Opinion
Audio By Vocalize A project funded by the Rangwe NG-CDF. [File, Standard] Kenya’s development story is often told through grand infrastructure: gleaming highways, railways, and other mega projects. Yet beneath this narrative lies a quieter, more impactful driver of change:…
Audio By Vocalize The recent clash between US President Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has attracted widespread attention. [AFP] The recent clash between Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV has attracted widespread attention, not simply as a…
Audio By Vocalize National Identification cards.[Courtesy] The issuance of national identity cards has quietly morphed into…
Audio By Vocalize Image supplied. [Courtesy] North Eastern Kenya has been silently handed a grand document…
Audio By Vocalize A general view of a deserted avenue in Dar Es Salaam on December…
Audio By Vocalize Busia Woman Representative Catherine Omanyo during an ODM meeting in Nairobi on March 27, 2026.[Boniface Okendo, Standard] Power is grabbed, not given. It might sound like one of those casual political lines, but it’s the stark reality…
Audio By Vocalize The judiciary: where delay becomes routine and urgency optional. [File, Standard] The Kenyan Judiciary is a marvel of patience. It teaches endurance.…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
Gen-Z protesters along Kenyatta Avenue as they remembered 60 young people who died in last year’s finance bill demonstrations on June 25, 2025. [Kanyiri Wahito,…
Charlie Kirk. [Photo:AFP] Kirk was against minorities, but he didn’t have to die The heartless killing of Charlie Kirk while doing what he does…
Audio By Vocalize The late Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o. [FILE] The late literary luminary Prof Ngugi wa Thiong’o, in a televised interview, once asserted…
Graduation cap on a stack of books. [Courtesy/GettyImages] In recent years, many Kenyan universities have become theatres of a strange and recurring drama around…