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…
Kakamega Book Club members led by Prof. Egara Kabaji (seated right) and Esther Azinga Wanga (seated center) the Author of the book Job loss A…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
Military officers escort the casket bearing the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga after the funeral service in Bondo, on October 19, 2025.…
Kenya faces mounting pressure to eliminate harmful trans fats from its food supply. [File, Standard] Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of mortality…
Former President Uhuru Kenyatta during the requiem mass of Pope Francis at Holy Family Minor Basilica, Nairobi, on April 25, 2025 [Elvis Ogina, Standard]…
President William Ruto and Deputy President Prof Kindiki Kithure arrive for a Cabinet Meeting at State House, Nairobi on 29/4/2025. [PCS] Has “bottom-up” now…
