Opinion
Audio By Vocalize Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Hotel at dusk.[iStockphoto] With a high degree of confidence, a safe assumption can be made that, of any part of the world, the word ‘Singapore’ currently receives the highest mentions in Kenya. The…
Audio By Vocalize Roads flooded after torrential rains in Nairobi on March 7, 2026. [Nicholas Biwott, Standard] Whenever Nairobi experiences heavy rains, we are treated to the usual disastrous scenes; impassable roads, flooded homes, closed shops, learning disruption in…
Audio By Vocalize Roads flooded after torrential rains in Nairobi on March 7, 2026. [Nicholas Biwott, Standard]…
Audio By Vocalize An aerial view of Wilson Airport in Nairobi. [File, Standard] The release of…
President William Ruto meeting a delegation at State House.[File, Standard] I sometimes watch nature documentaries, and…
Audio By Vocalize Kenya is benchmarking its economic transformation agenda against Singapore despite wide gaps in GDP, productivity and income levels. [File Courtesy] Kenya is a key economic player in East Africa with a population of nearly 55 million, and…
Audio By Vocalize A truck ferrying the first crude oil consignment from Lokichar, Turkana, arrives at the Changamwe KPRL storage facility in Mombasa on June 7, 2018.…
Weekly Opnions Round Up
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,…
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu takes oath of office during her inauguration in Dodoma on November 3, 2025. [AFP] When Burkina Faso’s military ruler, Captain…
Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka addresses a past press conference. [File, Standard] Democratic Action Party of Kenya leader Eugene Wamalwa has put forward a new…
Children and morans (youths) fetch water from Oloisogut sub-surface river in Ol Donyiro area in Isiolo County. [Courtesy] “Climate change is a threat multiplier…