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View More NewsWorkers at the Iviani fruit processing plant that exports mangoes to the US. [File, Standard] Latest report by a global trade body shows that while developing economies struggled to frontload…
Stanbic Bank branch on Kenyatta Avenue, Nairobi. [File, Two businessmen have sued Stanbic Bank over Sh101 million loan whose interest they say has been accumulating. In the case filed at…
Employees sorting and grading dried ginger at the Horizon Group Africa plant in Kaduna. [Courtesy] Kenyan farmers and entrepreneurs could soon benefit from a wave of fresh capital after a…
Employees sorting and grading dried ginger at the Horizon Group Africa plant in Kaduna. [Courtesy] Kenyan farmers and entrepreneurs could soon benefit from a wave of fresh capital after a…
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Youths during Gen Z protests in Naivasha. [File, Standard] It is exactly three years since President William Ruto narrowly won the presidential election. To be honest, he has very little to show. He keeps on…
A section of Mandera town. Since independence, only Mandera Township has been classified, planned, and surveyed as urban, but the rest of the county remains largely unplanned and unclassified. [File, Standard] There is no doubt…
Members of the Somali National Army during a previous training. [Courtesy, UNSOS] Regional leaders head to the United Nations General Assembly this month where a side meeting will focus on securing financing for the AU’s…
Africa leaders need to grow a pair of cojones and either drop this ambitious climate change talk or tell a few truths to the polluters that, going forward, Africa will only deal based on certain…
Arts & Culture
Charles Gachanja brings Bible stories to life in one-man comedy show A one-man performance that gives a modern twist to Biblical stories goes on stage today at the Nairobi Institute of Music & Performing Arts (Nimpa). Charles Gachanja…
Sheng, slam and social media reshape Kenya’s poetry scene Poetry in Kenya has burst beyond the…
What September’s Blood Moon means for moon lovers, spiritual seekers Moon lovers can step outside tonight…
Someday We Overflow: Sherie Ngigi’s messy exploration of vulnerability Sherie Margaret Ngigi’s new photography series titled…
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National Treasury CS John Mbadi addresses the media on the status of e-government procurement system at the Treasury Building, Nairobi, on August 28, 2025. [File,…
Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) Pension Towers located along Harambee Avenue in Nairobi CBD on March 07, 2024. [File, Standard] A review by The Standard of the latest Central Bank data shows Citibank…
Opposition leaders Kalonzo Musyoka, Rigathi Gachagua, Fred Matiang’i, Martha Karua and Eugene Wamalwa during an Interdenominational thanksgiving at Gachagua’s Wamunyoro home in Nyeri County,…
The late lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu. [Courtesy] Slain lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu was deeply in debt. He faced court cases filed by several companies…