Opinion
What did you do with the optimism and exuberance of independence? Two young men in their early 20s, wasted no time: Peter Kimani King’ori aka Ndichu wa Kingúra (1947-2020) and Francis Macharia Mbuthia (born 1944). They had just settled in…
Kenya Pipeline Company storage facility in Nairobi. [File, Standard] I was thinking about this privatisation bug that seems to have bitten the powers that be and I concluded that, as much as every government has to set its…
Youth during a past Gen Z protest in Mombasa. To transform Kenya’s youth bulge into a…
The church in Kenya stands again at a moral crossroads. In the last election, it did…
Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni hugs an indigenous tree in Nyeri. [Courtesy] On a cold night in…
President William Ruto during the Jamhuri Day celebrations at Nyayo National Stadium on Friday. [PCS] It was Mozambique’s Moisés Samora Machel who told his countrymen that the day they see their enemies praising him, they must be alert, because that…
The new normal is that we learn about all breaking news, both real and fake, from social media. This is courtesy of “citizen journalism”, where…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
A teacher takes pupils through a lesson under a makeshift classroom in Turkana county. [File, Standard] Kenya loves to celebrate its education milestones, such…
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…
When the National Assembly rose from its seats last week, a rare scene unfolded: both sides of the aisle applauded a unanimous vote. But…
Starehe Girls’ Centre Director, Sister Jane Soita (right), businessman Manu Chandaria and students, after the institution was declared the Global High Schools (Africa) winner…