Isiolo-Mandera road. [File, Standard] Frontier Counties Development Council (FCDC) has called on residents living along the Isiolo-Mandera road, which is…
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City Hall Annexe Building which the County under Governor Sakaja had itself converted to Nairobi County Customer Service Centre on…
How counties missed local revenue targets as others exceeded CaptionController of Budget Dr Margaret Nyakang’o before the Senate Finance and…
Controller of Budget Margaret Nyakang’o before the National Assembly’s Public Debt & Privatisation Committee on the FY 2025/26 Consolidated Fund…
Seven suspected gang members arrested in Kutus. [File, Standard] Seven young men suspected of being members of a criminal gang…
A section of collapsed road. [KeNHA] The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has issued an alert to motorists using the…
Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja before Senate Commiitee on Roads inquiry into the Urban Regeneration and renewal program on March 18, 2025…
Defence Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya with Siaya Governor James Orengo during the ground breaking ceremony on September 8, 2025. [Courtesy]…
Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the…
Crime Scene. [File, Standard] A wave of horror and outrage has swept through Soweto village in Lodwar after a 20-year-old…
View of Todonyang mass graves along the Kenya -Ethiopia border on February 28, 2025. [File,Standard] Victims of the Todonyang massacre and other…
Woodley Residents Welfare Society former chairman Sam Gachago (right) and his deputy David Sosah address the Press in Woodley estate, Nairobi. [File, Standard]…
Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir. [File, Standard] Mombasa Governance County Executive Committee Member Daniel Manyala has raised the alarm over rising…
The building of Naiberi Police Station in Eldoret Uasin Gishu County. [File, Standard] There was drama at the Naiberi police station in Eldoret after human fingers were dropped there without the…
People crossing the vandalised Kenya–Somalia border from Border Point One to Mandera town customs area. [Photo, Standard] Tension is boiling…
Traffic at Uhuru Highway/Langata roads roundabout next to Nyayo National Stadium ahead of CHAN 2024 between Morocco- Zambia on August…
PS Treasury Chris Kiptoo (from left) Energy PS Alex Wachira ,KPLC MD Joseph Siror and Rural Electrification & Renewable Energy…
Moi Girls Nairobi performing Gospel Zilizopendwa at the Kenya Music Festival at Meru School. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] Nairobi’s Moi Girls…
Kephis MD Theophilus Mutui. [File, Standard] The national plant safety agency has intercepted a ship at the port of Mombasa infested with…
Former Oki General Trading director Honey Khatwani accused of Sh356M fraud, at Milimani Law Courts. [Nancy Gitonga,Standard] A Nairobi court…
A section of women from the Anglican Church in Isiolo on Monday staged peaceful demonstrations over increased incidences of crime…
Agricuture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh [File,TheStandard] Agriculture Principal Secretary Paul Ronoh and his wife, Betty Chepkorir, are embroiled in a…
A resident pointing to the heart of River Yala [File, TheStandard] A suspected serial killer linked to the murder…
Mining shaft collapse in Rarieda Sub-County [TheStandard] One person has lost his life while six others escaped unhurt in a…
Moi Teachers College [TheStandard] The High Court has paused the planned relocation of students from Moi Teachers College to Talai…
Governor Kimani Wamatangi [Nairobi Leo] A court in Nairobi has declined to unfreeze accounts of a company linked to Kiambu…
When Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi appeared before the Senate CPAC committee at the Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on July 29, 2024.…
Isiolo Women Rep Mumina Bonaya addresses hundreds of residents. [Bruno Mutunga, Standard] A recent visit to State House by a…
A photo of suspected narcotics. [KRA] Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers stationed at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Saturday…
Detectives exhume bodies during the phase five exhumation inside the Shakahola forest, Kilifi county. [Marion Kithi, Standrd] Authorities from the…
(L-R) Gilgil MP Martha Wangari, Nyeri Women Rep Rahab Mukami and her Baringo counterpart Florence Jematiah during a public hearing…
Court gavel. [Courtesy] Imagine presiding over a case where the verdict is subject to a threat that someone might die…
Court gavel. [Courtesy] Imagine presiding over a case where the verdict is subject to a threat that someone might die…
