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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

Columnists

Why growth without development keeps us stuck

The Digitruck at Kabimoi Vocational Training Centre in Baringo County on May 24, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] There are two popular words in economics:…

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Blaming media for the shortcomings of government is dishonest

Journalists covering a past Council of Governors press conference. [File, Standard] US President Donald Trump is the latest to launch a frontal attack on…

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Gen Z must channel grievances through constitutional means

Protesters at Kitengela, town Kajiado county protestors trying to barricade the Nairobi Namanga road. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard] Generation Z’s greatest strength lies in their…

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Kenya Kwanza is redistributing wealth to hustlers, let's use the model to mobilise crowds

MSMEs Principal Secretary Susan Mang’eni says that millions of hustlers have defaulted on payment of Sh6 billion. [File, Standard] I fully associate with the…

New education system: Key pathways to the future lit

Columnists June 16, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists April 15, 20257 Mins Read

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

Columnists June 8, 20251 Min Read

Fearless and tribeless spirit of Saba Saba has been rekindled in youths

Columnists July 6, 20251 Min Read

Raila Odinga as political super star

Columnists September 27, 20251 Min Read

Ruto's warm reception evidence of political maturity in Mt Kenya

Columnists April 3, 20257 Mins Read

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

Columnists October 12, 20251 Min Read

Why growth without development keeps us stuck

Columnists August 10, 20259 Mins Read

Urging voters to take campaign money is immoral, Mr Gachagua

Columnists September 3, 20251 Min Read

Monetising data: Africa should not be left behind

Columnists June 30, 20251 Min Read

Tall tales from the youngest man of the house, now back from Europe

Columnists August 14, 20251 Min Read

Universities reawakening after State-induced intellectual slumber

Columnists March 31, 20251 Min Read

By working with goons, this administration has just admitted failure

Columnists June 22, 202526 Mins Read

Types of political power seekers and why youths hold key to better Kenya

Columnists April 27, 20251 Min Read

Economics of heroism: Can we learn from golf and athletics?

Columnists October 13, 20251 Min Read

Ruto's leadership questionable after Gachagua, Muturi claims

Columnists April 13, 20252 Mins Read

Lessons from Rwanda's awful past and the ongoing renewal

Columnists August 16, 20258 Mins Read

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

Columnists November 6, 20251 Min Read

Raila : Political superstar who keeps winning without winning

Columnists September 27, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists November 9, 20258 Mins Read

How about a new Cabinet every month, Mister Prezzo, it'll do our country a lot of good

Columnists April 4, 20254 Mins Read

Why you need eyes that can see in the dark when cruising Laikipia plains on tattered roads

Columnists September 25, 20251 Min Read

Politicians should stop using young people to fight their wars

Columnists June 25, 20251 Min Read

Africa must unite to escape exploitation by the West and East

Columnists April 29, 20257 Mins Read