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
Ballot boxes for Mumbuni North ward by-election at Mumbuni Girls in Machakos County, on November 26, 2025. [John Muia, Standard] Here’s a question. Did…
Gen-z youths in Kitengela protest to mark one year since their colleagues were killed as they protested Finance Bill 2024. [ Jenipher Wachie, Standard]…
Moon as seen during the Super Blue Blood Moon on January 31st 2018,the rare event occurs every 150years combining three Lunar events:Supermoon,total lunar eclipse…
Nalondo special School performing a cultural Dance titled Elaputopu during the National Drama and Film Festival Gala at Melvin Jones Academy in Nakuru on April 15,2025.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard]…