BOOMING BUSINESSES FOR EID UL FITR

There was booming business in Mombasa during the Eid-Ul-Fitr celebrations to mark the end of Ramadhan. Thousands of Muslims have for the last one week thronged super markets and shops to shop for the celebrations which begun yesterday.
 Prices of commodities also shot up especially the traditional Kanzu’s (robes worn by men) and the Bui bui (worn by women). A good Kanzu sold for between Sh2,000 and Sh3,500 compared to the usual Sh1,500.Shopkeepers said that Business booms during this period as every Muslim marks the end of the fasting period. Families shop in large numbers and the demand for most commodities is usually high because every Muslims wants to celebrate the Eid festive with their parents and families so they all do want to look good.

Sh50 million for Mombasa cultural festivals

Despite  the insecurity at the Kenyan coast, Mombasa county has set aside Sh50 million for this year's Mombasa cultural festival. According to the department of tourism, cultural and development in Mombasa, the tourism haven city has been branded and well cleaned-up in preparation for the festival slated for August 21-24 at the Fort Jesus.
The event is all set and  there are ongoing discussions with the State House team that  president Uhuru Kenyatta and first lady Margret Kenyatta to attend the cultural festival
The department targets at least 30,000-50,000 tourists both local and international, with a huge number of coast-based artistes expected to perform, among them Nyota Ndogo, Susumila, Chikuzee, Kidis and Ali B

BEI YA BIDHAA YAPANDA KUTOKANA NA MATAYARISHO YA IDDUL-AL-FITR

Kilicho na mwanzo hakikosi mwisho hatimaye waumini wa dini ya kislamu wamefika kIlele cha mwezi mtukufu wa Ramadhan. Waislamu kutoka kila pembe wameanza matayarisho ya sikukuu ya idul fitri ambayo itaadhimishwa jumanne wiki ijaya  na kama ilivyobayana hapa mombasa bei ya bidhaa sokoni imepanda maradufu ishara tosha kuwa waislamu wanajiandaa vilivyo kuhakikisha kuwa siku hiyo wameisherehekea vizuri.
katika pita pita zako utashuhudia vizuri hali ilivyo sokoni na vile watu wamemiminika vizuri kupata chao kizuri angalau waseme kuwa wamepata lao.

WAISLAMU WAADHIMISHA IJUMAA YA MWISHO YA RAMADHAN

Waislamu kote ulimwenguni wameadhimisha ijumaa ya mwisho ya mwezi mtukufu wa ramadhan , na mapema hapo jana gavana wa kaunti ya Tana River Hussein dhado alijumuika na wakaazi wa kaunti hiyo kwa chakula cha iftar huku akitoa hakikisho la usalama katika eneo la tanariver. mwanahabari hamza yusssuf alipata fursa ya kujiunga nao
Na wanafunzi waislamu katika  shule ya kiufundi cha Mombasa waliandalia waislamu chakula cha iftaar kuashiria kuwa ni ijumaa ya mwisho ya mwezi huu mtukufu wa Ramadhan

TWO TERROR SUSPECTS KILLED BY POLICE IN LIKONI

Police from the Special Crime Prevention Unit have shot dead two suspected terror suspects at the Likoni Ferry Matatu stage in Mombasa. Mombasa County Commander Robert Kitur said the two were inside a matatu and refused to alight when police stopped the matatu. Kitur said one of the suspect had a Russian made hand grenade which he attempted to detonate before he was shot dead. Police recovered a pistol from the suspects.Police have sealed off the busy matatu stage in Likoni. GSU are on the site.
The killing of the suspects comes hours after the Mombasa County Commissioner Nelson Marwa claimed that the Likoni attacks that left four people dead on Monday was the work of ODM. Marwa claimed that ODM was using the youths from Masgid Musa mosque to propagate terror in the region. ODM has since rejected the claim and inturned warned Marwa of slandering the party.

FOREIGN TOURIST SHOT DEAD IN MOMBASA

A foreign female tourist was today evening shot dead  along  malango wa papa area. This comes after a similar incident happened where  three tourist were killed here in  Mombasa.
According to an eyewitness they reported that the tourist was killed after a consecutive gun shots heard coming from the Mlango wa papa area and the residents refer the attack as a terrorist attack

Residents around the area are on the watch out and complaining to the government to take action on the terrorist or the gunmen caught.
No gunmen were reported to be under police custody but the police are investigating the incident in relation to the one that happened some few weeks ago.

GOVERNORS PROBE

 

The  court on Thursday gave prosecutors an additional month to conclude.

The governor, who has fiercely denied any connection to the massacre of close to 50 people, is currently on bail after the state failed in a bid to hold him without charge.

The state had asked for two months to complete the probe before pressing charges, a request the judge rejected.

"Two months is unnecessary. One month is reasonable and fair for the prosecution to complete its investigation," Justice Martin Muya told a hearing in the port city of Mombasa.

The accusations have stoked already tense political rivalry between the ruling and opposition parties, as Timamy is a member of the opposition United Democratic Forum (UDF) party 

Speaking in court, the governor repeated his accusation that the case against him was political.

"I am a sitting governor, what interest would drive me to kill the same people who voted me in?" he asked.

"This case is part of many hurdles that I had faced since my election. When this unfortunate incident happened, they use it as an opportunity to nail me. God is on my side," he said.

Police have also arrested alleged separatists from the Mombasa Republican Council (MRC), a group that campaigns for independence for the coastal region.

Survivors of the attack in Mpeketoni reported gunmen speaking Somali and carrying Shebab flags had executed non-Muslims, saying their actions were revenge for Kenya's military presence in Somalia as part of the African Union force intervention against the Islamists.

The attackers appeared to target Mpeketoni because the town is a mainly Christian settlement in the Muslim-majority coastal region, having been settled decades ago by the Kikuyu people, the same tribe as Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta .

 

Governor Issa Timamy of the coastal Lamu county was arrested in connection with last month's killings in the town of Mpeketoni and nearby villages, which were claimed by Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militia but blamed by the government on local political networks