Mombasa

The waiting is over, it’s time for action

By ABDUL SIDI In MombasaPosted Saturday, November 21 2009 at 22:00 Action starts in Mombasa city centre before heading off to the Vipingo Ranch for spectator stage After months of preparing, drivers and their rally cars will...

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Michael Onyango : Kenya

75 of $625 raised. Started raising funds on Nov 21, 2009 Michael Onyango is 51 years old and he is married to Pamela who is a housewife. They are blessed with four children. The family lives in Magongo, Mombasa and Michael is a...

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Tea rules at last week’s levels in Kolkata auctions

This week, good liquoring CTC teas were around last levels and at times easier, according to J Thomas & Company Pvt Ltd. Medium and plainer sorts, however, were firm to occasionally dearer. Good support came from Hindustan...

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Kenya: Court Grants Re-Verification to Sugar Firm

Nairobi — The process of re-verifying 25 containers of sugar which has been detained at the port of Mombasa for the last two years has begun. Mumias Sugar was granted the order to scrutinize the contents following reports that...

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Students Showcase Concern for Climate Change

Mombasa Polytechnic University College students on Friday held a special event to showcase their concern for the climate change if the planned World Summit on Copenhagen does not come up with an amicable solution.

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East Africa: Ten Years Later, EAC Roars 'One People, One Destiny'

TEN years ago, in 1999, the East African Community (EAC) was re-born. The EAC had collapsed in 1977 over what many have said were political and ideological disagreements between the political leadership of the partner states.

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Piracy Attacks on Grain Vessels Hit Flour Production

Githua Kihara and Gitonga Marete A wheat flour shortage looms as Somali pirates hit closer home -- our dinner tables. Two vessels that were expected in Mombasa early this month with 70,000 tonnes of wheat are currently being...

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Pirate Season Underway: Increased Violence on the High Seas

A dead captain, soldiers onboard civilian freighters, record ransoms and shoot-outs almost daily: After two months of relative calm, pirate season off the coast of Somalia has resumed. The stakes are higher than ever.

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Nicolas Cage Visits Kenyan Prison

NICOLAS CAGE has visited a Kenyan prison holding suspected Somali pirates awaiting trial, in a bid to raise awareness of piracy in the Indian Ocean. The Con Air star toured the Shimo La Tewa jail in the coastal town of Mombasa...

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Mombasa pilgrims jam airport for Hajj trip

A sea of humanity jammed Mombasa’s Moi International Airport on Wednesday evening as the largest group of 270 Muslims pilgrims left the country for the annual pilgrimage to the holy city of Makkah. The airport international...

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