Recently, Prof Egara Kabaji expressed concern that Kenyans’ reading capacity was weakening. He cited the inability to read long texts and low attention span as evidence of this failing.“I am worried about the slow thinning of our reading capacity which has considerably affected our imaginative competences,” Kabaji stated in the Literary Discourse column in The Standard on November 29, 2025.He said policy makers and men of influence must reverse this trend. “We must rethink how we introduce young people to the world of books,” he noted, saying that far from being a punishment, reading was a gateway to imagination, empathy,…
Author: By Kennedy Buhere
Grade 9 students during a lesson at Ronald Ngala Primary School in Mombasa County, on January 13, 2025. [Omondi Onyango, Standard] For many years, learners in rural schools received quality educational experience, just like their counterparts in urban areas. Then, there were strong management, supervision and inspection structures of delivery of education across the country. We had offices of Zonal Inspectors of Schools and Teachers’ Advisory Centres, staffed with officers who inspected, supervised and provided professional services to teachers. The office, under an Assistant Education Officer, provided in-service training on content knowledge after assessing the unique needs of teachers in…
Kebabe D.E.B Comprehensive Primary school in Ekerenyo, Nyamira County displays the copies of Standard Newspaper during the launch of Newspaper in Education in their school. (Sammy Omingo, Standard) Sometimes in the early 2000, a senior lecturer at Egerton University Joseph Walunywa argued that learners in educational institutions in Kenya should be exposed to nonfiction works as part of their education. Dr Walunywa said that authorities in education could enrich the English language curriculum, which is integrated, to include nonfiction works. The suggestion had persuasive value. The current English curriculum is tilted towards fictional works. We have a whole paper devoted to…
President William Ruto speaking during the Presidential Private Sector Roundtable at Ole Sereni, on August 6, 2025. [PCS] In July last year, the government directed all Cabinet secretaries (CSs) to reduce their advisory teams by half, effective immediately. In a letter dated July 8, 2024, Chief of Staff and Head of Public Service Felix Koskei ordered that each CS retains only one adviser, down from the previous two. /* Container styling */ .fade-out-overlay { position: absolute; top: -80px; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 60px; z-index: 1; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(255, 255, 255, 0), rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)); } .paywall-container { position:…