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…
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Our youth should be empowered from bottom up
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
Locals in Sultan Hamud and Emali, Makueni County cheer up politicians during a political rally. [File, Standard] A governor from one of the counties…
Post-Saba Saba Day, allegations of an attempted coup, calls for police to shoot or maim looters, and mass arrests have raised serious concerns about…
An officer from CropNut takes samples of Kale at Joseph Mwangi’s vegetable farm in Bahati Nakuru county on June 4,2025. [Kipsang Joseph,Standard] Land related…
Lions waiting for pray at the Maasai Mara river. [FILE/Standard} Whoever said ‘seeing is believing’ couldn’t be more right. This week, I got an…