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Six hours of terror: Harrowing abduction ordeal for Standard Group editor

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Why Prisons Service is a 'wild jungle' for most inmates

The report on the Kenya Prisons Service exposes a service in crisis plagued by corruption, horrific living conditions, and outdated colonial era laws.

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The human cost of keeping social media clean

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Two murders, bitter family feud and Sh1.5b land war: The deadly revenge in Dr Mutiso's murder

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From fraud to audit obstruction: Why eCitizen empire is under scrutiny

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Who is protecting Opondo Kaluma?

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Dual citizenship claim raises questions on abducted businessman

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Political earthquake: The making of tired but defiant voters

A series of confrontations, heckling incidents and electoral setbacks across Kenya suggests growing public dissatisfaction with political leaders.

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Inside the Sh6.4 billion payroll scam: 14 State agencies, counties implicated

The Standard can authoritatively reveal the 14 most affected departments in the forensic audit into the government's payroll system that uncovered a staggering Sh6.4 billion heist.

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From grace to grass: Wambui wa Ruto's fall

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Prison heist: How rogue payroll clerk transferred Sh41 million

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Be the judge: While PS Omollo denies abductions, families are searching for missing kin

Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo stood before the cameras on Tuesday and declared that Kenya had moved beyond the era of abductions.

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How IG Kanja has been captured by NPSC feud, succession fights

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NTSA under fire after lawyer questions fine payments to private account

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KPA moves to recover Sh43.6m port debt linked to ex-county boss

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Oil workers' union seeks restructuring of Kenya Pipeline board

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Victims, survivors of South C building still waiting for justice

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How CHAN millions vanished from FKF accounts

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US drops fraud case against Adani after 'unusual' offer

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Miwani land circus: How Mumbai-based ghost figure plotted auction of Miwani Sugar

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Nairobi Hospital Director Dr Job Obwaka is dead

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Six hours of terror: Harrowing abduction ordeal for Standard Group editor

It was 9:20 pm on Tuesday when Standard Group Senior Editor Alex Kiprotich made his final desperate call to the company's Head of Security, shouting that he was being abducted in Gilgil.

By David Odongo 2 days ago

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Why Prisons Service is a 'wild jungle' for most inmates

The report on the Kenya Prisons Service exposes a service in crisis plagued by corruption, horrific living conditions, and outdated colonial era laws.

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Sama Source has paid a heavy psychological price to keep these platforms clean and train the algorithms that power social media users.

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Two murders, bitter family feud and Sh1.5b land war: The deadly revenge in Dr Mutiso's murder

A decades-long divorce and land dispute involving Rose Mbithe Mulwa and Prof David Ndetei has resurfaced in the investigation into the murders of lawyer Kyalo Mbobu and Dr Victoria Mutiso.

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From fraud to audit obstruction: Why eCitizen empire is under scrutiny

The World Bank’s five-year ban on Webmasters Kenya and founder James Ayugi over alleged fraud in Somalia has raised concerns about the company’s role in Kenya’s eCitizen platform.

By David Odongo 12 days ago

No arrests yet after daylight robbery at former GSU Commander's residence

Police are yet to make any arrest following the daring daylight robbery at the Kitengela residence of retired Senior Assistant Inspector General Renson Lolmodooni.

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Who is protecting Opondo Kaluma?

Questions are being raised over alleged double standards after Homa Bay Town MP Opondo Kaluma sought to postpone an NCIC summons over alleged hate speech.

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Ebola at State House? 14 staff quarantined as Ruto's Congo trip shelved

President Ruto, who is a busy Head of State and who never rests, could have been exposed had the team made contact with him.

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Dual citizenship claim raises questions on abducted businessman

Questions abound over the true identity of a 51-year-old businessman whose alleged abduction from Nairobi and subsequent deportation to South Sudan has taken a new twist.

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Political earthquake: The making of tired but defiant voters

A series of confrontations, heckling incidents and electoral setbacks across Kenya suggests growing public dissatisfaction with political leaders.

By David Odongo 1 month ago

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Inside the Sh6.4 billion payroll scam: 14 State agencies, counties implicated

The Standard can authoritatively reveal the 14 most affected departments in the forensic audit into the government's payroll system that uncovered a staggering Sh6.4 billion heist.

By David Odongo 1 month ago

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From grace to grass: Wambui wa Ruto's fall

Born and raised in Gachinja, Gatundu South, Wambui's trajectory from a government clerical officer to a business mogul started the mid-1990s, she founded Purma Holdings Limited

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