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…
The purchasing power of employed Kenyans is estimated to have declined by about 12 per cent, eroded by rising living costs and heavier statutory deductions.…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
Our Constitution reads like a moral compass, but our daily life is steered by something else: fractured loyalties, ethnic instincts, and hardened cynicism. [AFP]…
Raila Odinga and Martha Karua. [File, Standard] There are moments in a nation’s life when words feel too small for the weight they must…
Cargo Vessel Mv X-Press Kilimanjaro at the port of Mombasa.[FILE] Beginning October 1, 2025, clearing goods at Mombasa Port has not been business as usual. Whether you…
Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga recently named a street after herself. [Courtesy, Meta] At the start of my first year at Maseno University, my…
