by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to throw corrupt officials from helicopters mid-air, saying he has done it before. “If you are corrupt, I will fetch you using a helicopter to Manila and I will throw you out,” said Mr Duterte, who is...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Jambojet has apologised to thousands of holidaymakers who were stranded for three days at various airports after its flights to various holiday destinations in the Coast region were delayed and cancelled at the eleventh hour. In a statement, Jambojet customer service...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Only 141 candidates managed a mean grade of A Plain during this year’s Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE), a shocking drop from 2,636, candidates who attained the grade last year. Releasing the results at the Shimo la Tewa High school in Mombasa...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Kenya Revenue Authority officers on Thursday intercepted a consignment of foreign currency disguised as ‘collectors items’. The Authority nabbed the Sh1.1m, which were in four foreign currencies, smuggled through Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on December 26. The...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | Readers Digest
By Kingston Ogango Read: Mark 4:35-41 We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed – 2 Corinthians 4:8 I had been praying for a while that some design work would come my way. The season was dry. Not even my colleagues in the industry were meaningfully occupied....
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Three people were critically injured when a Dreamline Express bus bound for Nairobi was hit by an empty fuel tanker on Thursday at Maji ya Chumvi, on the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The driver of the tanker was said to have lost control of the vehicle. The injured were...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
The Syrian government and rebel groups have agreed a ceasefire and to begin peace talks, Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced. The ceasefire is due to come into force at midnight (22:00 GMT) Thursday. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said earlier...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Education Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i is set to release the 2016 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination results on Thursday. Dr Matiang’i presented a brief on the results to President Uhuru Kenyatta at State House, Mombasa, ahead of the...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Retired Anglican Bishop Eliud Wabukala has said he is ready to tackle the challenges of taking over as anti-corruption commission chairman amid calls to reject the job. Speaking at his home in Bungoma County on Tuesday, Bishop Wabukala said the war on graft faced...
by Hope Media | Dec 29, 2016 | news
Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned as biased a speech by outgoing US Secretary of State John Kerry on Israeli-Palestinian issues. Mr Kerry said the prospect of a peace deal based on a two-state solution was in grave jeopardy. Israeli settlement building...
