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 a stretch of land between Namibia and South Africa, a new pipeline is set to carry the promise of Africa’s energy sovereignty. Namibia…
Former athlete Leah Malot at her coffee farm in Kongasis village, Uasin Gishu County, on August 10, 2021. [File, Standard] For generations, maize has been…
Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi delivers a speech at the House of Representatives plenary session in Tokyo on October 24, 2025. [AFP] Sanae Takaichi…
Typically, for safari bookings in Kenya, guests used the traditional way of contacting tour operators, who coordinated lodges, guides, transport, and park permits. While…
