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Ruto's UDA litmus test as Raila faces headache in ODM over party polls

President William Ruto faces a dilemma on how to deal with fringe parties that supported his presidential bid in 2022 but have refused to fold.

By Sunday Standard Team 1 year ago

Ruto's UDA litmus test as Raila faces headache in ODM over party polls

Raila's moment of truth as new budget looms, ultimatum lapses

Raila's moment of truth as new budget looms, ultimatum lapses

By Sunday Standard Team 1 year ago

'Handshake to Power, or Kiss of Political Death?' A Central Question of this Election

'Handshake to Power, or Kiss of Political Death?' A Central Question of this Election

By Sunday Standard Team 2 years ago

Coast's traditional giants stay put, more public schools shine

Coast's traditional giants stay put, more public schools shine

By Sunday Standard Team 2 years ago

Inside Dr Abdisamad’s 12-day captivity horror that shocked the nation

His friends had warned him that his critical views on Somalia’s opposition groups would cost him his life.

By Sunday Standard Reporter 3 years ago

Inside Dr Abdisamad’s 12-day captivity horror that shocked the nation

Uhuru reads riot act to Jubilee leaders and pledges to unite Mt Kenya political parties

Sources say he told the MPs campaigning for re-election that they are on their own.

By Sunday Standard team 3 years ago

Uhuru reads riot act to Jubilee leaders and pledges to unite Mt Kenya political parties

Road carnage claims 14 lives in two days

Oil tanker from Nairobi was trying to overtake another vehicle when it collided head-on with PSV, killing nine on the spot

By Sunday Standard team 3 years ago

Road carnage claims 14 lives in two days

Chaos as police block roads to restrict travel

Citizens caught in rush to enter or leave five lockdown counties. Authorities had a hard time controlling surge of motorists on the highways

By Sunday Standard team 3 years ago

Chaos as police block roads to restrict travel

Fallen Coast political giants plot comeback

Three former governors are among Coast politicians preparing to return next year after they were left in the cold after losing in the last polls.

By Sunday Standard team 3 years ago

Fallen Coast political giants plot comeback

Facing Mount Kenya, Raila battles for its control

Without a clear heir apparent for the first time in over five decades, the vote-rich region is now divided between Raila and Ruto.

By Sunday Standard team 3 years ago

Facing Mount Kenya, Raila battles for its control

It's a boys club

Leaders claim proposals clawing back on gains made and debate has generated more heat than light.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

It's a boys club

Why MPs will be most powerful politicians if proposals are passed

It is worth noting that proposed expansion of Executive as prescribed by BBI presents tough choices for any politician on which seat to run for.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Why MPs will be most powerful politicians if proposals are passed

Reforms will not raise our wage bill, Raila tells Kenyans

Opposition chief says premier and his deputies will be MPs and will be remunerated as such with little allowances.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Reforms will not raise our wage bill, Raila tells Kenyans

Parents flock shops ahead of schools reopening

Some of the immediate concerns for the schools was reconnection of amenities such as water and electricity which had been disconnected due to non-paym

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Parents flock shops ahead of schools reopening

Uhuru, Ruto tiff exposes battle for control of church

The desire by both Ruto and Uhuru to meet members of the Akorino church has revealed the important role the church plays in Kenya’s politics.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Uhuru, Ruto tiff exposes battle for control of church

Don’t target us unfairly, Mudavadi begs police

As the officers scuttled Mudavadi and Wetang’ula’s political meeting in Emuhaya, Oparanya’s and Eugene’s gathering went on smoothly at Kibabii Univers

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Don’t target us unfairly, Mudavadi begs police

Six airlifted to city hospital after police chopper crash

Four of them are Eastern Region Security Committee members who were going for a security meeting in Marsabit.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Six airlifted to city hospital after police chopper crash

Inside DP Ruto's secret talks with Nandi elders

Deputy President said to have atoned for "neglecting" the clan as he humbly sat among elders.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Inside DP Ruto's secret talks with Nandi elders

Alarm as truck drivers turn into super spreaders

Officials say the long-distance road users have devised ways of dodging checkpoints undetected.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Alarm as truck drivers turn into super spreaders

Pastors turn to God for bread as virus swallows up tithes, offerings

Bishops decry that the same people the church depends on have lost their businesses and jobs and are no longer giving offerings.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Pastors turn to God for bread as virus swallows up tithes, offerings

Three killed, over 1,000 acres of maize destroyed by floods

Floods and landslides run amok, rendering people homeless and hungry, even as rains show no signs of subsiding.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Three killed, over 1,000 acres of maize destroyed by floods

House of betrayal: Ruthless interests that build, destroy political careers

The Public Accounts Committee has produced two presidents since reintroduction of multiparty democracy and modelled the current crop of senior politic

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

House of betrayal: Ruthless interests that build, destroy political careers

Why churches must devise novel methods to survive

Interviews with the clergy, administrators show churches are now poorer than proverbial church mouse.

