/Mombasa/-/519978/519978/-/mnnk65/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/847542/-/ocow7b/-/index.html A witness told the court that he saw a document showing a suspected pirate ship was a Kenyan registered vessel. Lieutenant David Ratner testifying against 17 Somalis charged with piracy also told the court that another document he saw indicated that MV Ishaka was a Puntland registered vessel. 2010-01-22T13:07:52Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/847538/-/ocow6l/-/index.html Muslim youth on Friday called off the anticipated protest at eleventh hour amid heavy presence of security. The group called off their demonstration which was meant to show their solidarity with the Jamican preacher Abdulla al-Faisal who was deported on Thursday, moments after meeting senior clerics around 11 am. 2010-01-22T13:02:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/847532/-/ocow6f/-/index.html Arrangements for the first ever coast province investment conference to be opened by prime Minister Raila Odinga have been finalised with calls on the government to address critical issues that could discourage investment in the region. The two day conference slated for Monday January 25 and 26 with the theme ‘harnessing coastal resources for socio-economic development towards Vision 2030’ seeks to unlock the potential in the region that is endowed with vast resources. 2010-01-22T12:58:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/847530/-/ocow6d/-/index.html Lack of drugs and equipment in government hospitals country wide has made some patients to spend several months in hospitals without any medical attention. Patients with fractures at the Coast General hospital are especially hard hit as they cannot get treated due to lack of some equipment used in fixing broken bones, leaving them to buy the equipment from private hospitals. 2010-01-22T12:56:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846950/-/ocob1s/-/index.html Coast residents will continue experiencing water shortages as the area water provider continues to grapple with the old and dilapidated infrastructure to supply the commodity. The newly elected Coast Water Services Board chief executive Andy Tola said despite the board’s effort to make repairs in the major water main pipes, the supply is still low compared to the demand. 2010-01-21T13:37:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846916/-/ocoaxf/-/index.html A foreign cosmetics company is targeting creating employment for more than 100,000 Kenyans over the next year through direct selling of their products. Oriflame, a Swedish company dealing with natural cosmetics said job seekers would be given the opportunity to invest as little as Sh900 to set them up as sales agents. 2010-01-21T13:01:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846914/-/ocoaxd/-/index.html A US coast guard on Thursday described a vessel allegedly used by 17 suspected Somali pirates as “standard” which could have been used for fishing. Mr Andrew Boshears, based in Miami said the vessel MV Ishaka can be associated with long line type of fishing. 2010-01-21T12:59:27Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846846/-/ocoa8m/-/index.html Despite calls from different quarters to call off demonstration, Mombasa Muslims Youth have vowed to go on with their Friday’s planned peaceful protest in the streets of the coastal town. Mr Abdulrazak Mohammed, one of the organisers, told Nation on phone yesterday that they will stage protest in solidarity with controversial Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Faisal from different venues towards Coast PC Mr Earnest Munyi’s office to present a protest letter to the government. 2010-01-21T12:41:38Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846028/-/oco3w9/-/index.html Senior Muslim clerics on Wednesday declared their intention to sue the state for the colossal damage and death that resulted after last Friday’s demonstration in Nairobi. Already the clerics have contacted  a Mombasa based legal firm, Mohammed Balala and Company’s Advocates to prepare  legal procedures required for the case against Attorney General Amos Wako, Internal Security minister George Saitoti, Nairobi Province PPO Anthony Kibuchi, Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (ATPU) head Nicholas Kamwede. 2010-01-20T12:40:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846024/-/oco3w5/-/index.html Local communities should be involved in measuring the extent of achievement in the attainment of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set ten years ago. Youths participating in this year’s Peace Boat voyage yesterday suggested that governments set local MDG targets to be used as benchmarks to measure the benefits already accrued from the initiatives. 2010-01-20T12:36:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846022/-/oco3w3/-/index.html Scholars have been angered by a decision to make Kiswahili an optional subject at the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) level. Renowned Kiswahili researcher, Prof Ahmed Sheikh Nabhany, castigated Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) for such proposal, which according to him is unworkable at a time the language is growing faster globally. 