×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Home To Bold Columnists
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download App
Premium
This Easter, Kenya must eliminate asbestos before the next generation suffers its health effects.
Kenyan's urged to remove the asbestos roofing for green alternative during this Easter season
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
This Easter, Kenya must eliminate asbestos before the next generation suffers its health effects.
When leadership becomes a circus, citizens provide a willing audience
Here is the uncomfortable truth. Our leaders are not visitors from another planet. They are a mirror. We elected them.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
When leadership becomes a circus, citizens provide a willing audience
Kenyan farmers don't lack land or rain, make machinery affordable
Many nations search far and wide for food security, yet part of Kenya's solution has been quietly sitting in our fields for years
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Kenyan farmers don't lack land or rain, make machinery affordable
Premium
Kenya Airways must be rebuilt as key national system of trust
In aviation, the true test of leadership is not how you take off, but how you recover when the sky refuses you.
By Isaac Kalua Green 1 month ago
Kenya Airways must be rebuilt as key national system of trust
Premium
How Malindi runway can unlock Kenya's next chapter of growth
Tourism brought in over Sh400 billion for Kenya last year, supporting workers in hospitality, agriculture, transport, and culture.
By Isaac Kalua Green 2 months ago
How Malindi runway can unlock Kenya's next chapter of growth
How we can feed the world by turning livestock into a system
On a rare and unforgettable afternoon, the late Honourable Mulu Mutisya invited me to his home in Machakos, not for a ceremony or praise, but to share wisdom.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
How we can feed the world by turning livestock into a system
Premium
Muthengi's silent lesson on how we could stop corruption cartels
Corruption persists because it is sustained. It depends on routine, fear, silence, and predictability.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Muthengi's silent lesson on how we could stop corruption cartels
Kenya merely leaking prosperity and we mistakenly call it scarcity
A man hurried onto a dala dala, eager to reach town and see his sick mother, but he had no money.
By Isaac Kalua Green 3 months ago
Kenya merely leaking prosperity and we mistakenly call it scarcity
Why it's new thinking, not a New Year, that brings about change
One of the quickest ways to rebuild jobs and dignity isn't found in a budget speech, it's quietly hanging in our wardrobes.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Why it's new thinking, not a New Year, that brings about change
Premium
Why Kenya should 'fly' her roads like an airline this festive season
Every December, Kenya turns into one long road home. Families travel at night, matatus race against time, buses overflow with hope.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
Why Kenya should 'fly' her roads like an airline this festive season
By hugging a tree for 72 hours, Muthoni has challenged Africa
Over the years, Kenyans have passionately been helping to ensure the survival of over 980 million trees.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
By hugging a tree for 72 hours, Muthoni has challenged Africa
Premium
How Uesugi Yozan blueprint can guide Kenya towards first world
Watching his success showed me that Yozan's principles are not just historical ideas; they are alive, practical and transformative.
By Isaac Kalua Green 4 months ago
How Uesugi Yozan blueprint can guide Kenya towards first world
Premium
Why Kenya should listen to its numbers on our lived realities
One number caught my attention this week. Not because I am a statistician, I am not, but because for the past 30 years.
By Isaac Kalua Green 5 months ago
Why Kenya should listen to its numbers on our lived realities
Why Kenya must listen to its numbers about lived realities
Kenya has a Sh16.2 trillion economy growing at about five per cent, yet more than 16 million people cannot afford a basic meal.
By Isaac Kalua Green 5 months ago
Why Kenya must listen to its numbers about lived realities
Premium
Let COP30 be the year Africa acts boldly on tackling climate change
For thirty years, the world has come together under the UN's blue banners to combat climate change. We have produced countless reports, inspiring speeches and endless statements.
By Isaac Kalua Green 5 months ago
Let COP30 be the year Africa acts boldly on tackling climate change
Why the food we eat is eating us, what we can do about that
Urban shelves are filled with chips, sugary drinks, and white bread, while traditional foods like millet, sorghum, cassava, and beans are often relegated to the background.
By Isaac Kalua Green 5 months ago
Why the food we eat is eating us, what we can do about that
Kenya doesn't need more hospitals, it needs healthier ecosystems
Firstly, Kenya must shift from treatment budgets to prevention investments.
By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago
Kenya doesn't need more hospitals, it needs healthier ecosystems
Premium
When leadership forgets about taxpayer, nation pays the price
Short-term thinking is our nation's biggest weakness. It quietly damages us in small, but persistent ways.
By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago
When leadership forgets about taxpayer, nation pays the price
He chose the forest over votes, now let each of us plant 80 trees
There was a day when Raila Amolo Odinga chose those waters over applause. He stood for restoration when it was easier to promise comfort.
By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago
He chose the forest over votes, now let each of us plant 80 trees
Political unity must demonstrate that it can improve Kenyans' lives
Kenya can't import another nation's politics, but it can adopt that same insistence that unity is only proven when households improve.
