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View More NewsCBK Governor Kamau Thugge before the National Assembly Committee on Finance and National Planning at Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on March 25, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Major commercial banks are under…
Gantry cranes at the Kenya Ports Authority container terminal in Mombasa. [File, Standard] The Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) has received 10 new Rubber-Tyred Gantry (RTG) cranes as part of the…
CBK Governor Kamau Thugge before the National Assembly Committee on Finance and National Planning at Bunge Towers, Nairobi, on March 25, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard] Major commercial banks are under…
Farmers load some bags of tea leaves into a truck. [File, Standard] The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has urged the Mombasa County government to waive the Sh7,000 charged per truck ferrying tea…
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Smoke emanating over buildings following a Russian air attack, in Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia launched hundreds of drones and…
Rescue workers and residents search for victims in the debris of collapsed houses after a cloudburst in Dolari village, Swabi district, in northern Pakistan’s mountainous…
Opinion
Surgeons performing coronary artery bypass operation. [Courtesy] Every year, thousands of Kenyan families face a quiet but devastating health crisis; congenital and acquired heart disease. Over 5,000 children require open-heart surgery annually in Kenya, not…
President William Ruto chairs a meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change on the sidelines of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. [File, Standard] When a…
Ukraine ambassador to Kenya Andrii Pravednyk. [File, Standard] When I think of my time in Kenya, I often compare it to the cup of the world’s best type of coffee – Arabica. I drink my…
National Assembly Chambers during a previous session. [File, Standard] Recently, tensions within the halls of Parliament have reached a boiling point, with MPs vociferously responding to a pointed accusation from the President that they regularly dip their…
Arts & Culture
Mural artist Viktart Mwangi in action [Courtesy] If you’ve walked through Nairobi’s CBD, you’ve likely seen the colourful murals on buildings such as Extelcoms House and Customs House. Now, the artist behind these stunning works is inviting the…
Ngugi wa Thiong’o unveiled as face of Kenya International Theatre Festival The late Prof. Ngugi wa…
In Kenya today, we are faced with a legal and moral dilemma that demands both common…
Author Stephanie Wambugu (R) alongside her book Lonely Crowds [Courtesy] Debut novels are treasured by readers…
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When President William Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua, then Deputy President enjoyed a cup of tea in the house of Mama Mirriam Njeri in Muranga County after launching…
Nairobi Nakuru highway under construction at Rironi area. [George Njunge, Standard] Crippling traffic jams on the Nairobi-Nakuru Highway, which are increasingly becoming frequent, appear…
Woodley Residents Welfare Society former chairman Sam Gachago (right) and his deputy David Sosah address the Press in Woodley estate, Nairobi. [File, Standard] Leaders of the Woodley Estate Residents Association…
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna (left) and Embakasi East MP Babu Owino and other leaders during during a service at Jesus Teaching Ministry in Nairobi …