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…
Mwalimu David Kakuta Mulwa, a legendary icon in the Kenyan creative industry with over 50 years of vast experience and having inspired generations after generations…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
On 15th October, the President assented to several statutes, the most cited being the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes (Amendment) Act, 2025. There has been little…
A woman talking in a boardroom. (Courtesy/iStock) We all hail from different backgrounds and settings. Every Kenyan has a unique way of doing things…
Mps in Parliament.[FILE/Standard] One of the questions in the minds of Kenyans is whether the so-called broad-based duo of President William Ruto and Raila…
CS for Environment, Dr Deborah Barasa, reaffirmed Kenya’s climate leadership and its future-focused climate action plan. May 1, 2025. [File] Congratulations to the government…