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
Treasury CS John Mbadi and PS Chris Kiptoo with the International Monetary Fund team during the 2025 Spring Meetings. [File, Standard] We live in…
Youth during Sasa Sasa protest in Kitengela, on July 7, 2025. [File, Standard] Something has fundamentally shifted in Kenya. The Gen Z-led protests of…
Standard Gauge Railways (SGR) Nairobi Terminus . December 6th,2024. [FILE/Standard] Think tanks and diplomats have argued that the country is not utilising the Standard…
Moi University is facing a financial crisis that is threatening service delivery. [File, Standard] One major difference between the Greek and Roman empires was…