Opinion
President William Ruto presides over the Gold Award presentation at State House, Nairobi on January 21, 2026. [PCS] “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” This quote is attributed to the longest serving First…
A child holds a plate. [GettyImages] This week Kenyan media published a harrowing story with the headline “Chief Clears Orphans To Beg For School Fees.” The chief’s sign and blessing of such humiliation is not charity, it is…
Students in a class. [GettyImages] Technology is the quintessential modern dilemma: while we enthusiastically embrace the…
Students in a class. [GettyImages] Technology is the quintessential modern dilemma: while we enthusiastically embrace the…
Martin Luther King Jr. remains one of the clearest answers to a question the church and…
“Your ‘yes’ to God requires your ‘no’ to all injustice, to all evil, to all lies, to all oppression and violation of the weak and poor…” Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian and preacher, dared all believers at a grave time…
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni addressing the media after casting his vote at a polling station during the presidential elections in Kirihura in western Uganda, February…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
Last week, Kenya honoured Pheroze Nowrojee; a man who stood for the rule of law when it was risky, and for national conscience when…
This week, I found myself reflecting on the relationship between fiction and reality. In most works of fiction, the copyright page invariably comes with…
The National Treasury and Economic Planning Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi during the launch of Economic Survey 2025 in Nairobi on May 6th, 2025.[Standard, Kanyiri…
Prof Igara Kabaji promotes the culture of reading among the young. [Egara Kabaji] I’m writing in response to Prof Egara Kabaji’s article titled “Sorry…
