Malawi President-elect Peter Mutharika. [AFP] A hush has fallen over southern Africa following the shock election defeat of Malawi’s Lazarus…
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President William Ruto signs a Bill into law at State House, Nairobi. [PCS] The 2010 Constitution heralded a new era…
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ODM leader Raila Odinga during a meeting with Nairobi Azimio Members of County Assembly at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Foundation, Nairobi,…
Vultures act as nature’s clean-up crew, removing rotten carcasses from our environment. [Courtesy] On the first Saturday of September every…
Taxation concept. [Courtesy] The rejection of the Finance Bill 2024 by Kenya’s Gen Z was more than a protest. It…
File image of Kenya School of Law. [Courtesy] For thousands of Kenyan law students studying in and outside the country,…
Teenage pregnancy crisis. [File, Standard] World Contraception Day will be marked tomorrow. The day highlights one of the most important…
Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp area in the central Gaza…
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. [Agencies] Comparisons have been drawn between Malawi’s recently concluded presidential election and Kenya’s upcoming poll, scheduled…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga. [File, Standard] In politics, small moves often create the biggest waves. What begins as a…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga. [File, Standard] In politics, small moves often create the biggest waves. What begins as a…
Kabarak University VC Henry Kiplagat (right) and Prof Julius Oyugi, Director of Research at UoN’s Institute of Tropical and Infectious…
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera. [Agencies] Comparisons have been drawn between Malawi’s recently concluded presidential election and Kenya’s upcoming poll, scheduled…
Job seekers from Nyanza region flock NITA offices grounds in Kisumu to try their luck for overseas jobs during an…
President William Ruto during the International Youth Day forum at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kakamega, on September…
A billboard showing an image of US President Donald Trump (left) and prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, on a building…
A section of Maasai Mau Forest in Sasimwani, Nakuru County. [File, Standard] Kenya has emerged as a key player in…
Charlie Kirk. [AFP] The heartless killing of Charlie Kirk while doing what he does best was both tragic and ironic,…
Only weeks into the third term, 29 schools have reportedly been closed indefinitely in Gatundu South, Kiambu County, due to…
An aerial view of Nyeri Town main terminus, on April 27, 2023. [File, Standard] Nyeri Town, situated approximately 150 kilometres…
Ballot boxes at Ruaraka constituency tallying centre, Stima Club, Nairobi, on August 11, 2022. [File, Standard] In a year and…
The PS for Energy Alex Wachira (C) joins senior officers from Kengen during the second Sustainable Energy Conference (SEC25) in…
CS Kipchumba Murkomen at the launch of a flagship report and action plan by the Eastern and Southern Africa Commission…
Residential houses in a Rockingham Suburb – Western Australia. [Courtesy/GettyImages] People out here are going about their day-to-day business as…
Peter Mutharika, left, of the Democratic Progressive Party, and Lazarus Chakwera, leader of the Malawi Congress Party [File: AFP] What…
Former DP Rigathi Gachagua during a past interview at his Karen residence. [File, Standard] Rigathi Gachagua’s entrance into the presidential…
Caption One of the oldest and most enduring debates in world literary thought concerns the role of literature in society.…
Meta headquarters at Menlo Park, California. [ XN Iraki, Standard] Our next destination after visiting Google headquarters was Facebook,…
There are moments when governments must be reminded that not everything is for sale. Some national assets carry values that…
The conservatory orders granted by the High Court preventing the assent into law of the Constitution of Kenya (amendment)…
Ministry of Information Communication and Digital economy Cabinet Secretary William Kabogo while Walking from Kenya News Agency offices at Nairobi…
There was a time in Kenya’s urban churches when Kiswahili flowed from the pulpit with the precision of a surgeon’s…
In another act of complete disregard for the international community, Israeli forces have escalated their assault on Gaza, killing at…
On a stretch of land between Namibia and South Africa, a new pipeline is set to carry the promise of…
Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya Deborah Barasa,plant a bamboo tree on, September 18th 2025, during world Bamboo day celebration,which coincide…
Gen Z protest aftermath destruction in Nairobi CBD on June 26, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] In the annals of Greek mythology, the…
FKF President Hussein Mohamed (left) and SportPesa CEO Ronald Karauri at the official launch of the 2025/26 FKF Premier League…
President William Ruto during a meeting with over 10,000 teachers at State House, Nairobi.[PCS] In a strange twist of fate,…
Study shows countries such as Nigeria and Zimbabwe, have enough projects in the pipeline to potentially transition away from fossil…
Political decision-making is rarely linear; it is often an entanglement of competing interests, historical wounds, structural limitations, and emergent crises.…
President William Ruto during a meeting with over 10,000 teacheers at state house. [File, Standard] When President William Ruto hosted teachers…
Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen during International Identification Day celebration and Jukwaa la Usalama Forum in Homa Town, on September 16,…
The Judiciary is imperfect, but imperfection does not justify indiscriminate populist vilification. [File, Standard] “The life of the law has…
A teacher takes pupils through a lesson under a makeshift classroom in Turkana county. [File, Standard] Kenya loves to celebrate…
Displaced Palestinians move with their belongings southwards on a road in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip…
Security officers keep vigil at Mvita tallying centre, Mombasa. [File, Standard] A recent gazette notice by the Independent Electoral and…
Participants march along Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi, during celebrations to mark World Spinabifida Hydrocephalus Day. [File, Standard]] Children born with excessive…
People pay their respects during a candlelight vigil for youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk at a makeshift memorial at…
