Author: Coast Times Digital

By Alloys Musyoka Health advocates in Kilifi have intensified efforts to sensitize Kenyans on the benefits of adopting plant-based diets, saying increased awareness is critical for healthy living and for addressing the rising burden of diet-related illnesses across the country. They noted that despite the availability and affordability of plant-based foods, many Kenyans remain misinformed about their nutritional value, often associating such diets with people who cannot afford meat-based meals. Speaking during the closing ceremony of the Vegan Restaurant Week in Kilifi, the advocates led by vegan champion Virginia Ruguru emphasized that a well-balanced plant-based diet is one of the…

By Alloys Musyoka The United Nations is set to roll out a land mark United Nations programme advancing gender-responsive and sustainable Blue Economy development in the coastal region. This is after Kwale governor Fatuma Achani on Monday hosted a high-level delegation from UN Women led by Deputy Country Representative to Kenya, Mr. Dan Bazira. The UN-Women delegation has commended Kwale’s longstanding collaboration with the UN and highlighted successful past initiatives, including the Women, Peace and Security Project with HURIA, World Vision’s SHIELD programme, and NCCK’s Wadada wa Pawa initiative. Putting Kwale county in good books with global partners on matters…

By Alloys Musyoka The judiciary will close down seven children homes in LungaLunga for allegedly participating in child trafficking, Kwale high court judge Lepares Naikuni has said. The seven children homes, he said, are not registered and should be closed as quickly as possible. “Why do you sustain a children’s home which is not registered if you are not doing illegal activities? We are sure they are doing child trafficking by taking them abroad without consent to do illegal activities there,” he added. Naikuni said that the government will not allow child trafficking. Vanga area, he said is among areas…

By Ayub Mwangi. The High Court in Nairobi has ordered an overseas recruitment company to pay Kshs 5 Million to an employee they hired for an online scamming company in Myanmar. ‎Justice Byram Ongaya directed Gratify Solutions International Limited to pay Harun Nyakong’o for deceptively recruiting, transporting, and handing him over to transnational criminal networks ‎operating scam compounds in Myanmar. Nyakong’o, who returned from Myanmar had told the court that he had been engaged in forced labour and forced criminality to defraud individuals in the United States through ‎online scams. ‎He told the court that Gratify Solutions International Ltd, Virginia…

The national government has pledged to continue supporting Lamu County’s festival calendar in a bid to ensure that the sector continues creating jobs among women and youths within the coastal county The 23rd Edition of the Lamu Cultural Festival that is running from Thursday 20th to Saturday 22nd 2025 with the expectation that the festival will draw in 20,000 domestic and foreign tourists. Setting the tone to the three-day cultural extravaganza, Tourism Cabinet Secretary Rebecca MIano stated that the national government will continue marketing Lamu as a favorable tourist destination especially with the upcoming festive season underway.…

By reporter At least 92 youths drawn from the Ndera, Lower Tana Delta, and Hanshak-Nyongoro Conservancies have completed training in high-demand skills in a bid to promote entrepreneurship among marginalized communities in Tana River and Lamu counties The youths trained acquired skills ranging from Motorcycle Repair and Maintenance, Catering, Mobile Phone Repair, Tailoring and Dressmaking, Masonry, Hairdressing and Beauty Therapy, and Electrical and Solar Installation under the auspices of MashinaniWORKS (formerly Northern Rangelands Trust Trading) Speaking during the graduation ceremony held in Lower Tana Delta, Lower Tana Delta Conservancy Chairman Ali Hiribai stated that the trained youths would also be receiving…

By Shaban Omar More than 100 residents of Mwabungo in Msambweni, Kwale County, on Thursday received free legal assistance as land injustice complaints took centre stage at a legal aid clinic organised by Smart Move Community and justice sector partners. The clinic, held at Mwabungo Galu Primary School, drew elderly residents and vulnerable families battling long-running land disputes, including cases of alleged fraudulent title transfers, forged documents and illegal acquisition of ancestral land. Smart Move Community founder and chairperson Jamal Kidyogo said the initiative brought together lawyers, the County Attorney’s office, Kadhis’ Courts and mental health practitioners to offer services…

By Shaban Omar Kwale Junior Secondary School (JSS) intern teachers have dismissed claims that their internship period has been extended to two years, insisting that their appointment letters clearly outline a one-year engagement. The teachers, who held a demonstration at the Ukunda Showground in Msambweni Sub-county on Friday, November 14, 2025, said President William Ruto’s recent statement suggesting a two-year internship was misleading and inconsistent with the contracts they signed. They warned that they will not resume teaching duties in January unless the government and the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) confirm them on permanent and pensionable terms. Kwale KUPPET branch…

By Reporter The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) in Kwale has secured a conviction and a 30-year prison sentence for a middle-aged man who defiled his 12-year-old stepdaughter. In her ruling, Resident Magistrate Hon. Ruth Ogolla found Mangisi Chaka Mangisi guilty of defilement contrary to Section 8(1) as read with Section 8(2) of the Sexual Offences Act, 2006. He was also convicted of committing an indecent act on a child contrary to Section 11(1) of the same Act. The magistrate noted that the five prosecution witnesses had presented watertight evidence warranting conviction and sentencing. Assistant Director of…

By Reporter Muslim Women Advancement of Rights and Protection (MWARP) has donated Printers and Stationery to Lamu Central sub county Police stations to Expedite Help for GBV and Defilement Survivors. The beneficiary stations include Amu, Hindi, and Mokowe police stations which received the equipment today, aimed at ensuring that GBV survivors are accorded service regardless of whether they have monies to facilitate production of critical administrative material essential to their cases. According to MWARP officials the printers will be used to swiftly produce police abstracts and the vital P3 forms, which are medical-legal documents essential for documenting evidence and building…