A group of children inside of a destroyed school. [GettyImages] In Kenya, children make up 41.3 per cent of the…
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Travellers at Kisumu Bus Park wait for matatus to ferry them home ahead of the festive season, with some stranded…
Head of Public Service Felix Koskei. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] For Kenya to transition from its current status as a developing…
A young farmer. [Courtesy/GettyImages] When elections end, expectations begin and they begin fast. Life does not come with a pause…
Woman crying in the dark. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Across Africa, technology has become one of the most powerful equalisers of our time.…
President William Ruto joins senior government officers during the ground breaking for the 1B Kaishan fertilizer power plant in Olkaria,…
Woman placing voting slip into a ballot box. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Somalia is entering one of the most politically volatile periods in…
The late former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo addresses a past political rally. [File, Standard] Like all historical personalities, the late…
President William Ruto launches construction of the Rironi-Mau Summit Road in Gilgil, Nakuru County, on November 28, 2025. [PCS] During…
Electricity is often spoken about in terms of megawatts, power lines and sub-stations. Yet for millions of Kenyans, its true…
Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti hosts a special Christmas party for children on December 16, 2025. [John Muia, Standard] The festive…
Kakamega chicken traders wait for customers on December 18, 2025. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard] The festive season is a time when…
Family having Christmas dinner. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Can we all agree that there are extremely dark forces and witchcraft at play, the kind that…
Kenyan Citizens demonstrate and Protest against over Taxation bill along Nairobi streets. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] What exactly is Kenya’s demographic…
A girl in an orphanage. [Courtesy/GettyImages] During the holidays, organised groups and tourists visit orphanages in Kenya, bringing gifts and foodstuffs. At first…
A stature at the newly build Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Temple at Mountain View Estate along Waiyaki…
Former CS Fred Matiang’i during an interview at the Standard Media Group. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Although it has not been…
President William Ruto.[PCS] This Singapore thing: I think (and I hope I am wrong) we are over-reaching ourselves. Not to…
President William Ruto.[PCS] For the past few months, President William Ruto has been explaining his vision to resolutely march his…
Members of the public view the wreck of a mercedes car which former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo was driving before it was involved in…
Governor Anne Waiguru addressing residents of Baragwi after opening Kiandai dispensary. [File, Standard] Governor Anne Waiguru’s speech during Jamhuri Day celebrations in Kirinyaga…
Somalia on April 15, 2025 launched voter registration in the capital Mogadishu for the first time in over 50…
Ol Kalau Affordable Houses where public since Tuesday have visited since Tuesday for open day that ends of Friday.[Boniface Gikandi,Standard]…
Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru acknowledges greetings from Kirinyaga people that had turned up for Jamhuri day celebrations at the Kamiigua polytechnic grounds on Monday,12/12/2022. [File, Standard]…
Makini Junior School learning in a cartoon class at Sarit Centre Nairobi during the 24th Nairobi International Book fair on…
Employees carry on their work of slaughtering and preparing chicken meat for customers in Chwele chicken factory in Bungoma County.…
Members of public walk pas the huge Christmas tree at KICC,Nairobi . December 23rd,2024.[FILE,Standard] Christmas is upon us, a season for reuniting…
It is that time of the year when many people in Kenya and elsewhere in Africa travel upcountry to commune…
Ol Kalau Affordable Houses where public since Tuesday have visited since Tuesday for open day that ends of Friday.[Boniface Gikandi,Standard]…
Opposition bigwigs Kalonzo Musyoka flanked by Rigathi Gachagua, Fred Matiang’i, Martha Karua and Eugene Wamalwa dance to a Maasai tune during…
This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2023 shows a Maasai trader gazing at emaciated livestock at a livestock market in…
