by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
The National Treasury has bowed to pressure from Parliament and agreed to form a team to determine lawmakers’ gratuity amounting to millions of shillings each as their term lapses. The Parliamentary Service Commission, House committee chairpersons, Treasury and...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
At least 20 people were killed and 48 wounded in a bomb blast outside the Supreme Court in the centre of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, on Tuesday (February 7), the Ministry of Public Health said. An apparent suicide bomber targeted Supreme Court employees leaving...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
The head of the European Central Bank expressed concern about the Trump administration’s moves to relax financial oversight, saying such deregulation helped pave the way for the global financial crisis. During a hearing in the European Parliament, ECB President Mario...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
The Education ministry has disbursed Sh22.4 billion to public primary and secondary schools for the current school term to cater for tuition. “Of the amount, Sh16.1 billion is for the free day secondary education programme, catering for 2,496,735 learners in...
by Hope Media | Feb 8, 2017 | news
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has listed 2,164,185 new voters countrywide in the third week of the month-long campaign, missing the weekly targets by almost half. The slightly over two million voters represent...
by Hope Media | Feb 7, 2017 | news
Brazil’s President Michel Temer has nominated his justice minister to the Supreme Court as it prepares to rule on one the biggest corruption scandals in the country’s history. The minister, Alexandre de Moraes, is one of Mr Temer’s closest allies. He...
by Hope Media | Feb 7, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
The Sh6.42 billion power project for rural areas will begin this month, the Rural Electrification Authority has said. REA is targeting 16 counties where 591 public facilities and 35,460 households will be connected. The project is funded by a $63.465 million (Sh6.42...
by Hope Media | Feb 7, 2017 | news
As many as 13,000 people were hanged in five years at a notorious Syrian government prison near Damascus, Amnesty International said Tuesday, accusing the regime of a “policy of extermination.” Titled “Human Slaughterhouse: Mass hanging and...
by Hope Media | Feb 7, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
The Industry and Trade Ministry has proposed a ban on the importation of second hand cars into the country. Cabinet Secretary Adan Mohamed says this is part of a renewed push to attract more investment in the vehicle industry, which has underperformed for decades amid...
by Hope Media | Feb 7, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS, news
Qatar Airways has launched its new record-breaking Auckland service, which takes 17 hours and 30 minutes and covers a distance of 14,535 kilometres. The first Qatar Airways flight touched down on the North Island of New Zealand, just after sunrise – marking a new...
