by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news, sports
Guinea international Florentin Pogba admits his mother will find it difficult to watch him take on younger brother Paul in the Europa League. On Thursday, Florentin, will play for St Etienne against Paul who plays for Manchester United. It’s not going to be easy...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
Former UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon has asked youths and civil society to stop whining and instead stand up against unjust leaders. Speaking on Wednesday evening at Strathmore University, Ki-Moon said youths should take leadership of their destiny. “Instead...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
The Democratic Republic of Congo will not be able to afford an agreed presidential election this year, the government says. Budget Minister Pierre Kangudia said the cost of organising the poll, which was said to be $1.8bn (£1.5bn), was too expensive. Last year the...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
The US government will offer the IEBC technical support to clean up the voters’ register, Ambassador Robert Godec said yesterday. He spoke in Garissa town after visiting a registration centre. Godec said the clean-up is important to ensure credible polls. “Through...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | sports
Arsenal’s Champions League hopes lie in tatters at the last-16 stage yet again following a first-leg battering at Bayern Munich. The Gunners, who have been eliminated in the first knockout round of the competition in each of the last six seasons, twice by...
by Hope Media | Feb 16, 2017 | news
US President Donald Trump has dropped decades of US policy insisting on a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At a news conference with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Mr Trump promised to deliver a “great” peace deal, but said both...
by Hope Media | Feb 15, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
Madison Group yesterday launched Madison UniPlan, a savings scheme for financing university and college education. “We are proud to be pacesetters in critical development sectors such as education and it is in our best interest to equip Kenyans with the ability...
by Hope Media | Feb 15, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
Engineers at the Kenya Railways Corporation have hinted at using the double-heading technique to operate the freight wagons on the standard gauge railway. Double-heading entails using two locomotives at the front of a train, each being operated individually by its own...
by Hope Media | Feb 15, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
The energy regulator has signalled more pain at the pump as it announced that petrol is up by Sh4.26 a litre to Sh100.27 in Nairobi in its latest review. Diesel is also up Sh5.03 a litre to Sh89.26 while kerosene is up Sh3.75 to Sh67.19 a litre, the Energy Regulatory...
