Opinion
The annual Great Migration of wildebeest. [Courtesy/GettyImages] With a hearing now anticipated on December 19th, the dispute over the Ritz Carlton Masai Mara Safari Camp is once again shifting from headlines toward the courtroom where the facts may finally be…
Africa cannot achieve peace without women
We’re killing the goose that lays the egg
Kenya Police Officers after arriving from Haiti at the Embakasi Air Base in Nairobi on December 9, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] First, a moment of silence for our brothers, police constables Samuel Kaetuai Tompoi, who fell in Haiti, and Benedict Kabiru,…
I used to wonder what was special about the late Bishop Philip Sulumeti, the retired and…
If there is one thing that amazes keen readers about Meja Mwangi writing, it was his…
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing executive orders in the Oval Office of…
Veteran writer and thespian David Mulwa, who died on December 5 aged 80.[FILE,Standard] Veteran writer and thespian David Mulwa, who died on December 5 aged 80, was, no doubt, a true colossus of Kenyan literature. Not only was he a teacher…
President William Ruto and US President Donald Trump after the signing of a peace deal between the DRC and Rwanda at the Donald J Trump…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
Those familiar with my political philosophy know that I am not a political puritan. Political puritans demand strict adherence to ideological principles, often rejecting…
Many Kenyans in developed countries work in the healthcare industry. One subset of this industry is caregiving. If you have elderly parents, you probably have…
Graduation cap on a stack of books. [Courtesy/GettyImages] In recent years, many Kenyan universities have become theatres of a strange and recurring drama around…
President Ruto with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) leader General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo at State house on January 3, 2024. [File Courtesy] When Kenya embraced multiparty democracy in…
