Kenbright ,Director,Operations Wendy Gondi during an interview at their offices in Nairobi. [FILE/Standard] A screenshot circulating online recently caught my attention. The…
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President William Ruto taking Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta on a tour around State House after the joint EAC-SADC meeting on…
Garbage at City Market, Nairobi, on May 25, 2025. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] Private involvement in national development drives inclusive economic…
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale during the inauguration of the benefits package and tarrifs advisory panel at Afya House, Nairobi,…
Postpartum haemorrhage is one of the leading causes of maternal death. [Courtesy] Childbirth should be the sound of a new…
President William Ruto arrives for the Devolution Conference in Homa Bay County, on August 12, 2025. [Michael Mute, Standard] It…
Shot of a microscope in a laboratory. [Courtesy/GettyImages] The battle against malaria remains a major public health challenge in Kenya…
Counterfeit alcohol and cigarettes impounded by police officers in Vihiga County during a crackdown on shops and bars dealing in…
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during a past ODM event. [File, Standard] When celebrated Indian author Bhabani Bhattacharya wrote his…
The National Assembly and Senate in Nairobi. [File, Standard] This week, I keep returning to a verse that won’t leave…
President William Ruto during a meeting with boda boda officials from all sub-counties at State House, Nairobi, on August 7,…
Youth during Sasa Sasa protest in Kitengela, on July 7, 2025. [File, Standard] Something has fundamentally shifted in Kenya. The…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki, President William Ruto and First Lady Rachel Ruto at the Sagana State Lodge where they…
When President William Ruto inspected the 257 km Lamu-Ijara-Garissa road (LAPSSET corridor on February 07, 2025. [PCS] Going back to…
Prof Makau Mutua during an interview at Spice FM. [File, Standard] Prof Makau Mutua and I come from a community…
Some of Makumi Njue’s work in display at his stall in Runyenjes town. [File, Standard] About two weeks ago, at a…
A boy reading a book in the library. [Getty Images] In days gone, creative works of art like songs, narratives,…
If defamation was not a criminal offence, Albert Ojwang’s unlawful death while in police custody would probably not have happened. The complaint against his…
President William Ruto (centre) poses for a photo with governors after the official opening of the 2025 Devolution Conference…
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga recently named a street after herself. [Courtesy, Meta] At the start of my first year…
Veteran Journalist Lee Njiru at the 2025 Annual Journalism Exellence Award held at The Edge Convention Centre on May 16,2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]…
Sunflower farmers harvesting their crop at Bahati Scheme area 4 block 13 in Tana River County. [Robert Menza, Standard]…
Some of the livestock been showcased by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization during an open farmer’s day in…
Deputy Director and Head of Safety ad Compliance at NTSA Wilson Tuikong. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] The spike in accidents has once again laid bare the…
Supreme Court Judges during the hearing of the presidential election. [File, Standard] When Kenyans voted overwhelmingly for the current Constitution,…
On the eve of the June 25, 2025, protests, I received a call from a survivor of the 2007–2008 post-election…
Police officers guard ballot boxes containing presidential ballot papers from Jomvu polling station in Mombasa. [File, Standard] Hoping for a…
The rush to sell Kenya’s strategic assets, most of which have been profitable and cash cows for the government, is…
Journalists and media workers from Barcelona protest and express solidarity with the Al-Jazeera journalists and cameramen killed in Gaza while…
Defence, Intelligence & Foreign Relations committee Chair Nelson Koech during the vetting of ambassadors at the Mini Chambers, County hall,…
An anti-riot police vehicle drives past the aftermath of protests in Kitengela during during Saba Saba protest in Kitengela on…
The recent images of peaceful protesters being bundled into police trucks, young men being carried to safety with gunshot wounds,…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga addresses mourners during the requiem mass of the late Dr Phoebe Asiyo at Maxwell Adventist…
