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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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Gen Z protests: Let's deflate the national anger

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-06-29 00:00:00 Author: By Pkemoi Ng’enoh Source: The Standard

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

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-11-07 00:00:00 Author: By Mate Tongola Source: The Standard

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

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Leaders must adjust their sails to survive current civic winds

Protester reacts near burning cars as clashes erupt over the killing of blogger Albert Ojwang. June 12, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Kenya’s current affairs tease us…

Raila : Political superstar who keeps winning without winning

Columnists September 27, 20251 Min Read

Why there is no much joy during UN's 80th birthday celebrations

Columnists August 3, 20251 Min Read

Go slow, Kenyans tell Matiang'i, remind memory is still fresh of his stint in power

Columnists June 12, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists September 11, 20252 Mins Read

IHR Calls for Investigation into Gen Z Killings following BBC expose

Columnists April 30, 20256 Mins Read

Let a new generation of honest leaders emerge ahead of 2027

Columnists October 4, 20257 Mins Read

Why Nairobi is slowly turning into an 'economic rainforest'

Columnists September 29, 20251 Min Read

Small ways of catching big thieves could deter minions sharpening their nails

Columnists September 4, 20254 Mins Read

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

Columnists October 23, 20251 Min Read

Ruto's multiple problems and why they are not likely to fizzle out soon

Columnists July 13, 20251 Min Read

Detention of six activists in Dar exposes cracks in foreign policy

Columnists May 24, 20251 Min Read

Let's keep fire of EAC dream burning

Columnists May 24, 20251 Min Read

Raila's 'collabo' with President is for self-survival, not betrayal of youth

Columnists June 9, 20251 Min Read

Ruto's leadership questionable after Gachagua, Muturi claims

Columnists April 13, 20252 Mins Read

When leadership forgets about taxpayer, nation pays the price

Columnists October 26, 20251 Min Read

Yes, Ruto is Kenya's silver bullet in political chess, buying loyalty

Columnists September 14, 20258 Mins Read

Former top cop Charles Owino provides compelling analogy of how to commit murder

Columnists May 15, 20251 Min Read

'Bra' cop on Jogoo Road demands his pound of flesh with menace and daring

Columnists August 8, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists September 10, 20251 Min Read

Looks like Baba's been left 'talking to himself' as Kenyans moves on

Columnists July 10, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists June 15, 202519 Mins Read

Why strategic assets must never be put on auction

Columnists October 11, 20251 Min Read

Raila's last wish cheated community out of exploitative burial rites

Columnists October 20, 20251 Min Read

Beyond debts and deficits: Will budget 202526 chart a new path?

Columnists May 5, 20251 Min Read