personally convey his condolences following the death of his...

President Kenyatta condemns terror attacks in Sri Lanka

5 years ago thecoast

BY KANZE DENA And MWAKERA MWAJEFA President Uhuru Kenyatta has condemned the Sri Lanka attacks while calling for the world to unite in the fight...

Kwale County pumps millions to construct dams

5 years ago thecoast

BY MAZERA NDURYA The people of Mwakalanga in Mwereni Ward have every reason to smile after the Kwale County Government commissioned a 6.5 million litre...

Cabinet warns millers of hiking price of Ugali or face the consequences

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA And PSCU Kenyan millers have been asked not to take advantage of the ongoing drought situation to increase the price of maize...

Stop the house levy deduction until we stabilise economically, Mutua says

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Machakos Governor Dr Alfred Mutua has called on the government to suspend the implementation of the 1.5 per cent housing levy until...

Easter message of goodwill and best wishes to Kenyans

5 years ago thecoast

BY PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA Fellow Kenyans, Easter is here with us once again and I am glad to send you this message of greetings and...

Galvanise political action to end FGM, regional ministers say

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Regional Inter-Ministerial meeting comprising of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Ethiopia and Somalia have agreed to galvanise political action to end cross border female...

Kingi: Amend Sexual Offences law to allow castration

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKWAYA RAYMOND MWAKWAYA The Sexual Offences Act (2006) should be amended to give it teeth to deal with sexual predators impregnating young girls with...

Chaos breakout during County budget public hearing

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT Irate residents of Malindi Subcounty recently disrupted the proceedings of Budget Estimates 2019-2020 organised by the Kilifi County government officials complaining of...

Starving people to hit 100,000 mark if dry spell continues

5 years ago thecoast

BY SHABAN MWAJABE The number of people facing starvation is estimated to reach between 80,000 and 100,000 by August if the rains fail to come...

Private sector participation in infrastructure development critical, says Kenyatta

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA And PSCU African governments have been asked to create an enabling environment for the private sector to participate more in the development...

Vested interests delay handing over of Multi-billion Kipevu Container Terminal

5 years ago thecoast

BY ANDREW MWANGURA Deeply vested interests characterized by a campaign of misinformation are hindering the official handing over of the Sh27 billion Kipevu Container Terminal...

Withdraw the draconian Miscellaneous Amendment Bill, say CSOs

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE The Senate has been told to withdraw the Statute Law seeking to amend the Prevention of Terrorism Act and the Public Order...

Regional Inter-Ministerial meeting to end Cross-Border FGM

5 years ago thecoast

BYMWAKERA MWAJEFA Cross-border female genital mutilation (FGM) is becoming an increasing trend that is undermining efforts towards the abandonment of the same within the eastern...

Suleiman Dori adds numbers of those eyeing presidential seat 2022

5 years ago thecoast

BY SHABAN MWAJABE Msambweni MP Suleiman Dori has declared he will vie for the presidential seat come 2022 general election saying his development track record...

Pwani varsity student reveals what happened on the fateful day

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT The rising domestic violence and deaths in different parts of the country have sparked concern and worry among Kenyans who want the...

AFA to give cashewnut and coconut seedlings in a drive to boost food production

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Four coastal counties and Taveta subcounty to benefit from the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA)’s distribution of 310,000 and 280,000 cashewnut and...

Dawhida Community up in arms over graveyard turned commercial spot

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA The removal of Dawhida’s remains from their Bura Ndogo cemetery in Taveta Subcounty of Taita Taveta County to pave way for a...

ANC party hits out at leaders undermining graft war

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT Amani National Congress (ANC) party has hit out at leaders trying to scuttle the ongoing graft war by alleging their tribes or...

TARDA avails Sh70 m to revive the Tana Delta Irrigation Schemes

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT The Tana and Athi Rivers Development Authority (TARDA) has pumped Sh70 million to rehabilitated the collapsed Tana Delta Irrigation Project (TDIP). Engineering...

Politicians asked to help marginalised groups

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Mama Beauty Foundation, a self-driven initiative in Mombasa County, is appealing to the politicians to extend their mandate to the vulnerable children...

KPA, stakeholders meet on dredging concerns for Second Container Terminal project

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Dredging and dumping of sand for the Second Phase of the Mombasa port development project has sparked public interest with some stakeholders...

Join hands to fight the contentious land issue, Coast leaders told

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Coast elected leaders should join hands in order to resolve the land question that has dogged the region since time in memorial....

CJ Maraga gives order on case backlog

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA The Court of Appeal has been directed to ensure they reduced the age of the oldest cases in their systems to less...

Kwale targets million mark for Huduma Registration, governor

5 years ago thecoast

BY SHABAN MWAJABE Some 800,000 people are being targeted for the registration of the Huduma Namba under theNational Integration Identification System (NIIMS) within the set...

African leaders challenged to use positions for their people’s prosperity, Kenyatta

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA And PSCU African leaders should take the responsibility of protecting and safeguarding the hard won freedom by the founding fathers of the...

Involve all stakeholders in wildlife conservation, says Mrs Kenyatta

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA And PSCU Kenya can only succeed in protecting its wildlife resources through engaging and involving key stakeholders including local communities to bolster...

