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
Matrimonial property disputes are now common before courts. [Courtesy] There is nothing more intoxicating than love. It blinds, it binds, and it drives men…
University of Nairobi Deputy vice chancellor academic affairs Ayub Gitau ,Tee Ngugi (son of Ngugi wa thiongo),East African Educational Publishers CEO Kiarie Kamau and…
Former Nominated Senator Gloria Orwoba when the Senate Committee on Labour and Social Welfare summoned Labour CS Alfred Mutua over foreign jobs, at Mini…
Julius Migos Ogamba Cabinet Secretary Ministry Of Education speaking during launch of 2025 National Examinations and Assessments Seson.[Wilbrforce Okwiri,Standard] . Homa Bay County Woman Rep Joyce…
