Opinion
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention declared Mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security in August 2024. One year after the first case was detected at the Taita Taveta border, Kenya is facing a troubling surge in…
President William Ruto during the Hustler Fund launch on November 30, 2022 in Nairobi. [File, Standard] Once again, the Kenyan government is selling hope in a glittering package with the launch of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement…
US President Donald Trump during an event with Apple CEO Tim Cook in the Oval Office…
Workers packaging flowers at Oserian Flowers in Naivasha. [File, Standard] Kenyan floriculture industry, a jewel in…
The governance of digital rights in East Africa is rapidly crystallising as one of the region’s…
President William Ruto during the commissioning of the cyberknife, the latest technology in the treatment of cancer at Kenyatta University referral hospital on April 24, 2023. [FILE/ Standard] On the National Cancer Institute of Kenya’s website, numbers tell the grim story of the ravages…
President William Ruto addresses residents after the launch of the Sogoo-Melelo-Ololung’a road during a tour of Narok County, on May 7, 2025. [File, Standard] In…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
Pit latrines at Kumwanda flood displacement camp that has been filled up, risking diseases like diarrhoea and cholera among individuals residing at the camp.[Mercy…
ODM leader Raila Odinga. [File, Standard] The lead story in the June 23, 2025 edition of The Standard newspaper was a gross misrepresentation of…
Wiper Democratic Movement Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka, Fred Matiang’i, Martha Karua, Rigathi Gachagua,Eugene Wamalwa,Mukhisa Kituyi, Justine Muturi, Mithika Linturi during a meeting in Nairobi today…
President William Ruto is welcomed by his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. With them is…