CHAPTER 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.10 Background For years‚ the Port Mombasa has been known as “the city of merchants”. Dating back to the times of Vasco Da Gama‚ it became an increasingly busy trading post for the region. Due to its location‚ strategically placed midway between South Africa and the gulf of Eden the Port has experienced tremendous traffic through the years. The Port of Mombasa is the gateway to East and Central Africa‚ and is one of the busiest Ports along the East African coastline
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Construction of Mombasa-Jomvu Superhighway to ease transport in and out of the Kenya’s coastal town The Jomvu-Mombasa superhighway will be constructed along the Northern Corridor between Mombasa and Mariakani weighbridge. The 11-kilometre stretch between Mombasa port and Miritini‚ is the first phase of the 41.6 KM‚ Mariakani to Mombasa road upgrade that will convert the section of Nairobi Mombasa highway into a dual carriageway. The upgrade of the Mombasa Mariakani road‚ which will comprise two
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Q1 : Five Organizations in Nairobi County and it’s Publics based on categories of Wragg. Unga Group Limited - Unga Group is a flour milling company in Kenya. Unga is headquartered in Nairobi with flour mills in Eldoret‚ Nakuru and Mombasa and is listed on the Nairobi Stock Exchange. The company was founded in the early 1900s. Its name is abbreviated to UGL. It is categorized as a company deals with Functional Publics as they are those publics which enable the organization to perform its chosen
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journey was strenuous‚ including two layovers and three different transfers in Miami‚ London‚ and finally Nairobi‚ Kenya. Our final destination was Mombasa‚ to which we rode a plane that reminded me of the magic school bus. The seats were narrow‚ the space was congested‚ and you were able to feel every turn the pilot made. When we finally made it to Mombasa‚ it was nearly two in the morning and the sky was illuminated by the sensational stars. Mixed emotions began to run through my head. I was terrified
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The Great City of Calicut Located on the Malabar (southwestern) Coast of India was its port city of Calicut. Calicut‚ Kozhikode‚ was the capitol of a state which served as an important‚ if not the most important‚ state in the region in which it lay. Although Calicut lay on the coast‚ there was no place along its shore deep enough for ships to anchor. Still‚ as early as the fourteenth century‚ Calicut conducted a considerable amount of trade. According to the primary sources of Ibn Battuta‚ Ma Huan
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Daniel Jaramillo History 271 Professor Estey February 12‚ 2014 Calicut Calicut was a port located in the southern coast of India. It was a very important part of the Indian Ocean Trade because it served as a meeting place for merchants from all around the place where they could buy‚ sell and trade goods that they had to offer. Calicut was a very important for several reasons such as the fact that it was located in a place that could be easily accessed by sea as well as the fact that it was situated
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"Majestic Mombassa" As I lay in the comfort of the large‚ elegant hotel room‚ the bright morning sunlight streams effortlessly through the spotless sliding glass doors. The white sheets lay gently over me as I begin to stretch and blink as the sun finally finds its way to my eyes and awakens me with the feeling of a large warm hand brushing against my face. I lay there feeling the room heat up as though it were a small pot of water sitting on a blazing furnace. The only thing to do is get up
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EDU 509 Whole school improvement approach: How can we make it work? Case Study Analysis Paper # 2 The School Improvement Project of the Aga Khan Education Services‚ Kenya at Mombasa Submitted by: Ashraful Huda Mombasa School Improvement Project (MSIP) is a set example of how a systematic approach can lead to development in a sustainable and continuous manner through honest partnership between different stakeholders. In this text‚ I have summarized and analyzed the
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Impact of Tourism in Mombasa city‚ Kenya: (A survey of the tourism industry in Mombasa town‚ Kenya). Ng’ang’a Nancy Wangari A research project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of bachelor degree in Arts of the University of Nairobi. April‚ 2012 DECLARATION This research project is my original work and has never been presented to any other university or institution of learning for award of a degree‚ diploma or certificate. Ng’ang’a Nancy
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In 1970‚ Mulato II‚ a tropical warm-season hybrid grass‚ was first introduced in Africa (Sendulsky‚ 1978 as cited by Vendramini et. al. 2004). Aside from Napier grass the species of Brachiara sp. became the most commonly grown grasses since it has the ability to survive in low fertile soil‚ and highly resistant to drought (CIAT‚ 2007). Mulato was semi-erect grass that can grow 9 ft. in height‚ averagely. Its stem is cylindrical while the roots have nodes which can serve as an element for propagation
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