2010-01-20T12:33:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/846018/-/oco3vd/-/index.html Fishermen in Lamu have rejected any attempt to get them form a cooperative society until the government gives a report on the disappearance of millions of shillings lost after the collapse of the giant North Coast Fishermen Cooperative Society. Fishermen representative who talked to the Nation said all their hopes to gain incomes through their shares were dashed yet those who were implicated in the mismanagement of the society were left scot free. 2010-01-20T12:31:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/845398/-/ocnh4n/-/index.html Human rights activists have threatened to hold a major protest to push the government to rescue Kenyans who are being detained in different police stations and deportation centres in Saudi Arabia. The group said despite writing to the Kenyan embassy to help those who are languishing in deportation centres two weeks ago, no action has been taken and instead, more cases of mistreatment are being reported. 2010-01-19T12:15:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/845392/-/ocnh4h/-/index.html Senior Muslim clerics in Mombasa have condemned a group of youth intending to conduct a demonstration on Friday and called on the youth to shun their activities. The clerics drawn from five established organizations also disowned Sheikh Abdallah Al-Faisal and called for his immediate deportation saying his presence in the country has brought unnecessary hatred and acrimony. 2010-01-19T12:10:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/845388/-/ocnh3r/-/index.html Over 500 tourists from different nationalities worldwide seeking to promote peace around the globe arrived in Kenya on Monday under the auspices of Peace Boat, a Japanese based non-governmental organisation. The tourists majority from Japan arrived at the port of Mombasa at 6.15am aboard a chartered passenger ship christened The Oceanic. 2010-01-19T12:07:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/845378/-/ocnh2v/-/index.html The Agricultural Society of Kenya (ASK) is set to transform the Mombasa show ground into a throughout the year exhibition centre. ASK Coast branch chairman Anthony Mrima said the aim is to turn the showground into a daily exhibition centre since the prime land remains dormant after the five-day event in August. 2010-01-19T11:36:13Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/844756/-/ocmutp/-/index.html A section of religious leaders have asked the government to dissolve the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) immediately if it has no intention to make public its findings. Kenya Muslim National Advisory Council (KEMNAC) said it will be a waste of public funds for the TJRC to interview victims of historical injustices and gather vital evidence only for its work to be shelved in state offices. 2010-01-18T13:46:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/844726/-/ocmur2/-/index.html The government and other humanitarian agencies may be forced to withhold food relief aid to Taveta flood victims until investigations into allegations that the goods were being diverted and sold in Tanzania are conducted. Government officials monitoring the flood situation in the area are currently investigating how the non food items supplied to the victims were being utilised. 2010-01-18T13:28:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/844696/-/ocmu5s/-/index.html Police in Mombasa on Monday turned down an application by a group of youths to hold  a peaceful demonstration on Friday over the detention of  Jamaican cleric Sheikh Abdallah Ibrahim Al-Faisal. Mombasa Muslim Youth said that the protesters intended to  march from two different venues and present their memorandum to Coast Provincial Commissioner Mr Earnest Munyi. 2010-01-18T11:23:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/844694/-/ocmu5q/-/index.html Hundreds of passengers were on Monday stuck in different stages along Mazeras-Kaloleni road after public service vehicles operators went on strike protesting against bad state of road. Bus and matatu operators held peaceful demonstrations to push the government to repair the 22 Kilometre road which was constructed 38 years ago. 2010-01-18T11:19:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/826606/-/obg5rj/-/index.html Three people under the auspices of Mombasa pastor’s fellowship have filed an application in the High Court seeking the definition of what amounts to contentious issues in the draft constitution. In their application, Bishop Joseph Kimani, Reverend Musyoka Nzui and Ms Agnes Mbinya said the court ought to look at what amounts to contentious issues noting that the constitutional review Act of 2008 does not define them. 2009-12-18T12:50:19Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/826602/-/obg5rf/-/index.html Thousands of farmers in Malindi district have rejected the introduction of a tax levy on agricultural land to be effected from next year. The farmers petitioned councillors to reject the levy they claimed had been introduced under the Valuation Roll programme. 