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Parents and guardian with students at Chumani secondary school were shocked on Sunday morning when they saw their children walking home. Students walked as far as 20 kilometers with some going from Chumani secondary school to Kilifi town, Malindi and Watamu using the Malindi-Mombasa Highway. The students are said to have gone on strike on Saturday 30 2023 and were allowed to leave the school compound at around 1 am in the morning without parents notification. Many who spoke to Coast Times Digital said they could not believe seeing their children coming home in the morning around 3 am in…

By Johnson Chengo Kilifi South MP Ken Chonga has initiated forums for engaging students, parents and teachers to curb indiscipline cases that lead to burning of schools. Speaking in his office after disbursing a total of Sh28 million as bursary cheques to 3,000 students drone from Collage and Universities, Chonga said the unrest can only be controlled if parents and teachers change the approaches of addressing students’ wayward behaviours. He said fires and unrest in learning institutions are mainly occasioned by broken communication links. “Sometimes these students have genuine concerns but they are using the wrong channel of addressing it…

By Caroline Katana  Human Rights Agenda Organisation (HURIA) is implementing a program of sensitizing marginalized groups in the Msambweni constituency of Kwale County on the importance of participating in public participation forums and leadership processes. The three-month program is funded by USAID through Act organization. Speaking during the sensitization forum in Msambweni social hall HURIA officer Mwinyihaji Chamosi said it is paramount to educate women, youth and disabled persons on how they can enter political parties instead of fighting for nomination positions. “We have seen many times that young people, women and people with special abilities are given priority by…

Fatuma Mwalupa is the new Kwale County assembly clerk after being the deputy for the last nine years. There was celebration outside the county assembly building immediately after her approval as MCA’s led by Yusuf Mbwana chanted. “Mwalupa anachukua anaweka Waa” they were seen singing. Mwalupa has been the acting clerk for the last four years following the impeachment of former clerk Hamisi Dzila before the resignation of Denis Musyoka in 2019. The County Assembly of Kwale approved Mwalupa as the new Clerk of the County Assembly of Kwale. The assembly service board report on the recruitment of…

By Johnson Chengo It is a sigh of relief to over 1,800 residents of Takaungu village in Mnarani Ward, Kilifi County who will now have an improved and fresh water access in their homes. This follows the rehabilitation of old pipes and water tanks at a cost of Sh13.5 million. Speaking to the media, Member of County Assembly Juma Chengo said the initiative will unlock the challenges experienced by many residents especially during the drought seasons by alleviating water shortage in the area. He said many families used to trek long distances in search of the precious commodity. “The population…

By Alloys Musyoka The Australian Base Titanium Mining company that is operating in Kwale has confirmed the presence of heavy minerals with a peak of drill hole grade 6.3 per cent heavy mineral at the Kwale East exploration. Its Australian-based parent firm – Base Resources- said in a trading update that there was also discovery of high value minerals assemblage with three areas being identified for further targeted exploration exercise as part of a second phase air core drilling program. In the report the company reported steady price for ilmenite and slightly lower for rutile, while zircon prices moderately increased.…

Jubilee deputy secretary general Pauline Njoroge and two other people are yet to be produced in court in Malindi more than 24 hours after their arrest. Police in Watamu, Kilifi County are still holding Pauline and their colleagues. Coast Times Digital has spoken to Njoroge lawyers who have tried their best to have her produced in court in vain. The lawyers include Ndegwa Njiru, Suleiman Lempaa and Sophia Rajab who according to them no indication that the three will be produced in court as expected due to lack of registration records at Malindi law court. “There are no registration records…

As leaders allied to the opposition in other parts of the country continue to marshal Kenyans into demonstrations in Kilifi the picture is different since most of the vocal leaders led by Senator Stewart Madzayo and Malindi MP Amina Munyazi have gone not hideouts after their colleagues were arrested on Wednesday. Kilifi South Member of Parliament Ken Chonga and County Assembly Speaker Teddy Mwambire among others were arrested on Wednesday at Mtwapa as they led demonstrators. Coast Times Digital can authoritatively report that the vocal Kilifi ODM leaders have resorted to switching off their phones to avoid being tracked, this…

Kilifi County Chief Officer Fisheries and Blue Economy, Rahab Karisa stabbed to death at her home. Sources told Coast Times Digital that the officer was killed after an argument with her housemaid over payment issues at her home. Reports indicate she was allegedly stabbed to death by her house help in Mnarani, Kilifi County on Thursday morning. This was after returning to the country on Wednesday from a trip to Italy. Sources also told Coast Times Digital the house help escaped before officers from a private firm arrived for their morning duties. Investigation into the incident is going on according…