Audio By Vocalize Somalia National Independent Human Rights Commissioner, Dr Maryan Kasim Addressing judges, legal scholars and public officials…
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President William Ruto presides over the disbursement of Sh147 million Nyota business start-up capital to 5,880 young entrepreneurs from Mombasa,…
President William Ruto presides over the disbursement of Sh147 million Nyota business start-up capital to 5,880 young entrepreneurs from Mombasa,…
Audio By Vocalize The official launch of the converged Newsroom and KTN News revamped studio at the Standard Group Headquarters…
Audio By Vocalize Treasury CS John Mbadi before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, at Glee Hotel, Kiambu…
Audio By Vocalize A view of a supermarket at Naivas Supermarket along Aga Khan walk in Nairobi.[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] I…
Audio By Vocalize Students from Oshwal Academy at the University of Nairobi’s stand during the 17th Nairobi International Education Fair…
Audio By Vocalize Radio Maisha studio at the Standard Media Group Headquarters along Mombasa Road in Nairobi.[File, Standard] What if the voice…
Audio By Vocalize Treasury CS John Mbadi before the Departmental Committee on Finance and National Planning, at Glee Hotel, Kiambu…
Audio By Vocalize Students from Oshwal Academy at the University of Nairobi’s stand during the 17th Nairobi International Education Fair…
Audio By Vocalize A view of a supermarket at Naivas Supermarket along Aga Khan walk in Nairobi.[Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] I…
Audio By Vocalize The official launch of the converged Newsroom and KTN News revamped studio at the Standard Group Headquarters…
Audio By Vocalize Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna accompanied by other ODM party members when he addressed the media after removal…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s radio landscape aligns with the global trend of radio’s endurance.[iStockphoto] Each year on February 13, the…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s radio landscape aligns with the global trend of radio’s endurance.[iStockphoto] Each year on February 13, the…
Audio By Vocalize Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna accompanied by other ODM party members when he addressed the media after removal…
Audio By Vocalize Radio Maisha studio at the Standard Media Group Headquarters along Mombasa Road in Nairobi.[File, Standard] What if the voice…
Audio By Vocalize Courtesy [File, Standard] The news media have kept to their mandate as public watchdogs. They have dug…
Audio By Vocalize Police officers beating defiant Motorists at Nakuru KFA round about while enforcing the Night curfew due to…
Audio By Vocalize A spinach farm in Yimbo, Bondo sub-county. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard] Agriculture remains the backbone of our economy…
Audio By Vocalize Police officers beating defiant Motorists at Nakuru KFA round about while enforcing the Night curfew due to…
Audio By Vocalize Former CS Justin Muturi, addressing the media at Ufungamano house on 02, April, 2025. Giving a reason…
Audio By Vocalize The choice before delegates at the UN Tax Convention (INC-4) in New York this week is clear.…
Audio By Vocalize Somalia Prime Minister Hamza Ali Barre (in blue suit) officially opens the Commercially Important Person (CIP) Terminal…
Audio By Vocalize Council of Governor Chairman Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdulahi leads other governors during in a press briefing in…
ODM leaders during a rally at Busia Stadium on February 7,2026. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] I have been closely following the…
When IEBC and the Evangelical Alliance of Kenya (EAK) have announced a partnership to mobilise voters on February 4, 2026.…
ODM leaders during a rally at Busia Stadium on February 7,2026. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] I have been closely following the…
ODM leaders during a rally at Busia Stadium on February 7,2026. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] I have been closely following the…
President William Ruto addresses UDA aspirants for the 2027 General Election at State House, Nairobi. [PCS] It is easy to…
President William Ruto addresses UDA aspirants for the 2027 General Election at State House, Nairobi. [PCS] It is easy to…
Voters queue at a polling station in Lakisama, Ruaraka Constituency on August, 9, 2022. [File. Standard] Kenyans tend to have…
Voters queue at a polling station in Lakisama, Ruaraka Constituency on August, 9, 2022. [File. Standard] Kenyans tend to have…
