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 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
Somaliland Mission in Kenya premises at Runda, Nairobi on May 29, 2025. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] After the recognition of Somaliland by Israel and this week’s high-profile visit by the…
One of the hottest literary issues of my youth was the supremacy war between two types of fiction writing in Africa. There was what…
A section of Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) train at Syokimau in Nairobi.[David Njaaga, Standard] I took the SGR to the Coast last weekend, partly because I…
Cartoon businessman giving a bribe. [Courtesy/GettyImages] In September 2024, New York City Mayor Eric Adams was arrested over allegations of bribery and failure to…
