Section of the buildings that were swept away at Chesongoch area by a landslide in Elgeyo Marakwet County last week…
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The Kitume solar farm in Kericho County. [Nikko Tanui, Standard] Kenya has emerged as one of Africa’s clean energy leaders,…
Families bury their close ones in a mass grave in the village of Maiyanga in Central Nigeria on December 27,…
Global Peace Kenya Country Director Daniel Juma Omondi (Collins Oduor, Standard) The Global Peace Foundation extends its deepest and most…
A woman medidating in the office. [Courtesy/GettyImages] On October 10, Kenya joined the World Mental Health Day commemoration. Across the…
Kenya’s first First Lady Mama Ngina Kenyatta used her position as the First Lady to fight for women to be…
Scientist, microscope and analysis in lab for healthcare, innovation and development in stem cell research. [iStockphoto] African countries must heed…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu takes oath of office during her inauguration in Dodoma on November 3, 2025. [AFP] When Burkina…
Peninah Akinyi and her daughters marvel at the new one thousand shilling note after an MP donated it to be blessed during a church…
This video grab made from a video from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) shows Samia Suluhu Hassan signing official documents…
More than one month after the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) kicked off the continuous voter registration exercise on…
This video grab from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) shows President Samia Suluhu Hassan taking the oath of office during…
Military officers escort the casket bearing the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga during the funeral service in Bondo,…
Former Chief Justice David Maraga addresses the media in Nairobi on October 21, 2025. He has promised to ensure that…
This video grab from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) shows President Samia Suluhu Hassan taking the oath of office during…
Curious women watch in disbelief Tirap area in West Pokot County where they alleged to have lost their animals to…
Top Wagner commander reportedly with Sudanese soldiers in 2019. [BBC] Across Africa, Private Military Contractors (PMCs) have become the new…
Economic anxiety has led to deep social volatility never witnessed before. People are on the edge. Every statement about public…
Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at Kasarani Stadium, Nairobi. [File, Standard] British journalist Simon…
ODM leaders led by acting party leader Oburu Oginga, address a rally in Magarini during the campaign for the party…
President William Ruto during the signing of Performance Contracts by Cabinet Secretaries, State House, Nairobi. [PCS] In Kenya’s peculiar democracy,…
Heavy rainfall in Nairobi causing disruption and making it difficult for people and motorists. June 20, 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]…
Supporters of ACT-Wazalendo (Alliance for Change and Transparency) party march during a protest in Kigoma on October 30, 2025 a…
CEO Social Health Authority (SHA) Dr Mercy Mwangangi. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] Last Friday in Kitui, I watched women trained under…
President William Ruto at for the construction site of the 458-unit Voi Pool House Affordable Housing Project in Taita Taveta…
Gen Z protest aftermath destruction in Nairobi CBD on June 26, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Moving on from a setback…
Treasury CS John Mbadi before the National Assembly’s Education committee. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] I usually don’t have many good things…
H.E President William Ruto during the Police Constable pass out parade in Kiganjo,Nyeri County. [Hiram Omondi/PPS] If founding President Jomo…
Like a ghost, debt haunts our no longer young nation. The recent media report that 92 per cent of our…
A quiet revolution is taking root in the medical landscape world over, and so is in Kenya, one that could…
Follow The Standard channel on WhatsApp Published Date: 2025-10-31 16:13:22 Author: By Harry Source: The Standard
Somalia’s Immigration and Citizenship Agency Director General Mustafa Sheikh Ali Dhuxulow during the launch of the eVisa system. [Courtesy, IcaSomalia]…
From left: Azimio leaders Martha Karua, Raila Odinga, Kalonzo Musyoka and former Gatanga MP Peter Kenneth during the hearing of…
Suba North MP Millie Odhiambo publicly revealed that she is going through menopause. [File, Standard] While introducing Members of Parliament…
Lifting of the logging ban, which was imposed in 2018 to curb deforestation, may lead to wanton destruction of the…
Flowers sold at City Market, Nairobi. February 13, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]. Recent news reports have indicated that Kenya’s flower…
An aerial view of the Expressway Road. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard] A week ago, BBC published a story titled, ‘What it’s like to…
One of the rotavator tractors bought through asset financing by Mwea Rice Growers Multipurpose Cooperative Society. [Gardy Chacha/Standard] In January…
ODM leader Raila Odinga and Siaya Senator James Orengo during Pan-African conference on trade unions in Nairobi, on February 27,…
Voters at a polling station during the 2022 General Election, at KICC, Nairobi on August 9, 2022. [File, Standard] The…
President William Ruto addresses residents after launching the construction of Muhuru Bay Pier in Nyatike, Migori County, on May 5,…
Vehicles at Mau Summit area on the Nakuru– Eldoret Highway. [File, Standard] Former President Mwai Kibaki often posed, with characteristic…
President William Ruto addresses residents after the launch of the Sogoo-Melelo-Ololung’a Road, during the tour of Narok County, May 7,…
Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga’s remarks on the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga stoked long-standing tensions between the Luo…
Veteran broadcaster Sammy Lui. [Courtesy] Veteran broadcaster Sammy Lui’s story is not merely that of one man; it is the…
Military officers during the public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Kisumu on October 18,…
African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [File, Standard] African nations have since independence operated within a global system they…
Military officers escort the casket bearing the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga after the funeral service in Bondo,…
Kakamega Primary School head teacher Dickson Wanyangu gives instructions to Grade Six students sitting the Kenya Primary School Education Assessment…
