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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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Embu Governor Mbarire fights shadows in broad daylight, wailing, 'Come, baby come'

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-06-06 00:00:00 Author: By AFP Source: The Standard

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Why Jailing Kabila and Malema is a ticket to chaos

Economic Freedom Fighter leader Julius Malema. The news of guilty verdicts against former Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila and radical South African…

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Ruto's shift towards China reveals costly miscalculation on US ties

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-08-17 00:00:00 Author: By Rev Edward Buri Source: The Standard

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How Uhuru, Ruto revived 'Iregi spirit' in Mount Kenya and countrywide

Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Live Published Date: 2025-09-08 00:00:00 Author: By Esther Nyambura Source: The Standard

Gen Zs will be disadvantaged by Kenya's outdated voting system

Columnists September 18, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists April 10, 20251 Min Read

As we mourned, 2025 Nobel prize winners were named

Columnists October 27, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists May 26, 20251 Min Read

Kenya vs Singapore: Why we were equals in 1963 but worlds apart today

Columnists September 15, 20251 Min Read

What if Ruto is on right path, following in Kibaki's footsteps?

Columnists September 25, 20251 Min Read

Comedy of errors: Why Ruto has egg on face over jobs

Columnists August 17, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists May 8, 20251 Min Read

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

Columnists June 29, 202525 Mins Read

Letter from SA's Empangeni and lessons on urbanisation

Columnists August 11, 20251 Min Read

Economic reality doesn't align with narrative touted by Kenya Kwanza

Columnists May 9, 20251 Min Read

Theatre of the absurd takes root as Kenya Kwanza's manifesto

Columnists April 11, 20252 Mins Read

Five things you should know about Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Columnists June 1, 20258 Mins Read

Luggage charges: Will passengers go the Dundori way?

Columnists June 3, 20251 Min Read

Why Jailing Kabila and Malema is a ticket to chaos

Columnists October 4, 20252 Mins Read

City residents to Sakaja: Slow down, we'll pay up when we can, even Kenya has debts

Columnists May 15, 20251 Min Read

When leadership forgets about taxpayer, nation pays the price

Columnists October 26, 20251 Min Read

Development is right, not a favour from political leaders

Columnists May 7, 20251 Min Read

How Raila Odinga's death has exposed political warriors, parasites

Columnists October 26, 20252 Mins Read

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

Columnists May 8, 20251 Min Read

Why growth without development keeps us stuck

Columnists August 10, 20259 Mins Read

Rafiki: of tastier Kenyan cuisine in Pacific Northwest

Columnists September 9, 20251 Min Read

Kenya's GDP growth, budget and policy nightmares

Columnists May 19, 20251 Min Read

Lessons from Rwanda's awful past and the ongoing renewal

Columnists August 16, 20258 Mins Read