An attendee holds a picture of late right-wing activist Charlie Kirk during a vigil in his memory at Desert…
Senior advocate Kyalo Mbobu.[Courtesy] The past week has been a dark one for the Law Society of Kenya (LSK)…
President William Ruto Initiatives such as the Affordable Housing Programme, labour mobility abroad, digital hubs, and ClimateWorx are creating…
Residents at a supermarket that was set ablaze during protests in Kathmandu on September 13, 2025. [AFP] On September 9…
Demonstrators carry an injured victim (C) during a protest outside the Parliament in Kathmandu on September 8, 2025, held…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja appears before the Senate Energy Committee over a dispute with Kenya Power at Parliament Buildings, April…
Charlie Kirk. [Photo:AFP] Kirk was against minorities, but he didn’t have to die The heartless killing of Charlie Kirk while…
Kericho County Govenor Eric Mutai at the Senate Chambers, Parliament, Nairobi on August 27, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] In what…
Over the past decade, the term masterclass has become one of the most overused phrases in education and training. Once…
Stealing a credit card through a laptop concept for computer hacker. [Courtesy/Istock] There is no doubt that Kenya needs a…
People clean residential area after Russian airstrike in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Ukraine…
Ukrainian servicemen participate in training on how to destroy drones, practicing their shooting skills on balloons in Kharkiv region on…
Wonder why the Church struggles to respond to contemporary challenges effectively? It is trapped in an old missionary model. When…
It was amazing grace that kept me in Australia as an international student. The journey of international education is one…
Bunge la Mwananchi members during anti-Finance Bill protests along Moi Avenue, Nairobi, on June 26, 2024. [File, Standard] In urban centres…
Parliament during a past session. [File, Standard] There was a time when Parliament stood as the beating heart of our…
There are many reasons why someone might suddenly decide to be a hitman. For some, they are hardened criminals who…
Farmers are exploited by middlemen who buy the produce at throwaway price. [File, Standard] Farmers in Kenya do all the…
Children during tree-planting in Narasha Forest, Baringo County, on December 13, 2024. [File, Standard] Every year on my birthday, I…
In early September, a riot of colour spilled through downtown Nairobi. Children, cyclists, artists and policy wonks marched to Uhuru…
Gen Z protest aftermath destruction in Nairobi CBD on June 26, 2025 [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Several victims’ families, human rights defenders, netizens…
Ethiopia official inauguration of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.[Courtesy] This past week heads of state from the region gathered in…
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD).[Courtesy] Attention has quickly turned to Ethiopia – Africa’s second-most populous nation – following the inauguration of…
Caption One of the most significant developments in governmental process has been the recent directive to shift from manual to…
President William Ruto Initiatives such as the Affordable Housing Programme, labour mobility abroad, digital hubs, and ClimateWorx are creating jobs for a…
Companies should avoid mixing operational funds, shareholder contributions, and loans in a way that makes it difficult to trace their…
Phones Ajayo, a teacher and Director at Phonestar Academy at Bidii Center in Kitale with pupils during break time on…
Youths during Gen Z protests in Naivasha. [File, Standard] It is exactly three years since President William Ruto narrowly won…
A section of Mandera town. Since independence, only Mandera Township has been classified, planned, and surveyed as urban, but the…
Members of the Somali National Army during a previous training. [Courtesy, UNSOS] Regional leaders head to the United Nations General…
Africa leaders need to grow a pair of cojones and either drop this ambitious climate change talk or tell a…
Grade two pupils from Nyamachaki Primary School in Nyeri ,during a play game session. [Kibata Kihu/Standard] I have been a…
Public universities have been in the news of late over financial difficulties. One of them is Moi University. From an…
President William Ruto (fourth right) and leaders from development finance institutions and commercial banks after signing a cooperation agreement…
When security agencies destroyed brooms of bhang and other substances impounded during a raid at Luanda Market in Vihiga County. [File, Standard] The recent…
High level meeting between the Council of Governors and the Ministry of Health to deliberate on key issues in the…
National Lands Commission CEO Arero Tache, Director Lands Administration Dr Samwel Nthun in consultation with CECM Lands, Physical Planning…
President William Ruto and former Cabinet minister Dalmas Otieno in Homa Bay town, in October 2022. [File, Standard] He smiled.…
Burkina Faso leader Captain Ibrahim Traore. [AFP] Over the years, the African continent has had a brave few leaders come…
Kenya Airways takes off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Following recently unveiled half-year financial results for…
President William Ruto and former Cabinet minister Dalmas Otieno in Homa Bay town, in October 2022. [File, Standard] He smiled.…
President Xi Jinping. [Xinhua] On September 1, President Xi Jinping proposed the Global Governance Initiative (GGI) at the “Shanghai Cooperation…
General Manager Novozymes Kenya Regina Karani, Angel Wanjiru- a form-one student at Starehe Girls’ Centre and the School’s Director…
Residents of Loruk wade through the submerged Marigat–Loruk road, after Lake Baringo’s rising waters flooded the key route, on September…
LSK President Faith Odhiambo and Amnesty International Kenya Executive Director Houghton Irungu were appointed members of the Panel of experts…
National Treasury CS John Mbadi (centre), Director of Public Procurement Eric Korir (right) and Deputy Elijah Nyamamba address the media…
A hand signing an agreement form. [Courtesy/GettyImages] The quickest way to know whether an education agent is a legitimate partner…
Female Police officers during the Budget reading of 2020/21 at the Parliament buildings, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] If policing in…
A traffic officer controls vehicles on Kenyatta Avenue during drainage works. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] The other day, I decided to…