Audio By Vocalize Treasury CS John Mbadi holds up the budget briefcase at Parliament on June 12, 2025. [Boniface Okendo,…
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Audio By Vocalize Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna addresses the Linda Mwananchi rally at Mazembe Grounds in Nakuru City, on April…
Audio By Vocalize Members of the M23 armed group during a patrol following the takeover of Bukavu on February 18,…
Audio By Vocalize Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Angola’s President Joao Lourenco upon arrival at the “4 de Fevereiro”…
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto [Kelly Ayodi, Standard] President William Ruto’s visit to Northern Kenya this week provides an…
Audio By Vocalize A motorist fuels at Rubis gas station on Koinange Street, in Nairobi on April 15, 2026. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]…
Audio By Vocalize A farmer watering cabbage in Cabinda. Angola.[iStockphoto] I recently took a drive through Kiambu from the Migaa…
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto [Kelly Ayodi, Standard] President William Ruto’s visit to Northern Kenya this week provides an…
Audio By Vocalize Judicial officers [File, Standard] Judicial officers have, over time, developed a remarkably effective reflex when they face…
Audio By Vocalize The late Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o. [FILE] The late literary luminary Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, in a…
Audio By Vocalize Some journeys are not measured in years but in endurance, silence, rejection, and the quiet decision to…
Audio By Vocalize United Nations General Assembly in a previous meeting.[Courtesy] The veteran politician, who inspired populist movements, alienated his…
Audio By Vocalize National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi shows injuries sustained on his finger after a confrontation with legislators…
Audio By Vocalize Jua kali artisans in Naivasha. The informal sector in Kenya employed about 15.26 million individuals as of…
Audio By Vocalize Jua kali artisans in Naivasha. The informal sector in Kenya employed about 15.26 million individuals as of…
Audio By Vocalize National Assembly Minority Leader John Mbadi shows injuries sustained on his finger after a confrontation with legislators…
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto and ODM leader Oburu Oginga at a past event. [File, Standard] Kenya spent over…
Audio By Vocalize Across much of Africa, health financing remains fragmented across public, private, and donor channels. [Courtesy] Africa’s health…
Audio By Vocalize Supreme Court in Nairobi. [File, Standard] I have previously on this column dealt with how the Court…
Audio By Vocalize Supreme Court in Nairobi. [File, Standard] I have previously on this column dealt with how the Court…
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto and ODM leader Oburu Oginga at a past event. [File, Standard] Kenya spent over…
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto addresses residents in Kitutu Chache South after commissioning Nyakoe Modern market. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]…
Audio By Vocalize Chinese national Zhang Keng Kun who was found carrying 1,948 garden ant queens at JKIA when he…
Audio By Vocalize In Kenya, where women make up nearly half of the labour force and a significant share of…
Audio By Vocalize This video grab made from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II crewmembers (in orange suits) being extracted…
Audio By Vocalize This video grab made from a NASA livestream shows Artemis II crewmembers (in orange suits) being extracted…
Audio By Vocalize President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed “Laftagareen” declared that he recognised only the 2012 Provisional Constitution as Somalia’s legitimate…
Audio By Vocalize In Kenya, where women make up nearly half of the labour force and a significant share of…
Audio By Vocalize President Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed “Laftagareen” declared that he recognised only the 2012 Provisional Constitution as Somalia’s legitimate…
Audio By Vocalize There is a paralysis in services at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) after nurses downed tools on Monday. Nurses…
Audio By Vocalize If someone obtains a money judgment against you, they can cause you to be jailed for up…
Audio By Vocalize Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch walk out before traveling to the launch…
Audio By Vocalize Astronauts Jeremy Hansen, Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman and Christina Koch walk out before traveling to the launch…
Audio By Vocalize Online abuse is fuelling Kenya’s gender-based violence crisis. [File Courtesy] It may come as a surprise to…
Audio By Vocalize This video grab taken from handout footage posted May 25, 2023, on the Telegram account of the…
Audio By Vocalize Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the village of Qlaileh, a southern…
Audio By Vocalize Vigilance is vital as children face growing risks both online and offline. [File Courtesy] For a long…
Audio By Vocalize Deeds, Not Words, Count in the Fight Against Corruption There is a particular kind of suffering that…
Audio By Vocalize A section of MPs during the ParliamentSession after the long recess . February 11th,2025.[Elvis Ogina/Standard] There is…
Audio By Vocalize The Kenyan government has been actively signing Bilateral Labour Agreements with nations like Germany, Canada, and Saudi…
Audio By Vocalize Chuka University. [File, Standard] There are two clips of Chuka University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Henry Mutembei, that…
Audio By Vocalize The tension between artistic expression and state control in Kenya dates back to the 1970s and 1980s,…
Audio By Vocalize The Artemis II crewed lunar mission lifts off from Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center in Cape…
Audio By Vocalize Carcasses of livestock in drought hit Liboi sub-county, Garissa. [File, Standard] As drought conditions persist across Kenya’s north-eastern…
Audio By Vocalize A Standard gauge railway (SGR) Cargo train loaded with exclusive Maersk containers leaves the port of Mombasa.…
Audio By Vocalize Over 90 per cent of Kenyans across multiple surveys confess to be religious. A plurality claim to…
Audio By Vocalize Travelling to Europe or the Americas has for the longest time been seen in East Africa as…
Audio By Vocalize Travelling to Europe or the Americas has for the longest time been seen in East Africa as…
Audio By Vocalize Nyangweso Junior Secondary school from Nyanza presents a play entitled Kenya Sign Language during the Music and…
Audio By Vocalize When he ran out of political options in August 2023, President Ali Bongo of Gabon pleaded with…