If someone wants a drink, they know where to find one. So, what are we really selling in luxury spirits?…
The news of the sudden death of veteran broadcaster, Sammy Lui immediately reminded me of the recent sad TV image…
The Nyota – National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement – programme is a beautiful initiative; upon that we must agree. It has clearly defined intentions,…
The basing of leadership on tribe is one of the most fallacious and self-defeating habits of Kenyan politics. It is a form of blindness we have…
Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga during a presss briefing where he apologized for his utterances that appeared to celebrate the death…
When news broke that former Prime Minister Raila Odinga had died, Kenya fell silent. Radios stopped mid-song, television screens dimmed,…
More often than not, living as a migrant means eternally existing in a long-distance emotional marathon. The suitcase is never…
Head of Public Service Felix Koskei. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] In the journey of every nation, there arise moments when the…
Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) Nairobi Terminus . December 6th,2024.[FILE/Standard] In theory, there is no country that can realise meaningful economic…
United opposition led by Peoples’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua and Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka during a press briefing in Nairobi on 31st…
A herder with his gun and livestock in the vast north.[Courtesy] Recent weeks have seen encouraging signs in the often-perilous…
“Sustainable peace cannot be achieved without the involvement of women, when women are at the forefront of peacebuilding, the goodies…
The name Sami Lui shall forever be engraved in the luminous corridors of Kenya’s broadcasting history — a voice so…
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on October 24,…
Mrs Kasendi Mutinda inside her holding structure where she rears over 500 layers at Ngengeka village in Kitui county. The…
Despite carrying the scars of its past, Somalia is advancing toward becoming a regional hub. [AFP] Somalia’s integration into the…
National Cohesion and Integration Commission chairman Samuel Kobia. [File, Standard] Dear Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, Let me begin by commending…
Mama Ida Odinga during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19, 2025. [PCS] Few…
An aerial view of Thika town. [File, Standard] The move by Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and his team to push…
Grade 9 students during a lesson at Ronald Ngala Primary School in Mombasa County, on January 13, 2025. [Omondi Onyango,…
Universities Academic Staff Union members protest at the University of Nairobi in the ongoing nationwide lecturers strike, on September 17,…
Military officers during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19, 2025. [PCS] Following his…
Diversity and inclusion in the workplace have become concerns in today’s organisational practices. Time and again, diversity and inclusion focus…
Military officers pay their last respects during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19,…
Raila Odinga’s children lay wreaths at his gravein Kang’o ka Jaramogi, Bondo, Siaya County. [PCS] During the heat of the…
Ida Odinga and family members arrive for the Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga burial service at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University…
Now that former Prime Minister (PM) Raila Odinga has gone to the land without thunder, I have paused to think…
The late Hon. Raila Odinga’s body wrapped in Kenyan flag on a military vehicle along Mombasa road in Nairobi.[Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]…
Boda-boda riders in Migori County staged a protest for two days over unfair taxation, bad roads. The riders are from…
President William Ruto signed eight bills into law on Wednesday last week. Among the new laws is the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime…
The late Raila Amolo Odinga.[File] On October 15, 2025, Kenya lost one of its most defining and unyielding leaders…
Former Prime Minister was buried on Sunday at Kang’o ka Jaramogi in Bondo. [PCS] Grief is a natural response…
Military officers escort the casket bearing the body of former Prime Minister Raila Oginga during the State Funeral Service at Nyayo…
Police lob teargas canisters at mourners during the public viewing of the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at…
Mourners breach security after the plane ferrying the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga landed at JKIA, Nairobi, on…
Military officers pay last respects during the burial of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Bondo, on October 19, 2025.…
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s family during the funeral service at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University in Bondo, on October 19,…
The casket bearing the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga is lowered into the grave at his father’s home…
President William Ruto and Siaya Senator Oburu Oginga pay last respects to the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga at…
In a forest of many trees, some are grander, and some lesser. Some trees, when they fall, fall with…
Where now are the dreamers of freedom? where are the voices that defied empires, that rose from the dungeons…
President William Ruto signs Raila Odinga’s condolence book at Parliament building. [PCS] We often speak of a tight schedule. Well,…
When Raila Odinga planted a tree at Awendo Sub County Hospital in Migori County on April 2019. [File, Standard] At…
ODM leader Raila Odinga addresses mourners at Langi village in Ndhiwa, Homabay county on October 19, 2018. [File, Standard] Raila…
Raila Odinga body arrives in Bondo.[Michael Muite/Standard] The passing of the political man mountain that was Raila Odinga has left…
Wreckage of a nissan matatu pulled from an accident scene. [File, Standard] There I was again, arriving at my most…
On the very morning we were waking up to the devastating news of Raila Odinga’s death, President William Ruto signed…
Raila Odinga and Martha Karua. [File, Standard] There are moments in a nation’s life when words feel too small for…
I have had four close encounters with late Raila Odinga. The first was in a forum for the National Economic…
When the history of Kenya is written, you cannot put the name Raila Odinga in the footnotes. His life, his…
Anyone who believes that climate change is not real needs a reality check. It is undoubtedly one of the most…