Kindiki also announced the ongoing construction of the Sh9.4 billion Taveta – Ilasit Road, that links Taita Taveta to Kajiado…
Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Raymond Omollo during the signing of the accord. [Interior, X] In a historic move that signals…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki. [File, Standard] Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has torn into “tribalists” while defending his economic empowerment tours…
Some crypto startups are raising red flags over the Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASP) Bill, warning that a Binance-linked lobby…
The Cabinet has approved two bills-Government-Owned Enterprises Bill, 2025 and the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) Bill, 2025- seeking to modernize and…
The euro climbed to KSh 150.20 on June 25, 2025—its highest level against the Kenyan shilling in over 15 months—according to…
Global tech giant Google has selected 15 startups from across Africa for the ninth cohort of its ‘Google for Startups…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo when he appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee at Bunge Towers, Parliament. May 19, 2024. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]…
AAR Insurance has announced its entry into Kenya’s private motor insurance space, as it targets cross-bundling of services with its…
Court gavel. [File] A Nyeri court has today ordered the reinstatement of Isiolo County Assembly Clerk, Salad Boru Guracha, following…
A team that was conducting anti-HIV strategies review exercise in Homa Bay Town. (James Omoro, Standard). New cases of HIV-Aids infections in the…
Parliament is seeking to curb the importation of substandard goods by traders and to plug tax losses from foreign betting companies…
The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has raised KSh 71.64 billion in a reopened Treasury bond auction dated June 23,…
The Competition Authority of Kenya (CAK), an anti-trust regulator domiciled within the Treasury, has locked horns with the Ministry of…
Mama Tekla Yano, 38, wife of Lab technologist Edward Kipchumba Terer (centre), accompanied by her family members, reacts while speaking…
More than four in five Kenyans surveyed by TransUnion in late 2024 said they were targeted by fraud via email,…
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru with Business Investors during the official launch of Nice Extra Premium Miller’s Mwea. June 6, 2025. [File Courtesy] Kirinyaga Governor…
One of the beneficiaries of the 180 wheelchairs that were donated by the Kenya Devolution Support Program Phase II. Michael…
The epicenter of the Mai Mahiu dam tragedy which left over 60 people dead. [Photo, Antony Gitonga] One year after…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo when he appeared before the Senate County Public Accounts Committee (CPAC) at Bunge Tower, Parliament, May…
The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is on a record-breaking run with all major indices now posting double-digit returns so far…
Vihiga Senator and the Chairperson County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee Godfrey Osotsi during the Committee meeting at Bunge…
A section view of IFO 2 refugee camp in Dadaab. [File, Standard] Four people, including a 12-year-old boy, are nursing…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) recorded a 16% increase in VAT collections, topping KSh 32.141 billion as at the close…
Crime Scene. [Courtesy] Police in Lodwar have launched investigations following the discovery of the body of an American national in…
A locust on a cotton crop in Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet county in January 2021. [File, Standard] A new…
A Farm in Mau Narok, Njoro, on March 25, 2025, [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Three people have been confirmed dead and…
Wingu Africa has raised $60 million in financing from Rand Merchant Bank to accelerate the development of digital infrastructure across…
Isiolo Governor Abdi Guyo before the Senate National Cohesion, and Regional Integration Committee at Bunge Towers. November 14, 2024. [Boniface…
Mombasa Governor Abdulswamad Nassir before the Senate’s Committee on Roads, Housing and Transportation in regards to evictions arising from the…
The total number of reported online crimes almost doubled to 3.5 billion in 2024, the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics…
Kanyenya-ini Ward MCA Grace Nduta Wairimu. [X] The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has confirmed the arrest of Grace Nduta…
