Opinion
Audio By Vocalize President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has gone on a charm offensive to woo Somalia’s clan elders to his corner. [AFP] With just two weeks before his four-year mandate comes to an end, President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has…
Audio By Vocalize Industrial sugar is used for the production of commercial food and not for household consumption.[Courtesy] A recent exposé by The Standard on industrial sugar finding its way to tables in Kenyan homes highlights the health…
Audio By Vocalize A man arrives to lay flowers at a memorial for the victims of…
Audio By Vocalize The recent clash between US President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has…
Audio By Vocalize National Identification cards.[Courtesy] The issuance of national identity cards has quietly morphed into…
Audio By Vocalize Ballot boxes at Ruaraka constituency tallying centre, Stima Club, Nairobi, on August 11, 2022. [File, Standard] “Leo wacheni niseme kinitoke.” This Swahili slang means ‘allow me to free myself by saying it all!’ For far too long,…
Audio By Vocalize Basic Education PS, Prof Julius Bitok, before the Public Accounts Committee at Bunge Towers, Parliament, Nairobi, April 22, 2026. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] While…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi flanked by MCA’s addresses journalists at the County Headquarters of green leaf tea fraud by tea factories in the county…
Land was at the centre of reform when Kenya adopted the 2010 Constitution. Title deeds, long elusive and contested, were meant to symbolise dignity,…
Audio By Vocalize Supreme Court in Nairobi. Concerns about judicial integrity have also resurfaced in public debate. [File, Standard] The Standard’s weekend headline landed with…
Participants at a rally hold a banner with the slogan “Climate crisis does not wait for government crisis”. On the occasion of COP 29 in Baku,…