President William Ruto during the launch of Hustler Fund at Green Park, Nairobi, on November 30, 2022. [File, Standard] To…
Youth during Saba Saba protests in Kitengela, on July 7, 2025. The government has announced plans to compensate victims of…
The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act 2018, which was amended at the end of last year, has come under scrutiny…
The National Assembly during a past session. MPs passed the Constitution of Kenya Amendment Bill, 2025. [File, Standard] Echoes of…
Former Deputy President and Democracy for the Citizens Party leader Rigathi Gachagua addresses a rally at Mulu Mutisya grounds in…
President William Ruto and Tanzania President Samia Suluhu during the 24th Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State in Arusha.…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security in August 2024.…
Charleen Murira (Adapt AI), Winnie Karanu (Microsoft), and Diana Ogeto (Safaricom) at the Tech Women Festival 2025 and launch of…
President William Ruto and Citizen Services PS Prof. Julius Bitok at the first anniversary of the e-Citizen Directorate, KICC Nairobi.…
Siaya Governor James Orengo at the burial of Rarieda’s first MP & former Ambassador Bob Jalang’o in Obaga, West Asembo.…
Kenya Vision 2030 Director General Kenneth Mwige. [Jonah Onyango, Standard When President Mwai Kibaki took office in 2003, he launched…
Health CS Aden Duale at Afya House on 26th May 2025. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] What would get a Waziri all…
Next week, on August 12, will be the International Youth Day, a moment of reflection when the world acknowledges the…
Unlike his other unsubstantiated self-appropriated successes against his predecessors, President William Ruto rightfully earns the bragging rights for pulling through…
I was recently shocked to learn that a friend’s daughter had been beaten black and blue by her teachers in…
Most Kenyans I’ve met seem to harbour fond memories of their high school days – especially the set books they…
President William Ruto during the Hustler Fund launch on November 30, 2022 in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Once again, the Kenyan…
US President Donald Trump during an event with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office of the White House…
Workers packaging flowers at Oserian Flowers in Naivasha. [File, Standard] Kenyan floriculture industry, a jewel in the country’s agricultural crown,…
Youth during Saba Saba protest in Kitengela, on July 7, 2025. [Collins Oduor, Standard] In a functioning democracy, leaders and…
The governance of digital rights in East Africa is rapidly crystallising as one of the region’s most urgent tests of…
Full disciplinary process is mandatory before termination of employment. [Courtesy] Have you ever paused to consider what happens when an…
I come from a small village, “Konyango,” in the Western Part of Kenya (Kisumu County) along the Lake Victoria region…
President William Ruto inspects the completed works at the Galana-Kulalu Food Security Project in Kilifi and Tana River counties. He said that…
President William Ruto speaking during the Presidential Private Sector Roundtable at Ole Sereni, on August 6, 2025. [PCS] In July last…
Activist Kebaso Morara (center) with Eldama Ravine MP Musa Sirma (right) and other leaders ,during a church service at AIC Kiamunyi in Rongai,…
Youth during Gen Z protests in Nairobi, on June 25, 2025. [File, Standard] In July 2025, US Senator James Risch…
President William Ruto during the commissioning of the cyberknife, the latest technology in the treatment of cancer at Kenyatta University referral hospital on April…
At Pumwani Martenity hospital mothers leave with their children when Nairobi county nurses on day two of Nurses strike. They are asking for…
President William Ruto received by a mammoth crowd in Rongo town, Rongo Sub-County, Migori County on May 5, 2025. The president hit…
Chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Dr. Erastus Edung Ethekon during the swearing in of the commission…
A pair of gold wedding rings, a judge’s hammer. [Courtesy/GettyImages] Supposing the President’s wife sought to divorce him in Kenyan…
President William Ruto and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at the official opening of the Sub-County Headquarter Offices in Rangwe,…
Council of Governors CEO Mary Mwiti during the launch of the Devolution Conference 2025 registration website at Movenpick Hotel, Nairobi,…
