Mombasa is plagued with a glaring high rate of youth unemployment. There have been a number of  measures in the past designed towards reducing this, or at least occupying the youth's time so as to keep them from engaging...
Shimo La Tewa is the only maximum security prison in the Coast province holding the hardest, most dangerous convicts in the province. Currently incarcerated at "Shimo" as it is known by residents are international jihadists, pirates, terrorism masterminds and...
The rains have been pounding Mombasa hard in the last few days. The situation has been compounded by the poor drainage around the town and suburbs which has resulted in flooding and death due to a mudslide. The county...
When the current Mombasa County government came into power, one of the promises it rode to power on was to ensure proper garbage collection and disposal. A few months into its term and the government introduced huge trucks parked...
At around 7.30 P.M on Sunday evening Khalid Ibrahim Khatri was relaxing with friends along Ndia Kuu near Masjid Shikelly like he does on many evenings. Unknown to him, a gunman was planning to end his life at that...
The recent announcement that the county government of Mombasa would introduce a fleet of 25 new patrol vehicles which will assist in its security strategy seems to have rubbed many the wrong way. There are already a number of...
There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law#JohoPotrait @Maskani254
— The Maverick (@jshikuku) May 29, 2015
Business owners in Mombasa, have one additional requirement if a new law passed by the county assembly is...
The Kenyan government offered an amnesty to AlShabab members after the Garissa massacre, in an effort to make radicalized youths to mend their ways and be integrated back into the society. The Interior Secretary Joseph Nkaiserry gave the youth an...
Using the Likoni ferry is an inevitable fact for most people living in the South Coast areas of Likoni, Tiwi, Ukunda, Msambweni and beyond. For Likoni residents,crossing the ferry is a daily affair. In the morning when they go...
Arosto is a street term used to mean being in a high drug induced state or to refer to substances that cause this high.
Drug abuse in Mombasa and other neighboring counties is a problem that cannot simply be wished...
