Author: Coast Times Digital

Storm is brewing at the Kwale county assembly after division emerged among members following disagreement on who should be appointed to the county assembly board. The situation has left speaker Seth Kamanza at a cross road on which way to follow as claims that a section of MCAs threatened to impeach him if he fails to do their wish. Sources who spoke to Coast Times Digital on conditions of anonymity said that there are no plans to impeach the speaker but admitted that there are issues being forced onto the assembly by the speaker. “We feel that ODM is forcing…

Denmark FC from Maganyakulo has qualified for the 1 million Rashid Abdallah super cup tournament final after beating Raising Stars from Waa 6-5 penalty goals. During their 90 minutes match no team kissed each other goal forcing them to go for penalties. Denmark FC will face it off with  Sunday match winner between Lazium FC and Buster FC in a game that will be played at Waa primary school. The  tournament sponsored by Mozak betika involved 16 teams from Matuga constituency. Denmark fc captain Hassan Chicho said that the game was of the tough they have encountered their opponents adding…

A section of Kilifi Members of County Assembly are living in fear after a number of cases involving people masquerading as MCAs in their areas of jurisdiction. They have raised a red flag over the matter as cases of impersonation by people who intimidate locals trying to evict them continue to be recorded everyday. The recent incident taking place in Sabaki ward where a man with a gun confronted a family in Sabaki ward and introduced himself as Ganda MCA demanding them to leave the land they were living in, although he was not the area MCA. Andrew Gone one…

Hoteliers in the South Coast region have recorded good numbers of domestic and foreign visitors for December holiday with some of the facilities being fully booked for December festive. Domestic tourism is currently taking shape after covid19 affected the cultural tourists markets in Europe. Jacaranda Indian Ocean beach resort operation manager Duncan Kiroro said that hoteliers had to devise a way of targeting the domestic market which is working out positively. “The war in Ukrain and Russia which affected tourism business is one of the reasons we had to look for a domestic market which is doing well,” he said.…

Veteran journalists Rashid Abdallah and Lulu Hassan have supported Kwale residents affected by drought after presnting their donations to Kwale county government through Rashid Abdallah super cup program. Rashid Abdallah and Lulu Hassan are Swahili news anchors at Citizen TV who hail from kwale county. The donations includes 500 kgs of sugar 2000kgs of rice,77bags of maize flour, 480 litres of cooking oil,500 pieces of leaves and 152 boxes of indomie. The food will be distributed to the most vulnerable families in Lunga lungalunga and Kinango subcounties While receiving the consignment,Kwale county deputy governor Chirema Kombo called upon other well-wishers…

Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has appealed all politicians from the Coast region to unite in preparation for the 2027 general elections. His call come even before the 2022 general election dust is not yet settled. Speaking during a fundraiser in aid of the construction of the St. Andrews Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) church in Malindi town on Sunday Kingi said that the area is better placed to benefit if all its elected leaders are allied to the government. More than Sh. 7 million collected in aid of the church during Kingis’ first public address in  Malindi since he was…

It will take the new environment and land CECM three years to register all community land that are at the verge of being grabbed by private investors as locals continue being evicted day and night in Kwale. After five years of interacting with various stakeholders in the land sector and national government, Saumu Mahaja has learnt the art of tackling historical land issues and one of the ways is registering those land. She told the vetting panel that in her second term she will tighten her belt on addressing matters of land injustices through collaboration with the National Land Commission…

Transformation of tourism by exploring new sleeping giant’s tourism circuits in Kwale is among things that the new Kwale tourism CEC Ali Mondo is up to if approved by the county assembly. Mondo presented his documents before the six county assembly appointment committee members led by speaker Seth Kamanza laying down the foundation for his plans on why he is best placed for the job. Majimoto hot spring which attracted the investment of previous governor Salim Mvurya regime through the first county tourism CEC Adan Sheikh resurrecting during the vetting as Mondo said he is ready to ensure tourists…

The Bible Translation and Literacy organization in partnership with the ministry of education and county government has officially launched mother tongue school books for three Kwale communities. The books are for the Digo, Duruma and Pokomo communities. The project has been realised through the development of a mother tongue education program for indigenous languages. According to BTL National Director Peter Munguti, the books are set to be used in schools to teach children the language they understand best. Munguti said the major goal is to enhance learning, boost morale, understanding and promote children’s education. “We want to break all the…

Bible Translation & Literacy East Africa Today were delighted to have hosted Governor of Kwale H.E. Fatuma Achani and her Deputy H.E. Chirema Kombo during the officially launch of the Mother Tongue Book Program for the indigenous languages at the Kwale County Stadium, in Tsimba Golini ward, Matuga Sub County. The mother tongue translation of primary school books program for indigenous languages which are; Chidigo, Chiduruma and pokomo is sponsored by Bible Translation & Literacy (BTL) East Africa. Main objective of the program by BTL is translating primary school books in Chiduruma, Chidigo and Pokomo languages as a way of…