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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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How long will Swahili and English dance together?

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-05-27 06:00:00 Author: By Abdullahi Adan Source: The Standard

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What Ruto will likely do to win Kenyans' confidence and votes in 2027

President William Ruto addressing residents at Ol Kalou town in Nyandarua county on April 03, 2025, during his Mt Kenya Region Tour. [Kipsang Joszeph,…

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Universities reawakening after State-induced intellectual slumber

Maasai Mara University is reviving the culture of promoting intellectualism through undertaking public lecture series. [File, Standard] There was time when universities were citadels…

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After jobs hoax in UAE, it's fair for Kenyans to say in unison: 'Hapa hatuna nchi'

Job seekers from Nyanza region flock NITA offices grounds in Kisumu to try their lack for overseas jobs in an event presided by…

Mama Samia provides dash of Dar hospitality to top Kenyan activists

Columnists May 22, 20251 Min Read

What pact between President and Gideon means for Kalonzo

Columnists October 16, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists May 17, 20251 Min Read

A tribute to the giant of African literature Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Columnists June 2, 20251 Min Read

Nairobi is today's Gethsemane where we seek hope amid agony

Columnists April 20, 20258 Mins Read

Pheroze must be proud of Butere girls' spine to express themselves

Columnists April 12, 20257 Mins Read

Ruto will get his second term due to Uhuru, clerics' prayers

Columnists October 2, 20251 Min Read

When you thought democracy was growing in EA, dictators sprouted

Columnists May 25, 20251 Min Read

Jubaland troops are here on exchange mission, so let's all take deep breath

Columnists September 4, 20251 Min Read

Beyond IPOs: Time to end firms ownership limitations

Columnists June 23, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists September 7, 20251 Min Read

From the abracadabra of CBC to CBE, we're shifting gears to head back to the old country

Columnists August 28, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists May 8, 20251 Min Read

Let's allow Odhiambo to lead LSK the way she deems best

Columnists September 9, 20251 Min Read

After taking all your cash in taxes, now Govt says it requires your ideas on spending it

Columnists May 22, 20251 Min Read

Ruto comeback is almost guaranteed, thanks to confusion in opposition

Columnists August 4, 20251 Min Read

Tales of men drunk with power, seeking reinvention of youth

Columnists July 4, 20251 Min Read

Arts and crafts of Magna, the emergence of pseudo-elitism

Columnists May 5, 20255 Mins Read

Kenya's GDP growth, budget and policy nightmares

Columnists May 19, 20251 Min Read

There is a lot that proves our country is headed in the wrong direction

Columnists May 26, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists August 14, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists October 12, 20251 Min Read

It isn't shocking there were no surprises in this year's Budget

Columnists June 15, 202519 Mins Read

Why invisible tariffs should keep us awake at night

Columnists November 4, 20259 Mins Read