As governments race to digitise public services, digital identity systems are increasingly framed as efficient, modern, and inevitable. The United…
Late in January, Nairobi became a focal point for an important global conversation on the future of artificial intelligence. When…
Late in January, Nairobi became a focal point for an important global conversation on the future of artificial intelligence. When…
President William Ruto presides over the disbursement of Sh147 million Nyota business star-up capital to 5,880 young entrepreneurs from Mombasa,…
Audio By Vocalize As governments race to digitise public services, digital identity systems are increasingly framed as efficient, modern, and…
A general view of a ballot paper during local council elections in Mogadishu on December 25, 2025. [AFP] There…
Elders stare at carcasses of livestock in Modogashe, Garissa County, following prolonged drought. [File, Standard] Garissa County, located in Kenya’s…
Anti-FGM crusaders and Community-Based Organisations march in Kisii town to mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. [File, Standard]…
Lab technologists during routine clinical research at Kombewa Clinical Research Centre in Seme, Kisumu county. [File, Standard] Today, Kenyan universities…
IEBC chairman Erastus Ethekon addresses the Press after a meeting with Evangelical Alliance of Kenya in Nairobi on February 4,…
IEBC chairman Erastus Ethekon addresses the Press after a meeting with Evangelical Alliance of Kenya in Nairobi on February 4,…
Anti-FGM crusaders and Community-Based Organisations march in Kisii town to mark International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM. [File, Standard]…
Dr Isaac Kalua Green. My late father once calmed my anger with a lesson that quietly shaped my public life.…
Dr Isaac Kalua Green. My late father once calmed my anger with a lesson that quietly shaped my public life.…
Recycled tax relief and politics of pretence to hoodwink voters. [File, Standard] The government is selling Kenyans a lie, sugarcoated…
Workiers at Lumumba Estate Affordable Housing Project in Kisumu. [Michael Mute, Standard] Laikipia County was in the news the other…
Workiers at Lumumba Estate Affordable Housing Project in Kisumu. [Michael Mute, Standard] Laikipia County was in the news the other…
Kenyans in Russian Millitary. [File, Standard] The Kenyan government must urgently engage the Russian Ambassador following disturbing and credible reports that Kenyans have been subjected to…
Kenyans in Russian Millitary. [File, Standard] The Kenyan government must urgently engage the Russian Ambassador following disturbing and credible reports that Kenyans have been subjected to…
Presidents William Ruto, Samia Suluhu and Yoweri Museveni. [File, Courtesy] “Would you trade your freedom for speed and efficiency?” Last…
Presidents William Ruto, Samia Suluhu and Yoweri Museveni. [File, Courtesy] “Would you trade your freedom for speed and efficiency?” Last…
Journalists with cameras on the ground. [File, Standard] A letter sent by the Kenya Nutritionists and Dieticians Institute (KNDI) to the Media Council of…
Pupils admiring textbooks during the Nakuru regional book fair in Nakuru city on June 2,2022. [Kipsang Joseph,Standard] Fact‑first reporting…
In a nation where the median age hovers around 20 years, Kenya’s youth are the real owners of the country.…
In a nation where the median age hovers around 20 years, Kenya’s youth are the real owners of the country.…
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Hotel at dusk. [iStockphoto] President William Ruto has recently revealed a strategic process of getting Kenya…
Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Hotel at dusk. [iStockphoto] President William Ruto has recently revealed a strategic process of getting Kenya…
As the world marks Black History Month, perhaps it is time to reflect afresh on identity and freedom. [iStockphoto] On…
As the world marks Black History Month, perhaps it is time to reflect afresh on identity and freedom. [iStockphoto] On…
Education PS Julius Bitok issues KCSE Chemistry Paper 1 to candidates at Kapkondot Secondary School, Kerio Valley, on November 3,…
Education PS Julius Bitok issues KCSE Chemistry Paper 1 to candidates at Kapkondot Secondary School, Kerio Valley, on November 3,…
Enforcement of MoUs under the Copyright Act is weak. Most authors receive royalty statements on request. [iStockphoto] “Who killed Meja…
Enforcement of MoUs under the Copyright Act is weak. Most authors receive royalty statements on request. [iStockphoto] “Who killed Meja…