Mungatana, co-accused released on a bail of Sh3 million cash each

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT Former legislator Danson Munagtana and six others were on a 5million bond after appearing before a Malindi court over charges of graft...

LEADERSHIP, the what and how of it?

5 years ago thecoast

BY Prof. Dr. Halimu Shauri Human beings have needs, wants and aspirations. Accordingly, there is need for them to set goals to reach this trio:...

President Kenyatta’s visit pays off as Mauritius lifts ban on Kenyan farm produce

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEF And PSCU Kenya’s farmers are set to benefit after the government of Mauritius lifted ban on several Kenyan farms’ produce as the...

Former Garsen MP Mungatana to appear at Malindi Court on graft charges

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA Former assistant minister and Garsen MP Danson Mungatana and six others have been arrested over allegations of theft amounting to Sh51.5 million...

Kwale PWDS demand for the NHIF Scheme

5 years ago thecoast

BY SHABAN MWAJABE People living with disabilities in Kwale County want the Department of Social Services to make the necessary arrangements for them to benefit...

Shimanzi Youth grab Chapa Dimba na Safaricom trophy Coast finals

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Shimanzi Youth and Changamwe Ladies are the winners of this year’s Chapa Dimba na Safaricom Coast region finals under floodlights at Sh86...

Revival of Galole fruit plant puts smiles on mango farmers

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT Mango farmers in Tana River County have a reason to smile following the successful installation of a pulp processing machine at the...

Tourists Left in the Cold as Villa Owners Count Losses in Malindi

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST CORRESPONDENT A morning inferno that broke out in Malindi razed down over 500 privately owned villas by local and foreigners causing unknown damages...

Tsavo East KWS rangers to know their bail ruling on April 25

5 years ago thecoast

BY COAST SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Six Kenya Wildlife Service rangers plead not guilty over murder charges and they are remanded at Malindi GK prison. The rangers are...

Millions of shillings for Tana River County water pans

5 years ago thecoast

BY OUR TANA RIVER CORRESPONDENT The government wants to construct water pans to the tune of Sh472 million through the Equalisation Fund to resolve perennial...

Include corruption in school curricula, Dr Mutua tells government

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE Corruption should be incorporated in the primary, secondary and tertiary curricula so that students can be exposed early on its scourge in...

Be vigilant and united, Muslims told

5 years ago thecoast

BY SHABAN MWAJABE Kwale residents have been asked to remain vigilant and observe the sense of unity when dealing with each other in every aspect...

Former IG Boinnet sworn as Tourism chief administrative secretary

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA And PSCUImmediate former Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet has landed a Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) position for Ministry of Tourism and...

Senate promises to deal with extra-judicial killings in Coast region

5 years ago thecoast

BY PETER KOMBE The Senate Justice, Legal Affairs and Human Rights committee has pledged to address extra- judicial killings and forced disappearance not only in...

Residents want compensation before Mwache Dam project can start

5 years ago thecoast

BY MAZERA NDURVYA Residents living around the area where the multi-billion shilling Mwache dam will be built want the issue of compensation and other demands...

MRC suspects to spend 14 days in custody

5 years ago thecoast

BY SHABAN MWAJABE Seventeen Mombasa Republican Council suspects arraigned in court recently will be detained for another 14 days to allow for further investigations on...

Mombasa County Assembly committee clears transport executive as others raise eyebrows

5 years ago thecoast

By Peter Kombe A five-Member of Mombasa County Assembly committee set to investigate Transport county executive committee member Tawfiq Balala over abuse of office has...

GLOBAL WOMEN’S VOICE CONFERENCE

5 years ago thecoast

BY MAZERA NDURYA Mombasa City’s growing popularity as the investment hub was once again demonstrated with the hosting of yet another high level conference that...

President Barack Obama relives fond memories of his historic Kenyan visits

5 years ago thecoast

BY MWAKERA MWAJEFA and PSCU SEVILLE, Spain, 3 April 2019 (PSCU) --President Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America, has today...

Investor Pumps over Sh117 Billion to Revive Galana-Kulalu Food Security Project

6 mins ago thecoast

By Mwakwaya Raymond Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Selu Africa Limited, one of the companies investing in the Galala-Kulalu Food Security Project to inject over Ksh117 billion (880...

POLITICAL GENIUS OR PERSONAL INTEREST? President Ruto “Tano Tena”

1 hour ago thecoast

By Prof. Dr. Halimu Shauri Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com WOW! The unfolding events in Kenyan politics have left some of us see a mix of interests and...

New Law to Provide Tax Reliefs to Parents and Caregivers

2 hours ago thecoast

By Harrison Kivisu Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Nominated Senator Crystal Asige says parents and caregivers of children with disability will get tax reliefs once the persons with...

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Mung’aro Introduces New Method to Curb Medicine Theft

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By Kalama Mshomi Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com Kilifi County government has introduced new ways to stop the stealing of medical supplies. Gideon Mung'aro, the governor, warned that...

Mombasa

Lack of Social Investment Contributes to Unemployment in Kenya

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By Kalama Mshomi Email, thecoastnewspaper@gmail.com The lack of social investment - 'social harvesting' - has contributed to the unemployment in a large scale in the...

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