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Columnists November 10, 20251 Min Read

Unintended consequences of labour disputes in varsities

By Hudson Gumbihi

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-11-11 00:00:00 Author: By Hudson Gumbihi Source: The Standard

November 10, 20251 Min Read

Why Suluhu's despotic disposition is bad for democracy in Tanzania

November 9, 20251 Min Read

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

November 9, 20258 Mins Read

Suluhu, Africa's strongmen have met their match in youth protest

November 9, 20252 Mins Read

Raila Odinga: The diplomat many didn't know

November 8, 20251 Min Read

What many didn't know, Raila was Africa's diplomat per excellence

November 7, 20256 Mins Read

Tanzania's political instability risks spreading in the region

The occupational hazards of dealing with thieves, and idiots with overdrawn accounts

Columnists November 6, 2025

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Prezzo Suluhu's solution to Tz's manufactured crisis is to blame alien 'creatures'

November 6, 20251 Min Read

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Why invisible tariffs should keep us awake at night

November 4, 20259 Mins Read

A ship offloads cargo at the Port of Mombasa. [File, Standard] A recent forum hosted by…

Why invisible tariffs should akeep us awake at night

November 3, 20251 Min Read

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Ruto will bag Luo votes if he picks Mama Ida as a running-mate

November 3, 2025

How Uhuru helped to turn Raila's grave into a shrine

November 2, 2025

Why would Mama Suluhu be so cosy as regional peace haven burns?

November 2, 2025

Ruto ought not chest thump when Raila's spirit is with us

November 2, 2025

Those who seek Raila's political mantle must carry his burden

October 30, 2025

As we mourned, 2025 Nobel prize winners were named

Columnists October 27, 2025

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-10-28 00:00:00 Author: By Sharon Wanga Source: The Standard

Unforeseen events have conspired to give President the upper hand

Columnists October 27, 20251 Min Read

Muthoni Likimani: 100-year-old Mau Mau veteran still going strong

Columnists October 26, 2025

How Raila Odinga's death has exposed political warriors, parasites

Columnists October 26, 2025

When leadership forgets about taxpayer, nation pays the price

Columnists October 26, 2025

Is it grief or guilt that in death, we find grace we denied in life

Columnists October 26, 2025

To heal country's wounds, we must trade tribal loyalty with integrity

Columnists October 25, 2025

Beyond Raila: Will Kenya now face a spectre of political, economic winter?

Columnists October 25, 2025

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

Columnists October 25, 2025

From defence to offence: Trump's quest to revive the warrior spirit

Columnists October 25, 2025

Columnists October 25, 20251 Min Read

Parasites and warriors exposed by Raila's death

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-10-26 00:00:00 Author: By Ronald Kipruto Source: The Standard

Why Kalonzo Musyoka should consider joining Ruto's camp

Columnists October 24, 2025

Debunking norms and customs, and folly of right hand knowing what the left does

Columnists October 23, 2025

Praise song for the dead, who clarify our purpose and meaning in this life

Columnists October 23, 2025

Business Weekly Round Up

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Do not be quick to condemn Harambee Stars fans for gate-crashing

Harambee Stars fans heading to Kasarani Stadium to watch a past CHAN 2024 match between Kenya and Morocco. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] You reap where…

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Tales of men drunk with power, seeking reinvention of youth

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Ruto toying with chaos by arresting opposition leaders

President William Ruto addresses residents on the second day of his tour of Narok County, May 7, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Kenya has about 105,000 police…

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You don't empower people with Sh200, salivating at their votes

A voter displays money she was allegedly bribed with to vote in favour of a certain candidate during the Kibra by-elections on November 7, 2019.…

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

Columnists September 28, 20252 Mins Read

Trump is the leader scared 'New Right' that is afraid of immigrants

Columnists August 17, 20251 Min Read

US, China should seek a consensus to avoid further economic damage

Columnists April 22, 20256 Mins Read

Why ODM, Raila are part and parcel of Ruto's government

Columnists July 24, 20251 Min Read

Is the Finance Bill 2025 about boxing or dancing?

Columnists June 9, 20251 Min Read

Has university lost its lustre amid higher college intake?

Columnists July 7, 20251 Min Read

India, Pakistan row impact for Kenya

Columnists May 11, 202510 Mins Read

Judas' betrayal: Kenya's quest for Paradise and the lessons to be learnt this Easter season

Columnists April 20, 20251 Min Read

Debunking norms and customs, and folly of right hand knowing what the left does

Columnists October 23, 20251 Min Read

Trump's tariffs on car imports leave American allies guessing

Columnists March 31, 20259 Mins Read

Mount Kenya's 'downtrodden desperadoes' looking for a new liberator

Columnists June 8, 20251 Min Read

Why would Mama Suluhu be so cosy as regional peace haven burns?

Columnists November 2, 20252 Mins Read

Will Raila support Ruto in 2027?

Columnists September 27, 20251 Min Read

Democracy and accountability don't mean much for our political leaders

Columnists September 8, 20251 Min Read

Why Netanyahu's genocide against Palestinians must be stopped immediately

Columnists September 29, 20251 Min Read

Kenya can have own Stellenbosch beyond wine and vineyards

Columnists September 22, 20251 Min Read

Why State House has stooped too low with plastic plates and envelopes

Columnists September 7, 20251 Min Read

Ruto pulse: President who eats, sleeps and dreams of changing how everything is done

Columnists September 10, 20251 Min Read

Google's firm culture an eye-opener

Columnists September 16, 202511 Mins Read

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

Columnists September 19, 20251 Min Read

The scorn in a tired overused shoe thrown at the President

Columnists May 10, 20251 Min Read

You don't empower people with Sh200, salivating at their votes

Columnists July 20, 20258 Mins Read

Mbadi's economic misadventures show ODM can't offer better leadership

Columnists July 28, 20251 Min Read

Patriotism is devotion to country, not President as some leaders believe

Columnists April 15, 20257 Mins Read