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Why churches must devise novel methods to survive

Fireworks as Raila and Ruto camps clash over BBI report

ODM leader insists that report means well for the nation as Ruto camp claims rallies are sidelining groups and divisive

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Fireworks as Raila and Ruto camps clash over BBI report

Lawyers tell CJ to reject blackmail over budget cut

The Chief Justice cut a reconciliatory tone and pleaded with the President to intervene and address challenges the Judiciary is facing

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Lawyers tell CJ to reject blackmail over budget cut

Ruto’s Mt Kenya allies warn against costly referendum

Kieleweke leaders give meeting a wide berth as Kiraitu, Njuki and Munya insist process must be people-driven

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

Ruto’s Mt Kenya allies warn against costly referendum

One killed, scores displaced as downpour wreaks havoc

Red Cross says Marsabit, Isiolo, Moyale and Samburu are the most affected counties

By Sunday Standard team 4 years ago

One killed, scores displaced as downpour wreaks havoc

Farmers upbeat as banana factory set to improve earnings

Farmers in Kisii County will no longer have to sell their bananas and avocados at throwaway prices due to lack of market.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Farmers upbeat as banana factory set to improve earnings

Anxiety as DCI probes team over Likoni ferry deaths

Kighenda’s widower John Wambua said the retrieved car was in parking gear and the handbrake engaged

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Anxiety as DCI probes team over Likoni ferry deaths

The pain of county staff not getting paid for months

Many of them are yet to take their children back to school while others live in constant debts accumulated by a sad history of delayed salaries

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

The pain of county staff not getting paid for months

Oloo’s fate hangs in the balance as mall probe begins

Suspects face 11 counts ranging from conspiracy to defraud, abuse of office, to unlawful acquisition of public property

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Oloo’s fate hangs in the balance as mall probe begins

Why State seems in a rush to blow away billions in costly getaways

Hotels at the Coast and Naivasha have been reporting increased businesses in conference and workshops from ministries, parastatals.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Why State seems in a rush to blow away billions in costly getaways

Revealed: Shock of detained bodies and patients over unpaid billions

New report by a special task force also recommends far-reaching changes to lessen the suffering of families that can’t offset medical bills

By Sunday Standard Reporter 5 years ago

Revealed: Shock of detained bodies and patients over unpaid billions

We’re just doing our work and it’s good for all, scribes plead

A number of reporters have been attacked and injured by police officers, some even killed because of their work.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

We’re just doing our work and it’s good for all, scribes plead

Blow as 3,000 trainee teachers sent home

TSC had rejected CS move to lower the entry grades to C- for diploma and D plain for certificate courses

By Sunday Standard Reporter 5 years ago

Blow as 3,000 trainee teachers sent home

ODM’s tough questions after loss

Little known party upstages ODM in Ugenya as Wiper defies NASA sibling rivalry to carry the day in Embakasi South.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

ODM’s tough questions after loss

Dairy farmers countrywide oppose proposed regulations

Dairy farmers across the country have reacted angrily to draft industry regulations, which they say are favourable to big corporates

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Dairy farmers countrywide oppose proposed regulations

Pressure piles on Ruto over stand on graft war

Leaders tell DP to stop discrediting investigative agencies and let suspects face prosecution

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Pressure piles on Ruto over stand on graft war

Raila, Ruto war explodes yet again

Ruto defends Jubilee projects from being demonised with eye on the presidency as Raila pokes holes in his integrity.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Raila, Ruto war explodes yet again

How Uhuru trip exposed bitter political divisions in Gusii

MPs unhappy they were denied chance to address presidential meeting, say Matiang’i hogged all the limelight.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

How Uhuru trip exposed bitter political divisions in Gusii

Beauty who married three Al Shabaab men

Fatuma told her family she had moved in with a man from Nyanza, later identified as Kassim Omolo who was wanted for the 1998 bombing

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Beauty who married three Al Shabaab men

A peek into Ukunda’s dance with radical minds

The men, arrested 18 months earlier, had been fingered by several international agencies and governments over alleged links to terror cells.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

A peek into Ukunda’s dance with radical minds

Radicalisation: The hardcore clerics Kenya cannot wait to forget

From Rogo and Makaburi to Sheikh Rimo before them, radical Islam found ground in Mombasa and soon spread inland to Nairobi and beyond.

By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago

Radicalisation: The hardcore clerics Kenya cannot wait to forget

Wiper leaders rebut ODM claims on Embakasi South

But Wiper’s former director Henry Rop said ODM was the one to back-off.

By Sunday Standard Reporter 5 years ago

Wiper leaders rebut ODM claims on Embakasi South

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