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Columnists May 1, 20261 Min Read

Justice Warsame fits the bill for our progressive Supreme Court

By Hudson Gumbihi

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2026-05-02 10:00:00 Author: By Hudson Gumbihi Source: The Standard

May 1, 20261 Min Read

Registration of 2.6m new voters is an indicator of political awareness

May 1, 20265 Mins Read

Prezzo Ruto heads off to Dodoma to extend his colonial 'English' language project

May 1, 20261 Min Read

In Murang'a, UDA reckons he who pays piper seldom calls the tune

May 1, 20268 Mins Read

From boys to men: The pleasures and perils of parenting in New Age

April 30, 20267 Mins Read

Why many young scholars are reluctant to read complex texts

April 29, 20265 Mins Read

N: The oddly named town frozen in time

Be vigilant to divisive voices that could lead to Rwanda's 1994 path

Columnists April 25, 2026

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Black tax: To pay or not to pay? That's the question

April 25, 20261 Min Read

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Leaders out to extract political capital from fuel crisis

April 21, 20261 Min Read

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The golden age of pork is nigh and unstoppable

April 21, 20261 Min Read

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Kenya has no shortage of alternative tourist attractions

April 21, 2026

There's more to fuel prices than meets the eye

April 19, 2026

Rising dementia cases call for noble, cohesive response plan

April 18, 2026

How Uganda's new bill could backfire on its economy

April 17, 2026

IMF to Kenya: Truth shall set you free, but it doesn't mean freedom from yoke

April 16, 2026

Thika Road Ads: Firms never waste a good crisis

Columnists April 14, 2026

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2026-04-15 06:00:00 Author: By Mate Tongola Source: The Standard

2027 General Election and the return of ethnic nationalism

Columnists April 14, 20261 Min Read

Why Nyandarua's uniqueness makes it enigma of devolution

Columnists April 14, 2026

Look closely at your current and aspiring leaders ahead of 2027

Columnists April 13, 2026

Ruto out to conquer political constituency that Raila inherited

Columnists April 12, 2026

Ol Kalou fallout reveals protocol cracks, bruises presidency image

Columnists April 11, 2026

Kenya's freedoms requires constant defence, not laxity

Columnists April 11, 2026

Political violence signals troubled road to the 2027 General Election

Columnists April 10, 2026

Survival tales in the plains of Kajiado, and the making of the new metropoles

Columnists April 9, 2026

If we can't face up to the truth in schools' theatre, how about eating cake and having it?

Columnists April 9, 2026

Columnists April 9, 20261 Min Read

Riggy G skins Prezzo Ruto at foot of Mt Kenya, then lays his scalp out to dry

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Increasing political antagonism could push Kenya to the brink

Columnists April 8, 2026

Ease funding red tape to grow local enterprises

Columnists April 6, 2026

Kenya, like other countries, has many religions and a scarcity of faith

Columnists April 5, 2026

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Letter from Massachusetts, the citadel of American intellectualism

The Welcome Centre at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [XN Iraki, Standard] Kiambu and Massachusetts, United States of America, share something in common—they are…

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No road can fix a broken culture

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Ease funding red tape to grow local enterprises

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After years of smooth music streaming, Spotify now insists on ads that I paid to avoid

Spotify logo displayed on a smartphone screen. (Photo Illustration by Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) I have been enjoying Spotify for a while,…

Letter from Mogadishu: Government meets opposition on forthcoming polls

Columnists January 24, 20262 Mins Read

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

Columnists January 11, 20261 Min Read

Why Ruto, Museveni and Suluhu must listen to dissenting voices

Columnists October 11, 20251 Min Read

Uhuru's political comeback and why he is the man to watch

Columnists November 17, 20251 Min Read

Why our teaching of literature must go beyond criticism

Columnists October 17, 20251 Min Read

Stop criticising public borrowing without explaining its purpose

Columnists September 9, 20251 Min Read

Arrest of Turkish citizen has put Kenya under the microscope again

Columnists January 2, 20261 Min Read

Police claim Koimburi is an underground operative who must be brought back on surface

Columnists July 17, 20251 Min Read

Politics made in the pulpit, where Sunday service is just another rally

Columnists May 17, 20251 Min Read

Praise singers doing Ruto more harm than good

Columnists April 19, 20254 Mins Read

If the Kenyan Politician was for export…

Columnists September 27, 20251 Min Read

Using morbid humour to stay alive, but also to remind that youth have nothing to lose

Columnists June 26, 20251 Min Read

Raila's exit lays bare Kenya's political warriors and parasites

Columnists October 25, 20251 Min Read

How devolution dream has been snatched from hopeful Kenyans

Columnists April 12, 20258 Mins Read

Like Uhuru, Ruto now knows presidency is not a bed of roses

Columnists December 18, 20251 Min Read

Law and Morality

Columnists February 3, 20261 Min Read

Runoff election between Ruto and ODM leader likely in 2027

Columnists August 7, 20251 Min Read

How Gachagua's ethnic chauvinism will hand Ruto an easy victory

Columnists December 7, 20252 Mins Read

Why politicising schools risks long-term harm to the economy

Columnists January 10, 20262 Mins Read

Murkomen defends police extortion as Bill on "transport" levy gets under way

Columnists September 18, 20251 Min Read

Mr President you risk bringing idolatry in church, State House

Columnists July 5, 20251 Min Read

Will Raila support Ruto in 2027?

Columnists September 27, 20251 Min Read

Why we need more research on folklore

Columnists March 27, 20261 Min Read

Child sex trade report exposed why Kenya should act urgently

Columnists August 15, 20251 Min Read