by Hope Media | Feb 9, 2017 | news
A conservationist has praised Ellen Cobb for introducing a petition that has prompted the UK Parliament to debate the ban on ivory. Born Free president Will Travers said the trade in ivory from elephants massacred by poachers continues unabated. “The UK as one of the...
by Hope Media | Feb 9, 2017 | news
Interviews for new 10,000 principals, headmasters and deputies in primary, secondary and tertiary institutions will start on February 20. The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) said the interviews will be conducted in Kisii, Kisumu, Kakamega, Eldoret, Nakuru, Embu,...
by Hope Media | Feb 9, 2017 | news
The US Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump’s nomination for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, by a vote of 52 to 47. The confirmation follows a series of divisive hearings during which Democrats attacked Mr Sessions’ record on civil...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | sports
Former Olympic champion Dawn Harper-Nelson has been banned for three months after testing positive for a banned diuretic. The American, 32, said she was given hydrochlorothiazide for high blood pressure but failed “to fully understand how its administration was...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
Suspected ISIL fighters have killed at least six Afghan employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) engaged in carrying supplies in the north of the country to areas hit by deadly snow storms, according to government officials. Another two...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
US embassies could ask visa applicants for passwords to their own social media accounts in future background checks, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said Tuesday. Kelly said the move could come as part of the effort to toughen vetting of visitors to screen out...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
Police have placed a Sh2mn bounty each on seven terror suspects linked to recent attacks in the North Eastern region of the country, particularly in Mandera County. Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet says the suspects operate between Kenya and Somalia. “We...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
New York, United States – After less than a month of President Donald Trump and his team of business-friendly nationalists occupying the West Wing, his predecessor, Barack Obama, already seems like a dot fast disappearing on the horizon. Trump and his fellow...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
Former MPs who have been, hovering about Parliament for handouts, have every reason to smile after a key House panel recommended that they receive Sh100,000 monthly pension. The Finance and Planning Committee wants the 370 former lawmakers who served between 1984-2002...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
Kenya Airways was forced to cancel a flight on Wednesday after a passenger died at the JKIA in Nairobi. The passenger, 65, died in a plane that was to depart for Mombasa. The man and his family had boarded flight KQ 606 that was to leave at 1.40pm. Passengers said he...
