ODM leaders during the campaign for Magarini aspirant Harry Kombe in Kilifi County, on November 3, 2025. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]. ODM leaders have reiterated that the party will maintain its identity during this month’s by-elections despite being in the broad-based government. Speaking in Magarini constituency when they campaigned for party candidate in the November 27 by-elections Harrison Kombe, the leaders said they will not entertain 2027 election slogans during the campaigns. Acting ODM leader Oburu Oginga pledged to steer the party forward despite internal wrangles. Follow The Standard channel on WhatsApp The Siaya Senator was accompanied party secretary general Edwin…
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Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro (right), Essence of Africa Founder’s Jacqui Reynolds, Experience Africa President and MD Nigel Vere Nicoll and CEO Chris Mears during the opening of Essence of Africa tourism conference in Malindi, on October 6, 2025. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]. More than 500 tour operators and agents from 39 countries across the world are attending a three-day conference in Malindi, Kilifi County, in efforts to boost the tourism sector currently in the low season. The organisers, Essence of Africa, said the tour operators and agents arrived on Monday for pre-scheduled meetings, networking events, educational seminars and familiarisation tours. The…
President William Ruto and President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Abu Dhabi at Expo City Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [File, Standard] The cooperation between Kenya and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is gathering steam with the anticipated visit of UAE ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan scheduled to take place before December this year. The visit is meant to cement trade deals worth billions of shillings as well as enhance work relations between the two countries. Trade between the two countries has increased over the last decade, and with the…
President William Ruto accompanied by Deputy President Prof Kindiki Kithure inspect the Mariakani 400/220kV Substation, a critical infrastructure project enhancing power supply in the Kilifi County. [PCS] Mijikenda Kaya elders have made a passionate appeal to President William Ruto to honour his promise of providing employment opportunities to coast residents at the port of Mombasa. The Elders said currently the operations have stabilized under the leadership of Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) chairman Benjamin Tayari and managing director Captain William Ruto and hence Coast residents want jobs from the region’s main economic hub. Led by the coordinator of Mijikenda Kaya Elders Tsuma Kombe,…
Members of the Senate County Public Investment and Special Funds Committee led by chairman and Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi join Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung’aro and his team at the Malindi Water and Sewerage Company (MAWASCO) premises in Malindi town, Malindi Sub County in Kilifi County on Tuesday, April, 22, 2025. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]. The Social Health Authority (SHA) owes the Kilifi County Government more than Sh300 million. This is according to Governor Gideon Mung’aro who wants the Senate Public Investment and Special Funds Committee to intervene so that it can be paid. He said the unpaid bill had affected the delivery…
Illegal water connections at a private property in Malindi town, Kilifi County. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]. The Malindi Water and Sewerage Company (MAWASCO) loses 40 per cent of its water supply to illegal connections each month, exacerbating the shortage of this essential commodity in Kilifi County. MAWASCO Managing Director Felix Wanje announced yesterday the formation of a special investigation and enforcement team to address the issue. Mr Wanje stated that the water theft syndicate also involves politicians whose properties are either illegally connected to the water system or have accrued substantial unpaid bills. “We received reports that high-profile politicians with properties…