2009-12-18T12:48:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/826588/-/obg578/-/index.html Tourism minister Najib Balala alleges a plot by political rivals to disrupt the much publicised harambee in his Mvita constituency. 2009-12-18T12:21:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/826584/-/obg574/-/index.html The government on Friday ordered security operators in the coast province to be vigilant and maintain security along the 600-mile Kenya-Somalia border to ensure illegal immigrants do not enter the country. Internal Security ministry Prof George Saitoti said infighting in Somalia between government forces and militias including Al-Shabab, which is believed to have links with the Al-Qaeda terrorist network, had complicated the country’s security situation. 2009-12-18T12:18:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/824494/-/obeps7/-/index.html More than 100 kiosks were on Thursday demolished at the Kenyatta public beach amid protests by owners who said they had licenses from the Mombasa municipal council. 2009-12-17T16:01:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/824492/-/obeps5/-/index.html Malindi Member of Parliament Gideon Mung'aro and 10 councillors burred the hatchet in public on Wednesday following a three months sour relationship that threatened to grind services at the council. 2009-12-17T16:00:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/824386/-/obeoyw/-/index.html Transport minister has now been accused of misleading the court by saying that the new electoral body does not have power to conduct elections. 2009-12-17T14:19:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/824384/-/obeoyu/-/index.html The government will look for proper market for maize produced by farmers of the multi-million Bura and Hola irrigation schemes in Coast Province. At the same time minister for agriculture William Ruto cautioned farmers against being misled by middlemen who are currently buying their produce at throw-away prices. 2009-12-17T14:16:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/823540/-/obe24x/-/index.html Parliamentary members on National Policy on Peace building and Conflict Resolution on Tuesday urged political leaders to stop dividing Kenyans along tribal lines to avert clashes in the country. The group said most of the politicians are currently forming alliances on tribal grounds which is posing danger to the country. 2009-12-16T12:05:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/823516/-/obe22g/-/index.html Visitors to Mombasa for the Christmas and New Year festive season will be treated to the rich Swahili culture at a three- day cultural event which starts on Friday outside the historic fort Jesus Museums. Event organisers of the Second Mombasa Swahili Cultural Festival, the Research Institute of Swahili Studies of Eastern Africa (RISSEA) a directorate of the National Museums of Kenya have lined up a number of activities, among them traditional dances and displays of Swahili cultural artifacts and activities. 2009-12-16T11:34:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/823512/-/obe22c/-/index.html Locals are now forming the majority of the holiday makers at the Coast as most hotels report bookings upto January next year. Many of the hotels are reporting full bookings for Christmas and New Year as locals from upcountry continue pouring in in large numbers for the festive season. 2009-12-16T11:30:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822860/-/obdf7w/-/index.html Who should vote or vie during the proposed regional assemblies in the harmonized draft constitution polls?That was a question that exploded like a bomb bringing heated debate between Coast province people and their upcountry colleagues residing in the region at a forum called to discuss the harmonized draft constitution in Mombasa’s Whitesands Hotel on Monday. Coast residents including Kaya, youth and women leaders at the forum stressed that upcountry people should keep off from their region’s regional assembly elections. 2009-12-15T12:43:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822852/-/obdf73/-/index.html Developers in the real estate sector have been urged to lower the mark ups they apply on housing units to enable more Kenyans own homes. The 60 to 70 per cent profit margins developers add on top of the cost of building a house has been prohibitive to home buyers, a real estate consultant said yesterday. 2009-12-15T12:22:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822844/-/obdf69/-/index.html A Mombasa court was on Tuesday told that the Electoral Commission of Kenya was being evasive and was withholding crucial documents in its possession that would assist the court in discharging its mandate in an election petition filed against a cabinet minister. A voter who wants the election of Transport minister Chirau Mwakwere declared null and void said that a negative inference ought to be drawn against the ECK for its omission in failing to adduce the relevant electoral documents used during the voting exercise in Matuga. 