The Mombasa county government will give full scholarships to 200 needy learners and pay National Hospital insurance Fund (NHIF) for 200 needy residents of Mombasa in the latest plan to uplift the lives of the vulnerable people.

The county governor Abdulswamad Nassir made the executive order urging county assembly members and ward administrators to help in identifying the beneficiaries before names approved by the county assembly.

“I want to bring a change from what has been happening, on Monday we will open our county assembly but before that I want  MCAs and ward administrators to sit and identify 200 people who will benefit from NHIF and 200 others who will be educated for free, so that we can uplift them,” said Nassir.

On Monday Governor Nassir will make his maiden speech at the Mombasa county assembly when the house convenes for business.

Nassir is yet to appoint county executives who will serve at different dockets.

Speaking during the Mashujaa celebrations Nassir also said his office will next week set guidelines on security measures to help address the issue of insecurity in the county..

The governor is set to convene a multi agency security meeting next week on Friday to crack heads on how to end the insecurity threats bedeviling the port city.

Mombasa residents have continued to suffer from knife and pang wielding criminal gang operating at night and who have continued to terrorize residents in parts of Likoni and Kisauni.

"I will make arrangements to facilitate a sitting with all leadership and stakeholders next week Friday to chat way forward on matters security, we must be able to address the security situation as a team," said Nassir.

On his part Mombasa county commissioner John Otieno called for peace and tolerance post election.

Otieno said the county has continued to enjoy relative calm and now says calm should prevail even after general election.

Mombasa Legislators Rashid Bedzimba of Kisauni and Nominated senator Miraj Abdulahi challenged investors to take advantage of the new port policy that reverted all port operations to the Mombasa port.

During his maiden speech after swearing in, President William Ruto ordered for return of port services from upcountry to Mombasa port opening new new investment opportunities likely to spur the once dwindling economy.

Bedzimba is now calling on more investors to take advantage of the returning of port operations to grow and revive their businesses.

"The port is the backbone of Mombasa economy, this we applaud the government for returning the operation, we must welcome investors who had closed shop to return and take advantage of that,” said Bedzimba.

At the same time Bedzimba who was reelected as Kisauni Mp after five years in the cold asked the government to heighten security measures in Kisauni Sub County for investments to thrive.

Nominated senator Miraj Abdulahi emphasized that the Kenya Kwanza government is committed to revive the Mombasa economy that had dwindled due to bad policies by the former government.

"Mombasa economy was on its death bed, but the interventions by the government have started bringing back the city to life, we are asking leaders to stay with the government of the day," said Abdulahi who applauded the government for returning port operations to the port city.

The leaders welcomed the reverting of port services to Mombasa saying it’s a key to reviving coast economy and restoring lost jobs when the government issued a directive for cargo from port to be transferred by the standard Gauge railway SGR in 2018 to Nairobi and Naivasha dry ports.

The directive was blamed for collapse of container freight stations CFSs business, loss of cargo from road transporters and shifting of clearing and forwarding firms.