President William Ruto’s aide, Farouk Kibet and leaders allied to Kenya Kwanza during funds drive in aid of women groups…
Judiciary Chief Registrar Anne Amadi swears in President William Ruto as his wife Rachel holds the Bible during his inauguration…
A teacher giving a math lesson in a classroom. [Courtesy, GettyImages] In today’s demanding educational climate, self-care is no longer…
President William Ruto addresses residents after the launch of the Sogoo-Melelo-Ololung’a road during a tour of Narok County, on May…
In an age when the moral backbone of nations bends under the weight of greed, impunity, and spiritual shallowness, a…
Youth march on Thika Super Highway in Nairobi during Gen Z protests. [File, Standard] In Kenya, politics has long been…
Once again we find ourselves campaigning two years too early for a General Election. It seems to be the reality…
President William Ruto chairs a Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi, on April 29, 2025. [File, Standard] They keep telling…
From left: Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka, former Deputy President and DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua and former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i…
Hilton slums near Gioto dumpsite in London Ward, Nakuru County, on June 18, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Last week, I…
Pupils of Nyamachaki Primary School in Nyeri during a Physical Education lesson, on July 19, 2023. [File, Standard] Last Thursday,…
A section of Nyanza women leaders led by former Karachuonyo mp Phoebe Asiyo addresses the press in Kisumu on September 2nd 2022. They…
EACC Chairperson Dr. David Oginde,making his way after taking Oath of office on 9th May 2023 at Supreme court in…
The Sh500 million seawater desalination plant produce 1,500 cubic meters of safe drinking water a day, providing it to thousands of residents living within…
President William Ruto inspects the completed works at the Galana-Kulalu Food Security Project in Kilifi and Tana River counties.[FILE/Standard] In a continent bedeviled…
The senate session during Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza’s Impeachment hearing at the Senate ,Parliament buildings,Nairobi. November 8th,2023. [Elvis Ogina,Standard] Despite its past demonstrable disdain for…
Muslims perform the Eid al-Adha morning prayer around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s…
Lions waiting for pray at the Maasai Mara river. [FILE/Standard} Whoever said ‘seeing is believing’ couldn’t be more right. This…
A water canon disperses protesters in the CBD during the protests on finance bill and the killing of Albert Ojwang on National budget…
Celebrations over the progressive decision by the High Court in the Road Maintenance Levy Fund case were brought to a…
IEBC Chairperson Erastus Edung Ethekon during swearing-in at the Supreme Court in Nairobi, on July 11, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard]…
The government seeks to ban Influencers, celebrities, and media personalities from promoting or even endorsing alcohol online. [Courtesy] If there…
Kenya’s economic story is one of resilience and ambition, shaped by both promise and pressure. Across the country, households are…
Mwabili Mwagodi, a Kenyan activist living and working in Tanzania. [FILE/Standard] On Wednesday, May 23, 2025, Mwabili Mwagodi, a Kenyan…
Cabinet Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Communications and Digital Economy William Kabogo,arrives at the Annual Media Summit at The Edge Nairobi,he…
The ODM-UDA “merger” raises interesting questions. What is the common denominator between the two? Who benefits from the strengthened relationship…
Kenya’s tourism sector has shown consistent growth in recent years, majorly driven by targeted marketing, diversified offerings and the adoption…
Basic Education PS Julius Bitok receives eight classrooms and three ablution blocks at the Kwa Njenga Primary School in Nairobi from the…
Deputy President William Ruto receives a wheelbarrow as a gift from residents in Mathira,Nyeri, on October 31,2020. After he presided…
Broad-based or ‘handshake governments’ are not a new phenomenon. Kenya’s governance system – from independence, the advent of multi-party politics,…
Kenya’s repeal of the Digital Asset Tax (DAT) marks a decisive step forward in shaping a more practical and…
The Kenya Revenue Authority’s announcement that it has collected Sh10 billion from digital asset taxation marks a significant milestone…
Women plant mangrove seedlings at Mida creek in Kilifi County, on July 28, 2025. [Marion Kithi, Standard] Today, the world…