2009-12-15T12:16:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822822/-/obdf4f/-/index.html A campaign has been launched in Coast Province to sensitise all road users to follow and abide by traffic rules and regulations to reduce road accidents during this festive season. Dubbed ‘Epuka Ajali’ the campaign aims to sensitise public service vehicle operators, private motorists, passengers and pedestrians to be vigilant while using roads during this festive season. 2009-12-15T12:09:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822358/-/obdb9y/-/index.html Members of the public have a chance to take complaints of professional misconduct against lawyers to the Advocates Complaints Commission (ACC) whose members are currently on a week-long tour of some parts of Coast province According to the chairman of the commission, Mr Joseph King’arui, the week-long tour is meant to sensitise the public on the work of the commission and also to handle complaints against lawyers 2009-12-14T13:58:49Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822344/-/obdb8y/-/index.html Stiffer penalties of up to Sh2 million will imposed on transporters who overload their trucks on the roads , transport officials warned on Monday. Inter-ministerial committee on axle load control chairman Philemon Kilimo said his team has recommended the severe fines to help eliminate overloading of trucks which cause major damage to the country’s roads. 2009-12-14T13:54:33Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822334/-/obdb83/-/index.html A witness in a piracy case against seven suspected Somali pirates is reluctant to attend court and testify for fear of his life, a court heard on Monday. State counsel Mr Alexander Muteti said the witness, a Greek national, has been traced and is a master of the ship that was attacked. 2009-12-14T13:52:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/822328/-/obdb7b/-/index.html The aggrieved petitioner from Matuga constituency now wants the election of Transport minister as area MP declared null and void. Mr Ayub Juma Mwakesi has urged the election court in Mombasa to allow his petition which he has filed against Mr Chirau Mwakwere, the Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) and the returning officer Mr Ali Maalim, who has been struck out from the proceedings. 2009-12-14T13:49:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820892/-/obc1na/-/index.html Although leprosy is among diseases long thought to have been eradicated, Msambweni district stands out as a place where this is not the case. At least 24 new cases of leprosy out of the 97 in the country were detected in Msambweni district, a Health official revealed early this week. 2009-12-11T10:52:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820890/-/obc1n8/-/index.html Cases of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) have drastically reduced following a vigorous campaign among the Cushitic communities in Tana River District. Representatives of various Community Based Organisations (CBOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) working in the area said from about 50 girls circumcised each school holiday a year ago in Galole Division, only about three cases are reported on Friday. 2009-12-11T10:51:58Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820888/-/obc1mk/-/index.html A civil society human rights group has issued a stern warning on more public land occupied by individuals to be vacated immediately. The Muslim for Human Rights (MUHURI) according to a press statement stated that the Kenya Wildlife Foundation and other private developers have occupied land that belongs to the public illegally. 2009-12-11T10:51:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820886/-/obc1mi/-/index.html Five people were injured and a house was torched after a row erupted at the former permanent secretary Philomen Mwaisaka’s land in Kikambala after a group of youth tried to block the owner from developing his land. The clash erupted between the youth and workers who were hired by Mr Mwaisaka to help him clear his land ready for development. 2009-12-11T10:49:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820482/-/obbxhk/-/index.html Coast Provincial Commissioner Mr Ernest Munyi has ordered more than 6,000 flood displaced people in Magarini district to move from their camps back home. Mr Munyi said water had dried up in the flooded villages and the 6,952 Internally Displaced People (IDPs) should return home immediately.. 2009-12-10T11:13:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820476/-/obbxgs/-/index.html A client whose medical cover was terminated by a health provider following a dispute in payment now wants to sue the company for contempt. Ms Rose Ndegwa has filed an application for leave to commence contempt proceedings against Resolution Health East Africa for failing to comply with court orders issued by the High Court barring the firm from terminating the cover. 