Novelist Meja Mwangi.[Courtesy] Meja Mwangi (real name David Dominic Mwangi), who died last Thursday aged 78, was no ordinary writer. He shunned…
Former Cabinet Secretary and Presidential Aspirant Dr. Fred Matiang’i during an interview at the Standard Media Group Headquarters along Mombasa road on…
Supporters of National Unity Platform (NPU) presidential candidate and opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, run…
In the emotive abortion debates, people rarely discuss the trauma suffered by millions of post-abortive mothers and their families, worldwide.…
ODM leader Oburu Oginga addresses party delegates at his home in Bondo, Siaya. [Michael Mute, Standard] The demise of former…
The late Supreme Court Judge Mohammed Ibrahim. [File, Standard] In the annals of Kenya’s constitutional jurisprudence, few names evoke the…
Somalia presidential candidate, Nasa Ige. Somalia presidential candidate Nasa Ige is vowing to tackle terrorism if elected, positioning security as…
A section of the religious sector has raised concern over the Religious Organisations Bill, 2024, and Parliament to either delete…
Imported tuk tuks being transported from Mombasa to upcountry, on March 21, 2024. [File, Standard] Each night, wind turbines spin…
Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja before the Administration and Internal Security Committee at Mini Chambers, County Hall, Nairobi. [File, Standard] If you…
Kilifi residents march during a community sensitisation campaign against GBV and femicide at Bofa youths’ grounds. [File, Standard] One of…
Chairperson of Technical working group on Gender Based Violence including Femicide Nancy Barasa during a stakeholder engagement at KICC , Nairobi on April 9th…
What did you do with the optimism and exuberance of independence? Two young men in their early 20s, wasted no…
IEBC chairman Erustus Ethekon with commissioner Anne Nderitu at JKIA Nairobi after receiving first batch of ballot papers for the 27th…
President William Ruto chairs Cabinet meeting at State House on 15/12/2025.[PCS] Ordinarily, governments finance development in one of these two…
Former Cabinet Minister and Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo died in a fatal road crash last week. The death of former…
President William Ruto and Deputy President Prof Kindiki Kithure arrive for a Cabinet Meeting at State House, Nairobi on 29/4/2025.…
Talanta Sports City stadium when President William Ruto accompanied by Sports CS Salim Mvurya visited the facility on April 11,…
A woman holding soil. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Many years ago, a small boy accompanied his mother to a women’s group meeting near…
The annual Great Migration of wildebeest. [Courtesy/GettyImages] With a hearing now anticipated on December 19th, the dispute over the Ritz…
The late former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo. [File, Standard] Hon. Cyrus Jirongo was a gem. The earliest time I interacted…
Nakuru residents at Sarova Woodlands Hotel during the traditional cake mixing ceremony that dates back to the 17th century. [Kipsang…
Residents during a rally in support of the Sudanese regular army in their battle against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces…
Kenya Pipeline Company storage facility in Nairobi. [File, Standard] I was thinking about this privatisation bug that seems to have…
Youth during a past Gen Z protest in Mombasa. To transform Kenya’s youth bulge into a national asset, we must…
The church in Kenya stands again at a moral crossroads. In the last election, it did not merely pray; it…
Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni hugs an indigenous tree in Nyeri. [Courtesy] On a cold night in Nyeri County, long after…
President William Ruto during Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium, Nairobi, on December 12, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Watching…
Ever visited a household and got served a meal so crappy you felt like dragging the family to the nearest…
Kenya Police Officers after arriving from Haiti at the Embakasi Air Base in Nairobi on December 9, 2025. [Boniface Okendo,…
I used to wonder what was special about the late Bishop Philip Sulumeti, the retired and founding bishop of the…
If there is one thing that amazes keen readers about Meja Mwangi writing, it was his ability to immerse his…
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in…
President William Ruto is welcomed to the opening of the EAC Heads of State and Government Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.[FILE,Standard]…
