Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. The Constitution bars anyone who has been impeached from holding public office. [File, Standard] The Good Book says: “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” Anything short of that is self-deception. One truth that Rigathi Gachagua, aka Riggy G, aka the Truthful Man, must now confront is this: That as things stand, his name is unlikely to appear on the presidential ballot next year. More importantly, he owes it to his supporters in the Mountain, and to the country at large, to confront this reality honestly and help them do…
Author: By Muchiri Karanja
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. The Constitution bars anyone who has been impeached from holding public office. [File, Standard] The Good Book says: “You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.” Anything short of that is self-deception. One truth that Rigathi Gachagua, aka Riggy G, aka the Truthful Man, must now confront is this: That as things stand, his name is unlikely to appear on the presidential ballot next year. More importantly, he owes it to his supporters in the Mountain, and to the country at large, to confront this reality honestly and help them do…
President William Ruto hosts more than 17,000 UDA grassroots leaders from Nyeri county, who were elected as polling centre officials, at Sagana State Lodge on January 17, 2026. [PCS] You do not have to be a gambler to bet on two things: One, that President William Ruto is on his way to winning a second term in office in 2027. And two, that Dr Ruto will win by using the same bag of tricks he deployed in the 2022 presidential election. Back in 2022, Ruto captured the imagination of more than six million voters by splashing billions of shillings, just like…
President William Ruto hosts more than 17,000 UDA grassroots leaders from Nyeri county, who were elected as polling centre officials, at Sagana State Lodge on January 17, 2026. [PCS] You do not have to be a gambler to bet on two things: One, that President William Ruto is on his way to winning a second term in office in 2027. And two, that Dr Ruto will win by using the same bag of tricks he deployed in the 2022 presidential election. Back in 2022, Ruto captured the imagination of more than six million voters by splashing billions of shillings, just like…
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru joins Muthigi cultural dancers during the launch of She campaign bus aimed at attracting more to seek elective positions come 2027, on December 18, 2025. [Jane Mugambi-Standard]. Politically speaking, Kirinyaga County occupies a unique and often misunderstood place in Kenya’s power matrix. The seat of Mwenenyaga, the deity of the Gikuyu, is a symbolic no man’s land in the ongoing contest for the political heart and soul of the larger Mt Kenya region. Its politics are layered, cautious, and at times deliberately opaque—qualities that make Kirinyaga both pivotal and perplexing. This reality hits you in private…
Customers shop at Naivas Supermarket along Moi Avenue in Nairobi on December 23, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Christmas has come gone, and the new year approaches, but the damage the entire festive season shall inflict on the overall mental health of millions of Kenyans is incalculable. Do not get me wrong – I am not Ebenezar Scrooge who hated Christmas in Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol – absolutely not! But I did not start the debate on the veracity of Christmas – the debate on whether Christmas and its partner in crime, the New Year Day, should be “banned” is…
Father comforting his son. [Courtesy/GettyImages] You read that right. I, a father of two, spent two nights on the same narrow bed, in the same tiny room, using the same towel, same bathroom shoes and same shower with my Gen Z son. The room had no TV, no Wi-Fi, no radio — just a single old chair and a bed barely wide enough for one person. .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: relative; max-width: 100%; margin: 0…