People scamper for safety after suspected plain-clothes police officers lobbed teargas into Witima Anglican Church of Kenya in Othaya, Nyeri…
Opposition leaders Eugene Wamalwa and Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka addressing rally at Kimilili market in Bungoma county on July…
People scamper for safety after suspected plain-clothes police officers lobbed teargas into Witima Anglican Church of Kenya in Othaya, Nyeri…
The judge hammer a judge in court located on a desk. The standard by which a judiciary is judged is…
Men in a laboratory. [Getty Images] In the villages of Western Kenya, health breakthroughs have slowly but steadily begun making…
The judge hammer a judge in court located on a desk. The standard by which a judiciary is judged is…
Men in a laboratory. [Getty Images] In the villages of Western Kenya, health breakthroughs have slowly but steadily begun making…
I was pleasantly surprised to receive a princely sum of 11k from a phone number I didn’t recognise, so I…
A man inspects the wreck of a matatu that was involved in an accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway on April…
Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi during a Council of Governors meeting in Nairobi on December 20, 2021. [File, Standard] Politician Kiraitu…
A man inspects the wreck of a matatu that was involved in an accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway on April…
Ndung’u Wainaina Kenya is at a turning point. Our political freedoms have proved inadequate without our economic freedom. We can’t…
One of the crude blades used in mutilating female genitalia in Uganda.[File, Standard] Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been illegal…
Much has been said about artificial intelligence (AI) in Africa. But the dominant questions are: Will Africa be left behind…
One of the crude blades used in mutilating female genitalia in Uganda.[File, Standard] Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) has been illegal…
President William Ruto during the disbursement of Sh220 million to beneficiaries of Nyota business start-up from Siaya, Kisumu and Homa…
Ndung’u Wainaina Kenya is at a turning point. Our political freedoms have proved inadequate without our economic freedom. We can’t…
A student studying from home during the Covid-19 lockdowns. [File, Standard] As digital tools become increasingly embedded in everyday life,…
President William Ruto meets with UDA aspirants at State House Nairobi on Feb 4, 2024. [PCS] The Singapore dream notwithstanding,…
President William Ruto meets with UDA aspirants at State House Nairobi on Feb 4, 2024. [PCS] The Singapore dream notwithstanding,…
National Assembly PHOTO:COURTESY The fifth session of the current 13th Parliament is scheduled to start this month, with the National…
Burial of street children at Lang’ata Cemetery in Nairobi, on January 29, 2026. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] A sombre mood gripped…
National Assembly PHOTO:COURTESY The fifth session of the current 13th Parliament is scheduled to start this month, with the National…
IEBC Chairperson, Erastus Ethekon and commissions address a media briefing on the delimitation of electoral boundaries, at Anniversary Towers in…
President William Ruto. [Kelly Ayodi, Standard] The Singapore dream notwithstanding, Kenya’s President William Ruto has no shortage of big ideas about…
IEBC Chairperson, Erastus Ethekon and commissions address a media briefing on the delimitation of electoral boundaries, at Anniversary Towers in…
President William Ruto and Chinese President Xi Jinping during bilateral talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing,…
President William Ruto breaks ground for the construction of Susan Kihika Primary and Junior School in Kiratina, Nakuru County on…
Last season’s drought did not wait for a policy paper. Neither did the floods that swept through towns and farms…
People scamper for safety after suspected plain-clothes police officers lobbed teargas into Witima Anglican Church of Kenya in Othaya, Nyeri…
Last season’s drought did not wait for a policy paper. Neither did the floods that swept through towns and farms…
A teacher takes pupils through a lesson under a makeshift classroom under a tree in Turkana county. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]…
Parents and learners during Grade 10 admission at Nyambaria High School in Nyamira County. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Usually, parents and…
Mzee Abdulahi Tadicha and Kenya Red Cross staff lift the carcass of livestock in Korbesa Village, Isiolo North Sub-County, on…