President William Ruto during the Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium on Friday. [PCS] It was Mozambique’s Moisés Samora…
Safaricom headquaters, Nairobi.[FILE,Standard] The proposed sale of 15 per cent of the government’s shares in telecom giant Safaricom has sparked…
Kenya stands at a critical moment in its mental-health journey. As the country takes steps toward recognising suicide as a…
Across the country, women-led organisations and community groups remain the backbone of local mobilization, particularly in driving change around nutrition…
There’s the saying that the world is full of sharks, and whoever throws you into the sea doesn’t care what…
The 16 days of activism against gender-based violence ended on Wednesday, which was also International Human Rights Day. That horrific…
Veteran writer and thespian David Mulwa, who died on December 5 aged 80.[FILE,Standard] Veteran writer and thespian David Mulwa, who died…
President William Ruto launches the Tsavo West Rhino Sanctuary in Ngulia,Taita Taveta.[PCS] The 2025 Kenya Wildlife Census Report is a…
Jamhuri Day celebrations are underway at Gitwamba Primary School grounds in Saboti Constituency, Trans Nzoia County. The event is being…
Let us walk back in time to January 1970. Kenyans are still excited with their new found freedom from the…
Kakamega Book Club members led by Prof. Egara Kabaji (seated right) and Esther Azinga Wanga (seated center) the Author of…
Mwalimu David Kakuta Mulwa, a legendary icon in the Kenyan creative industry with over 50 years of vast experience and…
The new normal is that we learn about all breaking news, both real and fake, from social media. This is…
Anna Tibaijuka [Courtesy] Raila Amolo Odinga’s burial after death on October 15, closes a long chapter of Kenyan and African…
Kakamega Senator Dr. Boni Khalwale led Bushiangala residents in protest on November 12, 2025 over rumours that locals might be forced to…
Harry Thuku. [File, Standard] There is a major road in Nairobi. In pre-independence Kenya, it was known as Ainsworth Causeway.…
The purchasing power of employed Kenyans is estimated to have declined by about 12 per cent, eroded by rising living…
President William Ruto and US President Donald Trump after the signing of a peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda…
Impact of menstrual health and hygiene on girls’ education in Kenya(Photo: iStock) It began, as many modern movements do, with…
Kenyan police officers patrol the area during a deployment near the national palace. [Clarens SIFFROY / AFP] Effective security partnerships between nations are becoming…
There’s failure to hold perpetrators of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and femicide in Kenya to account.[iStock] Digital violence, commonly referred…
On 25 June 2024, Kenya witnessed a moment that will be remembered for years to come. Across cities and towns,…
Catholic Diocese of Kitui ordains four priests and thirteen (13) deacons in a ceremony presided over by Bishop Joseph Mwongela at the…
On 25 June 2024, Kenya witnessed a moment that will be remembered for years to come. Across cities and towns,…
Many Kenyans in developed countries work in the healthcare industry. One subset of this industry is caregiving. If you have elderly…
Stylish Christmas street decor. [iStockphoto] The queen of Christmas, her royal merriness Mariah Carey has declared it is time! Arguably,…
Plain cloth police officers arrest a protester along Kenyatta avenue while protesting against the killing of blogger Albert Ojwang’ while…
A phone call came in the middle of a virtual meeting. It was Julius, a loyal client who had permanently…
Pupils in class at Gandani Primary School in Rabai constituency, Kilifi. [File, Standard] The Ministry of Education’s National Education Management…
Traders at Wakulima market in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Oxfam Kenya recently released a report titled Kenya’s Inequality Crisis: The Great…
US President Donald Trump, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame and DRC’s Felix Tshisekedi sign the Washington Accords for Peace between Rwanda and…
Ongoing construction of Talanta Sports Stadium in Nairobi. [File, Standard] The aspirations of a country are often expressed through the…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes the oath of office during her inauguration in Dodoma, on November 3, 2025. [Courtesy]…
Proposed architectural design of the Machakos Formula 1. [Photo, File] There’s a hilarious short video doing the rounds touching on…
President William Ruto with Donald Trump after the signing of a peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda at the…