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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

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2026-04-10 00:00:00 Author: By Kamau Muthoni Source: The Standard

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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African leaders still living in the past must brace for rising youth

A section of youths protest as they carry a flag along Accra road, Nairobi during the anti-government protests. August 8, 2024. [Collins Kweyu, Standard] We are living…

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Tinga's final lesson dares Kenyans to step in the arena

Raila Odinga’s body drapped with a Kenyan flag during a state funeral at Nyayo Stadium. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard] A former American president once gave…

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Life as Raila's spokesman: How I didn't become State mouthpiece

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-12-01 06:00:00 Author: By David Odongo Source: The Standard

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Attention, the national anthem is playing, but the people are true wielders of power

I experience new cities around the world by walking around, mainly aimlessly, and Dakar, the city of the great poet, Leopold Sedar Senghor hasn’t…

Idle donkey and the Second letter from White Highlands

Columnists November 11, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists June 12, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists November 9, 20258 Mins Read

The uphill task before Ethekon, fellow IEBC commissioners

Columnists July 21, 20257 Mins Read

Look closely at your current and aspiring leaders ahead of 2027

Columnists April 13, 20261 Min Read

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

Columnists January 17, 20261 Min Read

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

Columnists May 8, 20251 Min Read

The UN vote on the crime of slave trade

Columnists March 28, 20261 Min Read

A roach showed up for dessert at a fine city diner, we all responded with calm

Columnists April 10, 20251 Min Read

Somali bigotry has no place in modern Kenya

Columnists September 27, 20256 Mins Read

Why William Ruto's influence is getting eroded

Columnists September 29, 20253 Mins Read

By-elections lay bare troubling signals ahead of 2027 polls

Columnists November 29, 20251 Min Read

As mid-term beckons, MPigs grunt it's their turn to fill up tanks

Columnists April 25, 20257 Mins Read

Letters of Betrayal: How TSC lost its narrative

Columnists October 3, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists September 7, 20251 Min Read

Ease funding red tape to grow local enterprises

Columnists April 6, 20261 Min Read

Parasites and warriors exposed by Raila's death

Columnists October 25, 20251 Min Read

Mbadi dreams of Singapore but is stuck with hustler reality in budget

Columnists February 13, 20261 Min Read

Gifts from strangers at the Hub in Karen that left my cup running over with gratitude

Columnists August 8, 20251 Min Read

What we all must know about CBC pathways at senior secondary school

Columnists January 23, 20261 Min Read

When leadership forgets about taxpayer, nation pays the price

Columnists October 26, 20251 Min Read

Time to race to the moon, not countryside this Easter holiday

Columnists April 4, 20261 Min Read

Why 2027 polls must be all about the economy

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Why Uhuru Kenyatta is the man to watch

Columnists November 17, 20252 Mins Read