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
I was once a village boy in Homa-Bay County, Kenya. Today, I’m a medical doctor, a development finance specialist, an educationist, and a…
Nakuru ASK Chairman Perminus Migwi inspect a demo farm at the Nakuru ASK Show grounds on June 16, 2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] The…
Journalist covering anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests in Nairobi on June 27, 2024. [File, Standard] The digital revolution has radically transformed how news and information…
When Raila Odinga planted a tree at Awendo Sub County Hospital in Migori County on April 2019. [File, Standard] At dawn, the mist over…