by Hope Media | Jan 31, 2017 | news
More than 12 million people across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are in need of food aid, FAO has said. The UN body yesterday warned the risks are massive and the costs high. It said response must be immediate. “The magnitude of the situation calls for scaled-up action...
by Hope Media | Jan 31, 2017 | news
Formation of a super-opposition alliance outfit to face off against President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto in the August elections, inched closer following talks which revealed opposition politicians are about to inking a deal to endorse one presidential...
by Hope Media | Jan 31, 2017 | news
Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general, after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban. Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president’s executive order. In...
by Hope Media | Jan 30, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
The Central Bank of Kenya will on Monday hold its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting where it will set its benchmark lending rate. The bank held the rate at 10 percent at its last meeting in November. During the meeting, CBK stated that inflationary pressures...
by Hope Media | Jan 30, 2017 | news
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has warned against the use of children to sensitise Kenyans in the ongoing voter registration campaigns. Speaking during a public forum on curriculum development, Matiangi stated that this amounted to wasting children’s...
by Hope Media | Jan 30, 2017 | news
The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) was on Tuesday scheduled to release the number of voters listed during the first two weeks of the one month-long Mass Voter Registration (MVR) exercise. In the first week, the commission recorded only 825,145...
by Hope Media | Jan 30, 2017 | BUSINESS NEWS
Four locomotives, two passenger and two freight were offloaded by Kenya Railways Corporation officials that include the Managing Director Atanus Maina. Kenya has now received 10 locomotives, after the first the first batch of six locomotives were received two weeks...
by Hope Media | Jan 30, 2017 | sports
Real Madrid took advantage of Barcelona and Sevilla slipping up by beating Real Sociedad to go four points clear at the top of La Liga. The hosts led when Cristiano Ronaldo played in Mateo Kovacic for his first La Liga goal. Kovacic then played in Ronaldo to clip the...
by Hope Media | Jan 30, 2017 | sports
Ghana’s Ayew brothers grabbed a goal each to beat DR Congo 2-1 and put the Black Stars through to the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals. Aston Villa’s Jordan Ayew opened the scoring on 62 minutes, curling the ball past Ley Matampi in the Leopards goal....
by Hope Media | Jan 30, 2017 | sports
Egypt knocked out Morocco to reach the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals as substitute Mahmoud Abdel-Moneim prodded home a dramatic 87th-minute winner. Mohammed Salah had twice been denied by Munir Mohamedi, but prior to the goal Morocco missed a host of good chances....