2009-12-10T11:08:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820470/-/obbxgm/-/index.html A piracy case against nine suspected Somali nationals did not proceed after two witnesses failed to turn up in court.State prosecutor Mr Alexander Muteti told the court that efforts to get the investigation officer Mr Sebson Wandera and a ballistic expert Mr Alex Mwandawiro proved difficult. Mr Muteti told the court that the prosecution did not have the intention to have the trail against the accused persons delayed. 2009-12-10T11:02:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820468/-/obbxfy/-/index.html Justice and Constitutional affairs Minister Mutula Kilonzo wants the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Louis Moreno-Ocampo to start investigations into last year’s post election violence by December 12. The minister said after parliament shot down a motion in January and recently frustrated Imenti Central MP Gitobu Imanyara’s attempt to re-introduce the Bill which forced him to withdraw it, there was no option other than to urge ICC to move in. 2009-12-10T10:54:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820108/-/obbuxa/-/index.html The government has stepped up security along the Kenya-Somalia border to ward off security threats posed by militias that have taken control of most of the war ravaged country. Administration Police commandant Kinuthia Mbugua said on Wednesday that Kenya’s border with Somalia was now under intense security following these threats, including specialized team operations patrolling the Indian Ocean. 2009-12-09T14:48:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820104/-/obbux6/-/index.html An auctioneer who had been contracted by a Ugandan company to sell over 25 containers of sugar but failed to do so after the court barred the sale has now filed an application for costs. Mwara Investments Limited was hired by Arua Mercantile to sell the 12,460 bags of sugar through a public auction which was to take place on November 10, 2009. 2009-12-09T14:45:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820098/-/obbuds/-/index.html Leaders of local authorities on Wednesday said they will support a devolved type of government for improved services at the grassroots. Chairmen and mayors of different councils in the country who are meeting in Mombasa for the Association of Local Government Authorities of Kenya (ALGAK) meeting at Sai Rock Hotel said most of the municipal councils are not able to meet their expenses because of the current type of government. 2009-12-09T14:42:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/820088/-/obbucw/-/index.html Barely three days after police arrested some nine people thought to have come from Somalia with crude weapons, Kenyan police on Tuesday morning arrested some 35 aliens in Bura, Tana River. The arrests raise pertinent questions over the security along the Kenyan borders with her neighbours.The group was arrested in a Nairobi bound bus at about 6am after the police trailed them since Tuesday evening. 2009-12-09T14:36:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/819548/-/oavo5v/-/index.html At least 56 building owners in Kilindini district have been arrested for allegedly failing to comply with public health regulations. At the same time, Kilindini Public Health Officer John Ndungu said his team arrested over 60 vendors for hawking foodstuffs in the streets 2009-12-08T14:41:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/819520/-/oavo3v/-/index.html Three days after Prime Minister Raila Odinga held an ODM rally at Tononoka grounds in Mvita constituency, tourism minister Mr Najib Balala now says reconciliation is not about intimidating people. Mr Balala said unity was important to fulfil promises made to people hence it is not an issue about sycophancy. 2009-12-08T14:34:41Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/819516/-/oavo36/-/index.html About 2,000 elders from Kisauni Division who took part in the August national census demonstrated outside Kisauni District Commissioner’s offices on Tuesday demanding to be paid their allowances. The group, which claims to be owed Sh400,000, said the government had failed to honour its pledge to pay them since August. Mishomoroni village elder Ms Esther Dama said they have been visiting the DC’s offices since August to be paid but in vain. 2009-12-08T14:32:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/819500/-/oavo24/-/index.html A Mombasa tycoon who has been restrained by the High Court from selling or developing a public recreational park within Mombasa’s central business district is considering settling the matter out of court. The tycoon through his lawyer informed High Court judge Mohammed Ibrahim that there was a possibility of surrendering Uhuru Gardens before the case is heard in March next year. 2009-12-08T14:15:04Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/818762/-/oav1g8/-/index.html Nine people carrying an array of dangerous arsenal were arrested last week in Lamu by Kenyan detectives. The nine are suspected to be hard-line Islamist Al Shabaab members and were on Monday morning taken to Coast Provincial Criminal Investigation offices for questioning before being arraigned in court. 