The Tax Appeals Tribunal has dismissed a suit by media company, MultiChoice Africa Holdings BV, in a dispute with the…
NACADA Chief Executive Officer Anthony Omerikwa.[File, Standard] The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has…
Out of over 60,000 Kenyans who applied for Schengen Visas in 2024, 18,899 faced rejection and lost an estimated KSh…
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission. [File, Standard] The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested two suspects in connection with a…
The government has moved to protect interest of members in the Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOS) following growing cases…
Members of Ndoinet Beekeepers inspecting a beehive during a training session at Ndoinet Forest. [Courtesy] Beekeeping counties have been called…
Listed lender Standard Chartered Bank Kenya has posted a 13.5% decline in net profit to KSh 4.86 billion in Q1…
The Ministry of Education has released Ksh 22 billion in capitation funds for Term 2 after school heads and principals…
The government is estimating it will need KSh2.5 trillion to implement 2023-2027 energy strategy, which is heavy on expanding exploration…
Crime Scene. [Courtesy] A post-mortem conducted on the body of Catholic priest Father John Maina Ndegwa on Monday revealed inconclusive…
Global fintech firm Cross Switch has expanded into Kenya, teaming up with local payment provider ‘Pesawise’ in a move aimed…
President William Ruto meet St.Marys School Yata disabled pupils during his Ukambani Tour as Depiuty President in 2016. [Boniface Okendo] The postponement of President William Ruto’s tour of the Ukambani region…
The High Court has issued temporary orders barring government agencies and telecom providers from interfering with internet access, in advance…
Women extract gold nuggets at Kaoron area along Turkana -West Pokot border. Photo taken on July 30, 2020. [LUCAS NGASIKE/STANDARD]…
Listed power generating company KenGen is set to build a KSh 17bn, 100MW green hydrogen plant, funded through concessional financing…
Members of the Maasai community hold a peaceful demonstration on 12/5/25 in support of an incoming 58mw geothermal plant in…
Deputy Chief of Staff Eliud Owalo (L) is taken through various development plans when he toured the Special Economic Zone in Mai Mahiu…
TPS Eastern Africa PLC, which operates Serena Hotels, has reinstated its dividend payout after a five-year hiatus, declaring a KSh…
Religious leaders visit farms in Mai Mahiu where over 60 people wee killed by flash floods and property worth millions…
President William Ruto accompanied by Deputy President Prof Kindiki Kithure inspect the Mariakani 400/220kV Substation, a critical infrastructure project enhancing power supply…
Former Turkana county Attorney Mr Erastus Edung Ethekon when he appeared before the selection panel in Nairobi on March 25th…
Residents during the official launch of the erection of a beacon at Sururu in Eastern Mau on April 28, 2025.…
Members of the public at a scene where a wall collapsed in Naivasha injuring one person and damaging a Nissan…
The General Service Unit officer was stationed at the Mokowe Camp, Lamu County. A General Service Unit (GSU) officer shot…
Former Turkana county Attorney Mr Erastus Edung Ethekon when he appeared before the selection panel in Nairobi on March 25th…
Court Gavel. [File] The High Court has ordered the Nyamira County government to pay five former employees it terminated their…
Francis Omondi and Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit. [ACK] Francis Omondi has been consecrated as the second Bishop of the Anglican…
Man in Handcuff. [File, Standard] Police in Naivasha have arrested a man impersonating a senior military officer and recovered a…
A court ruling has ruled that Brew Bistro’s parent company, Five Breweries Ltd., is the lawful owner of the rooftop…
The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) narrowly missed its revenue target of KSh 2.189 Trillion after collecting KSh 2.112 Trillion as…
Loima MP DR. Protus Akujah addressing Loima residents during NG-CDF public participation in Loima Constituency on May 6, 2025. [Lucas…
Emurua Dikirr Mp Johanna Ngeno, arriving for a meeting with residents of Angata Barikoi. April 29, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Two Members…
Majority of unclaimed assets rest with Kenya’s banking sector at KSh 3.3 billion in 2024, a slight decrease from KSh…
Four arrested in Sh25.8b fake gold scam. [Courtesy] DCI officers in Nairobi have arrested four individuals linked to fake gold…
Kenyan banks scored an average of 43.7% in the WWF’s inaugural 2024 Sustainable Banking Assessment (SUSBA), second only to South…