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Columnists January 20, 20261 Min Read

Don't build on that empty land!

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2026-01-21 09:20:00 Author: By Leonard Khafafa Source: The Standard

January 20, 20261 Min Read

Gentlemen, please speak up

January 19, 20261 Min Read

Has economic focus already shifted to the 2027 elections?

January 19, 20261 Min Read

ODM is suffering from serious leadership and ideological paucity

January 18, 20261 Min Read

1966, the year independence euphoria in Africa started evaporating

January 18, 20263 Mins Read

Gatekeeping the struggle: The quiet tragedy of activism in Kenya

January 17, 20261 Min Read

How Oburu is driving Raila's dying party to its grave

Oburu is driving Raila's dying party to its grave

Columnists January 17, 2026

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Irony of spending billions in top seat campaigns to earn millions

January 15, 20261 Min Read

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Northern Kenya is not alone, all county governments have failed

January 14, 20261 Min Read

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The new allure of the fast-growing countryside

January 13, 20261 Min Read

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It's more than oil in the fight for the soul of Venezuela

January 12, 2026

Voters should punish politicians who disappear after winning polls

January 12, 2026

Gachagua lost, Lamu Woman Rep gained from 'tutam' booing incident

January 11, 2026

The Luhya moment at Jirongo's funeral that we must be alive to

January 11, 2026

Why Venezuela became pawn in Trump's global power play era

January 11, 2026

We should not believe blindly or trust without questioning

Columnists January 10, 2026

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2026-01-11 00:00:00 Author: By Standard Team Source: The Standard

Why faith and science must stand together to heal and advance life

Columnists January 10, 20261 Min Read

God: For Medicine and Above Medicine

Columnists January 10, 2026

Why politicising schools risks long-term harm to the economy

Columnists January 10, 2026

Azimio saboteurs belong in jail or Hollywood

Columnists January 10, 2026

Parents have a right to question schools' quality

Columnists January 10, 2026

Equity in education calls for a debate devoid of ethnicity

Columnists January 10, 2026

How Nick Rambo told stories of the unheard through bold films

Columnists January 9, 2026

Let us develop the country's potential for literary tourism

Columnists January 9, 2026

Politicising schools is dangerous and risks long-term harm to the economy

Columnists January 9, 2026

Columnists January 9, 20261 Min Read

Literary criticism is not about trashing other people's intellectual effort

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2026-01-10 07:54:00 Author: By David Njaaga Source: The Standard

Brace yourself, season of anomie is upon us, again, like it really never ended

Columnists January 8, 2026

Near 'poetic justice' as MP Babu looks down the barrel of Alai's misfiring gun

Columnists January 8, 2026

Pains of growing up and old, then retreating into the twilight in these lean times

Columnists January 8, 2026

Business Weekly Round Up

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This year's Finance Bill should not lead to loss of lives

A demonstrator holds a Kenyan flag as he kneels in front of a group of Kenyan anti riot police officers during a protest in…

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Where is Kenya's Public Seal domiciled?

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Citizens have power to change wanting quality of leadership

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Young Kenyans are selling their kidneys for motor bikes, let's sell hearts for a little more

The Kenya Kwanza policy of using poverty as a tool of governance—which is why the focus has been on taxing Kenyans to death, and…

How long will Swahili and English dance together?

Columnists May 26, 20251 Min Read

Let us develop the country's potential for literary tourism

Columnists January 9, 20261 Min Read

Somali bigotry has no place in modern Kenya

Columnists September 27, 20256 Mins Read

My prayers and hopes for Kenya and world in the New Year

Columnists January 2, 20261 Min Read

How Opposition miscalculation has reinforced Ruto's prowess

Columnists December 21, 20252 Mins Read

Why politicising schools risks long-term harm to the economy

Columnists January 10, 20262 Mins Read

Unintended consequences of labour disputes in varsities

Columnists November 10, 20251 Min Read

China visit: Beyond trade, investment

Columnists April 26, 20251 Min Read

Passaris's 'big, beautiful' Bill that gives goons a free pass in the city

Columnists July 4, 20253 Mins Read

Are Raila and Ruto conjoined in the battle for 2027 re-election?

Columnists September 28, 20252 Mins Read

You can't stop quest for genuine reforms by outlawing creativity

Columnists April 13, 20252 Mins Read

As we begin, today, 2026

Columnists December 31, 20251 Min Read

Why we shouldn't vilify Ruto over his Singapore dream

Columnists January 1, 20261 Min Read

Why university's attempt to revive oral tradition and history is important

Columnists November 9, 20251 Min Read

Political unity must demonstrate that it can improve Kenyans' lives

Columnists October 11, 20251 Min Read

Like Jomo Kenyatta and Kwame Nkrumah, 'saviour' Ruto has disappointed

Columnists August 10, 20251 Min Read

To deliver credible results, IEBC must learn from past mistakes

Columnists September 17, 20251 Min Read

African governments must be firm on Turkey's political extraditions

Columnists January 2, 20261 Min Read

Unforeseen events have conspired to give President the upper hand

Columnists October 27, 20251 Min Read

When demeaning demands turn politics into a humiliation theatre

Columnists August 16, 20251 Min Read

How about a new Cabinet every month, Mister Prezzo, it'll do our country a lot of good

Columnists April 4, 20254 Mins Read

How Oburu is driving Raila's dying party to its grave

Columnists January 17, 20261 Min Read

No road can fix a broken culture

Columnists January 2, 20261 Min Read

Let a new generation of honest leaders emerge ahead of 2027

Columnists October 4, 20257 Mins Read