Audio By Vocalize When he ran out of political options in August 2023, President Ali Bongo of Gabon pleaded with…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s 100m star Ferdinand Omanyala received his US visa less than 30 hours before his race at…
Audio By Vocalize As Kenya advances the implementation of the Social Health Authority (SHA), a troubling narrative has begun to…
Audio By Vocalize As Kenya advances the implementation of the Social Health Authority (SHA), a troubling narrative has begun to…
Audio By Vocalize In 2025, domestic tourism now accounts for 5.2 million local travellers, nearly double the 2.7 million international…
Audio By Vocalize In 2025, domestic tourism now accounts for 5.2 million local travellers, nearly double the 2.7 million international…
Audio By Vocalize Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology lecturers protest at the institution during the ongoing nationwide strike,…
Audio By Vocalize Boda bodas create chaos. They bring disorder in urban centres as they expose villages to crime. If…
Audio By Vocalize Doctors tend to a patient suffering from COVID-19 and receiving oxygen, in a ward for coronavirus patients…
Audio By Vocalize Doctors tend to a patient suffering from COVID-19 and receiving oxygen, in a ward for coronavirus patients…
Audio By Vocalize Motorists stuck in a traffic jam along Mombasa Road. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] At a time when prime…
Audio By Vocalize Judicial officers in Kenya urged to improve decision writing to uphold justice and public confidence. [File, Standard]…
Audio By Vocalize MPs block media payments as State House budget surges. [File, Standard] It’s puzzling that a government that…
Audio By Vocalize Incumbent President Ismail Omar Guelleh during campaign rally. [AFP] Djibouti heads to the polls today in a…
Audio By Vocalize 3D illustration of renewable power concept. [Getty Images] Kenya is on the cusp of an energy transformation…
Audio By Vocalize 3D illustration of renewable power concept. [Getty Images] Kenya is on the cusp of an energy transformation…
Audio By Vocalize Armed men patrol Eastern DRC. [Agencies] A recent interview by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame by the news…
Audio By Vocalize Armed men patrol Eastern DRC. [Agencies] A recent interview by Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame by the news…
Audio By Vocalize Motorist fuels at a Rubis station on Mombasa Road amid looming shortages linked to Iran–US tensions. April…
Audio By Vocalize An Iranian man waves the national flag as people gather in Tehran’s Revolution Square after the United…
Audio By Vocalize A section of Ngong Road in Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] The second Africa Urban Forum is taking…
Audio By Vocalize An Iranian man waves the national flag as people gather in Tehran’s Revolution Square after the United…
Audio By Vocalize Samburu Governor Jonathan Lati Lelelit clashes with senators outside Parliament on April 1, 2026. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]…
Audio By Vocalize A section of Ngong Road in Nairobi. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] The second Africa Urban Forum is taking…
Audio By Vocalize (L) Tutsi pastor Anastase Sambamungu and Hutu teacher Nyamutera Joseph at Rwanda cemetery where 6000 victims were…
Audio By Vocalize Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot. [File, Standard] The two-thirds gender rule stands out as Kenya’s most embarrassing…
Audio By Vocalize South West State president, Abdiaziz Hassan Mohamed [Courtesy] Two weeks ago, I wrote on this page how…
Audio By Vocalize Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi. [File, Standard] When a ship runs aground, maritime law does not ask whether…
Audio By Vocalize Dickson Ndirangu consoles Jane Mwangi during the autopsy of her three-year-old who drowned in a fish pond at…
Audio By Vocalize The Talanta Stadium, Raila Amollo Odinga Stadium along Ngong Road, Nairobi [Talanta City Stadium, Facebook] Afcon 2027 is Kenya’s defining…
Audio By Vocalize Catholic faithful march along Kisii – Kilgoris road during a Way of the Cross procession. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]…
Audio By Vocalize A Catholic faithful on the cross during Good Friday Way of the Cross procession in Nairobi on…
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto with former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at State House, Nairobi. [PSC] If…
Audio By Vocalize Samburu Governor Lati Lelelit in a scuffle with Senator Sifuna outside Parliament on April 1, 2026. [Boniface…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s ambition to become a modern, prosperous nation cannot be realised through infrastructure and economic growth alone.…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s ambition to become a modern, prosperous nation cannot be realised through infrastructure and economic growth alone.…
Audio By Vocalize This year’s national Term One games begin on Tuesday in Kisumu County. Over 3,600 learners will have…
Audio By Vocalize There is a particular kind of eloquence that flourishes only in opposition or in retirement. It is…
Audio By Vocalize There is a particular kind of eloquence that flourishes only in opposition or in retirement. It is…
Audio By Vocalize President William Ruto departs for Andrews Air Force Base. [PCS] The United States government has once again…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya’s fuel stocks enough to last 16 days only as shortages hit. [File, Standard] News just in…
Audio By Vocalize Directorate of Criminal Investigations boss Mohammed Amin. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] I thought the news of the impending…
Audio By Vocalize Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi before talks in Moscow on March…
Audio By Vocalize Elders from the Kikuyu community recite a prayer during their meeting in Club Heritage in Naivasha [Antony…
Audio By Vocalize Elders from the Kikuyu community recite a prayer during their meeting in Club Heritage in Naivasha [Antony…
Audio By Vocalize Protestors occupy Kimanthi Street during the protest against Finance Bill 2024 in Nairobi on June 25, 2024. [Boniface…
Audio By Vocalize Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an area in Beirut’s southern suburbs…
Audio By Vocalize Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe inspects a maize variety at the Kenya Seed stand during the…
Audio By Vocalize Githunguri Kia Wairera gallows heritage site. [Courtesy, Meta/Kenya News Agency] Culture, as often said, is the glue…
Audio By Vocalize Leadership [iStockphoto] One of India’s greatest revolutionary leaders to ever live, Mahatma Gandhi, once said, “You must…