Author: Coast Times Digital

By Flora Awinja Diani, an award winning tourist destination in Kwale is set to hold its first walk for fitness this Saturday (February 25). The inaugural walk comes as hundreds of Coast residents are adapting to the walking culture for fitness. Tens of residents are expected to participate in the inaugural 6km walk that will mark the beginning of a series of similar exercises whose core purpose will be fitness. According to organizers who spoke to Coast Times Digital participants will begin walking for fitness at Corner Beach near Naivas Supermarket, through Ibiza Market, Kona Musa to Mvindeni Red Cross…

By Hellen Awino A section of youth in Kwale County have embraced technical and manual jobs in a bid to earn a decent living and avoid involvement in criminal gangs and drug abuse. At Josef Seibel Africa LTD in Mvindeni, Msambweni Sub- County, ninety percent of the workforce is youth. Josef Seibel is a shoe manufacturing company with a base in Germany. The factory set foot in Mvindeni at the height of the Corona pandemic in 2020 that had engulfed the world leaving many destitute and without jobs. Many unskilled young men and women got the opportunity to join the factory and get on-job…

By Flora Awinja Kwale county government has constructed a state-of-the-art wholesale, fresh produce and retail market at Mvindeni in Msambweni sub-county. It will be the largest after the Kongowea market in Mombasa county built at a cost of Sh46 million at its first phase. The market will include a modern bus park, business stalls, stores, lavatories and a proper drainage system for better hygiene. Once completed it will accommodate more than 2000 traders. Traders from Ibiza, Ukunda showground and Calyspo are set to occupy the market by the end of the first quarter of 2023. The traders are now being…

The election petition challenging the election of Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro has been thrown out by the Malindi High Court. Lady Justice Anne Adwera Onginjo ruled that the petitioners failed to prove that the election was marred with malpractices including voter bribery, intimidation and ballot staffing as claimed. She also slapped the petitioners with the costs of the suit that was set at Sh. 6 million. Three youthful Pamoja African Alliance (PAA) supporters, Mr Justine Chinga Chirume, Mr Justin Charo Baya and Mr Salim Chai Tsui had moved to court to challenge the election of Mung’aro and his deputy Florah…

Former Ndavaya ward representative has appealed to Kwale county governor to support over 500 people affected by the hurricane at Ndavaya town with food. During the incident that occurred on 1 January this year about 102 households were affected where locals were rendered homeless after roofs of their houses were blown off. The former MCA Masudi Ngando said that locals have not come to terms with the calamity a month after it took place. “I am appealing to Governor Fatuma Achani to do something for my people, they are really suffering. I know she can help,” he said. Speaking at…

By Johnson Chengo A coast based environmentalist Dr. Edwin Mwinga Chokwe has raised concerns after a private developer illegally cut down trees along the Machakos-Liwatoni road. The vocal environmentalist staged an on-site protest against the private developer’s alleged inaction over illegal cutting down of twenty indigenous trees planted on a pedestrian walk as he encroached on erecting a concrete wall. The developer, who has leased a go-down belonging to the old Kenya railways station in Mombasa, is alleged to have cut down the trees without the approval of the Kenya Forest Services, NEMA and Mombasa County Government. The trees were…

Lamu County Government has initiated the construction of the first Emergency Operation Center. The ground-breaking ceremony was graced by Lamu County Governor Issa Timamy and once complete, the center will host response units that are responsible for promoting efficient organization and coordination of search, rescue operations, disaster and emergency response within rescue region. The center will act as a resource center to the County government, Red Cross, World Wide Fund, Police among others to enable them operate from a central coordinated place whenever there are hazards and emergencies. “This disaster rescue center will be a game changer towards responding to…

By Johnson Chengo Jomvu constituency Member of Parliament Badi Twalib has directed that no child in his area will pay even a cobble when joining junior secondary school. He was speaking at Badi Twalib Junior Secondary School after storming the institution over alleged allegations that the school head was charging parents Sh6,500 for lockers and other charges which amounted to Sh8,500. This was after a section of parents from the school raised complaints to his office over the matter calling for the school head Mary Ocholla to be removed. “This is an order I am issuing here today, no child…

By Johnson Chengo Kenya received another luxurious cruise ship with 1,500 passengers and crew on board that docked at the port of Mombasa in the wee hours of 2am. About 800 passengers disembarked from the ship MV Artania, for excursions with some heading to Masai Mara, Tsavo and others opting to visit tourist sites within Mombasa. This is the second vessel to dock at the port this year after the MV World Odessy with 795 passengers and crew docked at the port for the second time on January 26. The ship was carrying 1,032 passengers, mostly Germans and 500 crew…

By Johnson Chengo The cabinet secretary for Roads and infrastructure Kipchumba Murkomen has assured that there will be no more political interference in the running of the Kenya Ports Authority. His sentiments come as the authority is in the process of picking a new managing director after the recruitment process ended on January 13. “We expect the new MD to be in office by April 1. I have trust in the new board to recruit a new competent MD who will be in sync with the vision of the government,” said Murkomen. Murkomen said that the authority has over the…