2009-12-07T14:23:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/818758/-/oav1fi/-/index.html An attempt to attach the Mombasa municipal council’s bank accounts due to an alleged debt has been suspended by the High Court. The Commissioner of Cooperative Development has also been stopped from demanding payment of an accrued debt of Sh74 million which was to be paid to Jitegemee Sacco Society Limited, until an application filed in court is heard and determined. 2009-12-07T14:21:30Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/818754/-/oav1fe/-/index.html Muslims can now relax, Prime Minister Raila Odinga has exempted the Adhan (call for prayers) from the new Noise pollution law. The Premier said Adhan is pre-requisite of Muslim prayers and it should not be interfered with by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA)’s new regulations on the noise pollution. 2009-12-07T14:18:32Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/818718/-/oav1by/-/index.html Water Minister Charity Ngilu has announced that she will reconstitute the Mombasa Water Board which she disbanded in 2008 this week. Ms Ngilu said area residents’ have been suffering for a very long time since there was no water board to run the Mombasa Water and Sewerage Company (Mowasco). 2009-12-07T13:46:25Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/817398/-/oau932/-/index.html Government parastatals have been urged to pursue international standards certification in order to facilitate trade through promotion of safety, quality health and environmental protection. Importers should adhere to standards for all imported goods to avoid disruption, delays and losses as a result of uncertified goods, Kenya Bureau of Standards acting managing director Joel Kioko said on Friday. 2009-12-04T11:31:45Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/817362/-/oau908/-/index.html The Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK) on Friday raised concern over the increasing number of illegal buildings in Coast Province in the past ten months. AAK Mombasa branch Chairman Maxwell Suero said there are so many buildings being put up without being licensed by the Mombasa Municipal Council and a number of them are being built by uncertified architects. 2009-12-04T11:05:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/817350/-/oau8ya/-/index.html The Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC) has impounded 62 unroadworthy motor vehicles valued at Sh50 million that were illegally imported by unscrupulous car dealers. Following a year-long undercover investigation by KACC investigators based at the port, the commission unearthed a racket where the used car dealers imported vehicles whose age exceeded eight years, commission spokesman Nicholas Simani said on Friday. 2009-12-04T10:35:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/817116/-/oau7b0/-/index.html A Monrovia-registered oil tanker caused panic on Thursday morning at the Likoni channel when it listed on one side dangerously appearing to take in seawater. The MV Kilindini ferry, which was carrying its normal load of passengers and vehicles, passed the liner with passengers screaming as the ship leant on one side, appearing to be sinking. 2009-12-03T15:51:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/817110/-/oau7at/-/index.html The European Union has said it will focus on activities within Somalia and work with the Transitional Federal Government of Somalia to strengthen structures in the country in a bid to win the war on piracy off the country’s coast Some of the countries that had made their pledges aimed at supporting various structures in the war-ravaged country have honoured them, special envoy to Somalia Georges-Marc Andre said on Thursday. 2009-12-03T15:47:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/817076/-/oau6nu/-/index.html A Mombasa court has dismissed an application by a lawyer charged with corruption and economic crimes related offences where he had sought to include two other state officials as respondents in the case. High Court judge Festus Azangalala sitting in Mombasa struck out the amended petition by Mr Maurice Kilonzo that had included the Attorney General and the Chief Magistrate as second and third respondents. 2009-12-03T15:29:47Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/817070/-/oau6no/-/index.html The Malindi Music Festival for Children concert, a programme to protect children against violence and sexual exploitation was launched with funfair at Coral Key Hotel in Malindi on Thursday. The climax of the festival will be on Saturday at the old Sin Bird Hotel Grounds which according to the Malindi District Cultural Association (Madca) secretary Mr Joseph Karisa Mwarandu and International Committee for the development of People (CISP) Malindi coordinator Ms Tania Miorin will attract big music names. 2009-12-03T15:27:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/816416/-/oatkc7/-/index.html The World Bank has now suspended a Sh300 million grant for the Magarini water project following plans by the government to merge several water companies by January. A senior official at the Malindi water and Sewerage Company (Mawasco) who confirmed the suspension said it resulted from a Ministry of Water plan to merge Malindi, Kilifi, Lamu and Tana River water companies. 