By Isaac Kalua Green 6 months ago
Political unity must demonstrate that it can improve Kenyans' lives
Why power rightfully belongs to registered voters and not brokers
Politics should be among the people, not just in meeting rooms. Yet dignity requires that leaders are chosen by informed Kenyans, not manufactured by kingmakers.
By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago
Why power rightfully belongs to registered voters and not brokers
Why Kenya's next medal should be in geothermal power sector
Kenya already produces nearly one gigawatt of geothermal power, ranking us among the top six nations worldwide in this sector, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency.
By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago
Why Kenya's next medal should be in geothermal power sector
Energy is the currency of dignity and prosperity for communities
Kenya cannot succeed in global markets if power remains expensive and unreliable
By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago
Energy is the currency of dignity and prosperity for communities
This Sunday is all about trees, truth and real transformation
Each tree proves that when people work together, broken ground can be healed to provide shade, oxygen, food, and hope.
By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago
This Sunday is all about trees, truth and real transformation
A policy that doesn't pay cannot create jobs or trigger real growth
The only jobs Kenya can afford to create are those that secure its future. Green jobs are not a luxury; they are essential.
By Isaac Kalua Green 7 months ago
A policy that doesn't pay cannot create jobs or trigger real growth
Harambee Stars' run shows that success sprouts from leadership
When Nicholas Musonye and his team led the CHAN 2024 tournament, they demonstrated what clean, decisive leadership can accomplish.
By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago
Harambee Stars' run shows that success sprouts from leadership
Why Kenya's motorcycle moment demands we turn plans into cash
A boda boda rider is not just a transporter but a breadwinner. Yet predatory loans and harsh repossession cycles have trapped many.
By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago
Why Kenya's motorcycle moment demands we turn plans into cash
Parliament: House of 'transaction' that has simply refused to step up
Former Speaker Justin Muturi revealed a quieter form of corruption: "sweeteners" embedded in constitutional amendments like the NG-CDF and NGAAF meant to buy MP loyalty.
By Isaac Kalua Green 8 months ago
Parliament: House of 'transaction' that has simply refused to step up
When school bells stop ringing, who steps in to parent children?
We must remind ourselves of this truth: every child follows the path available to them, and in today's Kenya, that path is lined with both golden bridges and dark alleys.
By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago
When school bells stop ringing,  who steps in to parent children?
Kenya's elders continue working since the system has failed them
A generation is working far beyond its strength, not out of choice but out of desperate necessity.
By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago
Kenya's elders continue working since the system has failed them
Why cleaning Nairobi rivers is a game changer, act of patriotism
While our nation is distracted by noise and political unrest, something quietly significant is unfolding; not on television or social media, but along the banks of Nairobi's rivers.
By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago
Why cleaning Nairobi rivers is a game changer, act of patriotism
New IEBC team should make our elections not always smell blood
Today, around this fire, I welcome the seven of you. You are the newly sworn team of Kenya's Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission.
By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago
New IEBC team should make our elections not always smell blood
Reject Passaris Bill and adopt intelligence over suppression
There are two times when wise people avoid making decisions: When they are too angry or too excited. Kenya has ignored both.
By Isaac Kalua Green 9 months ago
Reject Passaris Bill and adopt intelligence over suppression
Let's break the silence and stem the growing mental health crisis
I choose to sound like a broken record this week because I believe this quiet national crisis could soon overwhelm us if we don't sit up and pay attention.
By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago
Let's break the silence and stem the growing mental health crisis
Empower farmers for genuine economic growth, less politics
Beyond politics: Growing Kenya's economy by empowering farmers.
By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago
Empower farmers for genuine economic growth, less politics
How CBK's bold moves can help unlock our economy's potential
CBK's bold moves: Fuelling Kenya's growth from the ground up.
By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago
How CBK's bold moves can help unlock our economy's potential
How we can address rising cost of living, averting a fresh crisis
Tackling the cost of living surge and strategies to prevent the next economic shock.
By Isaac Kalua Green 10 months ago
How we can address rising cost of living, averting a fresh crisis
Kenya must take a long, hard look at its moral fabric for better future
At the 22nd National Prayer Breakfast in Nairobi, American preacher and former NFL player Rickey Bolden delivered words that brought the room to a hush and, momentarily, a nation to reflection.
By Isaac Kalua Green 11 months ago
Kenya must take a long, hard look at its moral fabric for better future
Touch "the chameleon" in SHA to reform Kenya's healthcare system
For years, the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) crawled along, burdened by scandals, inefficiencies, and a growing trust deficit.
By Isaac Kalua Green 11 months ago
Touch "the chameleon" in SHA to reform Kenya's healthcare system
Let's tackle silent hazard of CO2 pollution in our vehicles, homes
Who knows if the constant bickering and confusion in our political space partly stem from prolonged exposure to high CO2 concentrations in vehicles?
By Isaac Kalua Green 11 months ago
Let's tackle silent hazard of CO2 pollution in our vehicles, homes
Gachagua slams Ruto's economic policies
Politics
By Mate Tongola
6 hrs ago