Opinion
Audio By Vocalize The ongoing legal dispute between Kenya Breweries Ltd (KBL) and JILK Construction Company has cast the spotlight on flaws in the system of arbitration as a dispute resolution mechanism and raises questions over its effectiveness. This comes…
Audio By Vocalize Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Hotel at dusk.[iStockphoto] With a high degree of confidence, a safe assumption can be made that, of any part of the world, the word ‘Singapore’ currently receives the highest mentions in…
Audio By Vocalize Shot of an unrecognizable woman using a mobile phone indoors The Court of…
Audio By Vocalize Somalia president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud will join heads of state from the East…
Audio By Vocalize Roads flooded after torrential rains in Nairobi on March 7, 2026. [Nicholas Biwott, Standard]…
Audio By Vocalize Happy International Women’s Day [Courtesy] Much has happened in the struggle for women’s empowerment since the first International Women’s Day on March 19, 1911. A lot, including the landmark fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing between…
Audio By Vocalize From no female governors in 2013 to now seven governors, three senators and 29 constituency seats won by women. [Standard] A few…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
United opposition led by Peoples’s Liberation Party leader Martha Karua and Wiper counterpart Kalonzo Musyoka during a press briefing in Nairobi on July 31, 2025.…
Winnie Odinga’s electrifying speech at ODM@20 anniversary in Mombasa marked a turning point in the party’s future, its identity, and its internal power structure. In a moment loaded…
Former Makueni Governor Kivutha Kibwana during the Mwai Kibaki 2nd Memorial Lecture & Luncheon at Nairobi Serena Hotel on 11th April 2025. [David Gichuru,Standard] President William Ruto’s government…
Novelist Ngugi Wa Thiongó after he was released from detention. [Courtesy] In September 2023 I had occasion to read for the umpteenth time Ngugi…