MOMBASA Top Stories

Equity Bank Kenya enters into partnership with Toyota Kenya Limited2019-05-23
Public Technologies: Equity BankKenya enters into partnership with Toyota Kenya Limited The partnership agreement will see customers get up to 95% financing payable within 60 months on the single cab Hilux pickups. Nairobi, 23rd May 2019...Equity Bank Kenya and Toyota Kenya...
Orengo, Joho Defend Odinga Over Gold Scandal2019-05-23
All Africa: MombasaGovernorHassan Joho and SiayaSenatorJames Orengo Tuesday defended Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader Raila Odinga against politicians linking him to a fake gold scandal in which a Saudi national is reported to have lost Sh400 million to a...
Tanzania and China argue about terms of $10bn port project2019-05-23
Business Day: Dar es Salaam — A planned $10bn port project in Tanzania backed by China has hit an impasse, with the two sides disagreeing on terms of the infrastructure investment, a senior Tanzanian port official said on Wednesday. In 2013, Tanzania signed a framework...
Tanzania's China-backed $10 bln port plan stalls over terms -official2019-05-23
This is Money: DAR ES SALAAM, May 23 (Reuters) - A planned $10 billion port project in Tanzania backed by China has hit an impasse, with the two sides disagreeing on terms of the infrastructure investment, a senior Tanzanian port official said on Wednesday. In 2013, Tanzania...
Kenya faces tough test in Africa Region Four golf tournament2019-05-22
Xinhua: NAIROBI, May 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's top ranking golfers will be put to the test when they travel to Bujumbura for this year's Africa Region Four golf championship, which runs from June 4-9. Last year in Mombasa, Kenyan players failed to...
Mombasa Steps Up Fight Against Cholera2019-05-22
All Africa: MombasaCounty government has banned the sale of bottled water from unverified companies to tame cholera outbreak in the city. ......
Dumpsite along Mombasa-Malindi Highway is a pollution threat2019-05-21
Coastweek: MOMBASA (Xinhua) -- A woman and her child walk past the VOK dumpsite in Mombasa. Residents have called on the county government to shut down the fast-growing dumpsite which is along the...
Five gangster suspects held after Police crack down on Mombasa matatu drivers2019-05-21
Coastweek: MOMBASA (Xinhua) -- Kenyan police officers inspect a matatu in...
Mombasa police recover illegal ivory haul from bus terminal2019-05-21
Coastweek: MOMBASA (Xinhua) -- A police officer in civilian clothes displays ivory pieces nabbed at a bus terminus...
Dreaming of Paradise: Undisturbed with Omar Khayyam and his Book of Poetry in the Desert2019-05-21
Coastweek: NEW DELHIIndia -- A book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread—and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness— O, Wilderness were Paradise enow! -- The Rubaiyat of Omar KhayyamGenerations of love starved men have swooned over these...
Roundup: China, Kenya relations have developed with deep roots: Chinese envoy2019-05-21
Xinhua: NAIROBI, May 21 (Xinhua) -- China and Kenya have deepened mutual political trust and expanded cooperation over the years, pushing their relations to the level of a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, ChineseAmbassador to Kenya Wu Peng said on...
A legacy of lunacy haunts Kenya's old railway. Will China's $3.6B line be different?2019-05-20
CNN: Nairobi, Kenya (CNN)In 1903, British colonial administrator Sir CharlesNortonEdgecumbe Eliot made a bold statement: "It is not uncommon for a country to create a railway, but it is uncommon for a railway to create a country." The country was Kenya. The...