Amref CEO Stephen Gitau and Aviation PS Teresia Mbaika during an update on Mwihoko aircraft crash in Kiambu county. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] Amref has released the names of the casualties of the Amref plane that crashed in a residential area in Mwihoko, Kiambu County, on Thursday afternoon. Amref Flying Doctors Chief Executive Officer and Accountable Manager, Stephen Gitau, on Friday evening, shared the names of the four Amref personnel after consent from their families. Captain Brian Kimani Miaro, Captain Muthuka Munuve, Dr Charles Mugo Njoroge and Nurse Jane Rispah Aluoch Omusula were on board when the plane crashed three minutes…
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Visitors viewing paintings by Onesmus Okamar at HOF Gallery Kibera. [Anjellah Owino, Standard] Onesmus Okamar’s paintings in his exhibition ‘Archives of My Soul’ portray the soul in a genderless form. Women are dressed in colourful gowns, eyes closed, holding flowers, and offering each other comfort, and these same figures carry his experiences and thoughts. The pieces exude themes of self-love, inner peace, self-esteem, and familial support. The gowns represent the serene inner world and outward comfort and protection to those around them. ‘The Day My Spirit Danced’ shows two women sitting with flowers sprouting from bricks. Onesmus says it…
Co-Founder PiCHA Museum Joel Lukhovi during the picha museum preview at the Cinema Rooftop Unseen Nairobi, 623 Wood Avenue. June 19, 2025. [David Gichuru, Standard] PiCHA, Africa’s first museum for contemporary African photography, will open its doors in June 2026. Founded by Joel Lukhovi and Frank Bierens, the museum will be located on Nairobi’s Kijabe Street. The two co-founders held the museum’s preview event at Unseen Nairobi on Thursday evening. PiCHA Museum will house permanent collections as well as showcase a series of solo exhibitions for African photographers. The exhibitions aim to challenge erasure, amplify agency, and celebrate everyday life with themes…
‘Fabric of Our Being’ exhibition by April Kamunde. [Anjellah Owino, Standard] Walking into April Kamunde’s exhibition felt like a retreat, a place that sways to the rhythm of rest. She works in figuration, depicting women at rest – bodies stretched across Alindi fabric laid on the grass, sitting with sunlit legs, lying down with a book on their faces, and squatting while surrounded by nature. Opening on Friday evening at The African Arts Trust, ‘Fabric of Our Being’ captures the themes of rest, solitude, and sensuality. Some of the titles of the paintings which are part of this exhibition are…
‘The Anointed Cartel’ play staged by the Igiza Arts. [File Courtesy] ‘The Anointed Cartel’ play daringly takes on the unholy union between politicians and religious leaders. Staged by the Igiza Arts this past weekend at the Kenya National Theatre, it tackles the present-day nightmare of abductions, spiritual abuse, and corruption. Bishop Mwakazi (played by Rexie Ndoria) runs a church in what he terms a “divine partnership” with a politician, Honourable Charles Kalalu (played by Sammy Kimani). The bishop is assisted by Pastor Judy (played by Faith Karimi), Deacon Felix (played by Jeff Obonyo), Prophetess Charity (played by Lisa Odhiambo), and Joseph (played by Lucarelli Onyango). They meet…
Newly elevated cardinal, Giovanni Angelo Becciu from Italy, attends the courtesy visit of relatives following a consistory for the creation of new cardinals on June 28, 2018 in the Apostolic Palace at St Peter’s Basilica in Vatican. [AFP] Italian Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu on Tuesday, April 29, renounced his right to participate in the upcoming papal conclave, in line with the wishes of the late Pope Francis. The Sardinian cardinal will not join his peers in the secret conclave set for May 7, where they will elect a new pope. His decision follows his 2023 conviction by a Vatican criminal…
Live Free Art Competition by Jubilee Life Insurance. [Courtesy] Two incredible artworks, Natalya Nduta’s painting and Seth Kabacho’s drawings, were among the top winners of the Live Free Art Competition by Jubilee Life Insurance. Natalya and Seth (Pictured) are two of ten talented young artists who have each earned full secondary school scholarships, a prize valued at a total of Sh3 million. Natalya Nduta’s painting shows a young girl climbing up a ladder towards a dark blue night sky. Around her is a galaxy of stars and a yellow-orange moon. Titling it ‘Reaching for the Stars’, the piece of art…
Digital-art-ai-technology-background. Art has been around for as long as people have existed, maybe even longer. In Africa, traditional forms of art like pottery, basket weaving, carving, storytelling, music, and beadwork were made entirely by hand. This kind of original, handmade creativity is being celebrated today, on World Art Day, which also happens to be Leonardo da Vinci’s birthday. The global theme this year is ‘A Garden of Expression: Cultivating Community Through Art.’ But the International Association of Art has chosen its theme: ‘Do No Algorithm’, highlighting that Artificial Intelligence (AI) cannot replace real human creativity. AI has been spreading across…