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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

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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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Politicians should stop using young people to fight their wars

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-06-26 00:00:00 Author: By Esther Nyambura Source: The Standard

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We have engaged reverse gear with budget cuts in education, health sectors

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Despite prevailing difficulties, Gen Zs give us hope for a better tomorrow

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Monetising data: Africa should not be left behind

Monetising data would attract more entrepreneurs, investors, researchers, innovators and jobs. Published Date: 2025-07-01 00:00:00 Author: Standard Digital Source: The Standard

Prezzo Ruto toots own horn to reveal fresh delusions of grandeur

Columnists August 8, 20251 Min Read

Bonnie Mwangi is running for Prezzo, so I might have friends in high places

Columnists August 28, 20251 Min Read

Why Ngugi wa Thiong'o never won Nobel Prize for Literature

Columnists May 31, 20251 Min Read

Debate over appointment of LSK boss by Ruto misses the point

Columnists September 10, 20251 Min Read

Candid conversations on state of the nation make striking conclusions on Ruto presidency

Columnists July 25, 20254 Mins Read

Kenya can have own Stellenbosch beyond wine and vineyards

Columnists September 22, 20251 Min Read

It's a shoe in: Ruto's reign will be defined by the flying missile

Columnists May 8, 20251 Min Read

Unflappable and focused, Farouk Kibet is the new enigma in town

Columnists June 23, 20251 Min Read

Ojwang's murder, police cover-up severe assault on intelligence

Columnists June 12, 20251 Min Read

Reforms or brutal crackdown? How Gen Z revolt puts Kenya at turning point

Columnists June 29, 202525 Mins Read

What pact between President and Gideon means for Kalonzo

Columnists October 16, 20251 Min Read

Reliance on legal solutions won't solve all our problems

Columnists October 20, 20251 Min Read

Harambee Stars are shining brightly, even as others sing: one goal, one million, wantam

Columnists August 14, 20251 Min Read

'Crystal ball' Professor Mutua failed to anticipate own future in KK government

Columnists May 2, 20253 Mins Read

How confusion in opposition guarantees Ruto's comeback

Columnists August 5, 20252 Mins Read

The Kenyattas want a generational change they could not initiate, after 25 years in charge

Columnists May 8, 20251 Min Read

Here is your chance to help craft a citizen-friendly Finance Bill

Columnists May 14, 20251 Min Read

Decline of our universities is a national tragedy

Columnists May 16, 20255 Mins Read

Stop these political prayers that only mock God, the people

Columnists June 1, 20258 Mins Read

This is the legacy that Chief Justice Koome would like to leave behind

Columnists October 12, 20251 Min Read

Ruto's leadership questionable after Gachagua, Muturi claims

Columnists April 13, 20252 Mins Read

UDA nominations proof of the party's firm control over members

Columnists September 22, 20251 Min Read

Why strategic assets must never be put on auction

Columnists October 11, 20251 Min Read

Beyond IPOs: Time to end firms ownership limitations

Columnists June 23, 20251 Min Read