President William Ruto at Suswa during the the beginning of his tour of Narok County, where he officially opened the Suswa Fresh Produce Market in Narok East Constituency on May 6,2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] President William Ruto’s government is sitting delicately on the weighing scales of popular rule and, in converse, reign of terror and fear. And it seems that the State House is consciously tilting towards terror, shock and awe. The State might do well to pause, to reflect on the wisdom behind this choice and its improbable sustainability. A year-long period of firm dissent and street protests by Gen-Z youth has…
Author: By Barack Muluka
Ngugi wa Thiong’o I discovered Ngugi wa Thiong’o in my last year of Primary School, in 1972. It was the start of a journey that would see the curious reader with grubby little hands, eager for a good book, morph into Ngugi’s critic, publisher and even a friend, under the tutelage of the late Henry Chakava. The reading of Weep Not, Child quickly gave way to The River Between. A Grain of Wheat followed in 1977, when it came up as one of the East African Advanced Certificate of Education set books. The rest would follow. Across the distance and spaces, Ngugi remained the great…
Catholic Faithfuls at Christ the King Cathedral Church in Nakuru during the requiem mass in honour of Pope Francis on April 25th,2025. [Standard] Today, Pope Francis becomes only the seventh Holy Father to be laid to rest at the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major in Rome. Built over seven centuries ago, the basilica was the first of the Roman shrines to be built in honour of the Virgin Mary. It is considered the first Marian Church and Papal basilica in the world. This choice of resting place has been said to be significant because of its relatively humble status, as contrasted…