2009-12-02T14:08:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/816406/-/oatkbb/-/index.html The High Court has allowed an application by the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC) which wanted one of its former advocates disqualified from dealing in a matter in which the commission has sued several individuals for allegedly acquiring public property. 2009-12-02T14:01:42Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/816390/-/oatjqn/-/index.html More than 70 youths armed with crude weapons on Tuesday raided Sheriani village in Kikambala and demolished more than 15 houses leaving hundreds in the cold. The group armed with machetes, rods, and rungus accompanied by police officers attacked the villagers and ordered them to leave the area claiming they were occupying the land illegally. 2009-12-02T13:54:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/816378/-/oatjp4/-/index.html The department of Tourist Police Unit (TPU) in Watamu, Malindi district has launched a programme to place officers along the beaches in a bid to contain harassment and intimidation of tourists by beach boys. This follows complaints by managers of hotels in the area that their guests were subjected to hassle and harassment by beach operators. 2009-12-02T13:46:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/815618/-/oaswl0/-/index.html A Dubai-based company that has acquired the oldest beach hotel on the Kenyan coast plans to spend over Sh200 million to renovate the facility, run down for years due to ownership wrangles and indebtedness. In a communication to managers at the hotel, Hafiz Ali, chief executive officer of the Dubai-registered Nyali International Beach Hotel which acquired the facility said his company has put in an initial investment of US$2.5 million (Sh187 million) to put the hotel “back to its glory of a four star”. 2009-12-01T12:20:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/815610/-/oaswkr/-/index.html The Malindi and Watamu Tourist Association has launched a programme to lure tourists to the area, especially targeting those by-passing the Coast to Zanzibar. The programme is expected to check Zanzibar’s dominance over Malindi in the scramble for Italian tourists. 2009-12-01T12:19:21Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/815602/-/oaswjx/-/index.html More than 70 orphaned children will have to spent a second night in the cold after a private developer demolished their orphanage and a Madrassa at Kanamai in Kilifi district. The children aged between 5 and 14 years were rendered homeless after the developer hired goons to demolish more than five houses which accommodated them. 2009-12-01T12:17:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/815590/-/oasw0e/-/index.html More than 60 pupils were on Tuesday circumcised to mark the World’s Aids Day and raise further awareness in Mombasa about the state of HIV epidemic in the country and the world at large. The joint venture between Makupa PCEA church and Jocham Hospital saw parents from as far as Kakamega take advantage of the Aids day to send their children for the annual ‘cut’ event. 2009-12-01T12:12:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/813774/-/oarjvb/-/index.html Kenya Ferry Services Limited has requested tenders for the expansion of its Peleleza mooring jetty to accommodate the two 70-metre new ferries. In an advertisement in the daily papers on Friday, the acting managing director Isaac Kamau has called for interested firms to deposit their tendering proposals at the Likoni mainland offices. 2009-11-27T12:41:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/813708/-/oarjp8/-/index.html Armed gangsters on Thursday afternoon robbed a mobile shop within Mombasa Central Business District and walked away with cash and goods worth more than Sh400,000.The five gangsters, who were armed with AK-47 rifles and pistols, entered the shop near a roundabout along Jomo Kenyatta Avenue and ordered all the workers to lie down before collecting mobile phones on display and cash money. 2009-11-27T12:07:29Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/813706/-/oarjp6/-/index.html The country will take over two months to plug the wheat deficit created after two vessels with 75,000 tonnes were hijacked by pirates early this month, millers said on Friday. Negotiations for the release of the vessels is going on between the ship owners and pirates but the sum they are asking is “colossal”, said Cereal Millers Association spokesman Munir Thabit. 2009-11-27T12:04:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Mombasa/-/519978/813674/-/oarj3u/-/index.html Sand quarry owners in Magarini District must from now on sell their sand to the Magarini Sand Harvesters Cooperative Society. This order bans hundreds of tycoons who have fleets of trucks from scooping sand directly from the quarries or buy it at low price, a fact attributed to the grinding poverty among the quarry owners. 2009-11-27T11:35:20Z