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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 5 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 5 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
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
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
Senator’s husband arrested over Sh64 million fraud case
Also facing charges alongside Senator Kihika’s husband, Mburu, are Kebs and customs officials.
By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago
Senator’s husband arrested over Sh64 million fraud case
Top schools shocked after their results are withheld
Students from Nyabisawa Girls, Agenga Secondary and Kamotobo Secondary had their results withheld over alleged malpractice.
By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago
Top schools shocked after their results are withheld
Maraga in brush with death as road accidents claim 17 lives
Chief Justice and his wife airlifted to Nairobi after an accident as scores admitted to hospitals with injuries
By Sunday Standard team 5 years ago
Maraga in brush with death as road accidents claim 17 lives
Michuki daughter demands share of his vast wealth
Wanja is accusing his sister and brother of running down their late father’s multi-billion shilling estate
By Sunday Standard team 6 years ago
Michuki daughter demands share of his vast wealth
Ruaraka Land scam ghosts return to haunt Matiang'i
But MPs want matter reverted to the National Assembly and accuse Senators of soliciting for bribes.
By Sunday Standard team 6 years ago
Ruaraka Land scam ghosts return to haunt Matiang'i
Ruto’s new order on maize millions
Farmers want NCBP to be clear on quantity of the maize they will be buying and the price they will buy with
By Sunday Standard team 6 years ago
Ruto’s new order on maize millions
Airstrips cry out for facelift as years of neglect manifest
Four airstrips in Western Kenya are in a desolate state despite constant efforts to give them a makeover.
By Sunday Standard team 6 years ago
Airstrips cry out for facelift as years of neglect manifest
Yes, Governor knew Sharon!
Governor’s close aides say the fact that he is being adversely mentioned in relation to the killing does not oblige him to come out on the defensive
By Sunday Standard team 6 years ago
Yes, Governor knew Sharon!
Kenya falls 17 spots to rank 46 in Africa Visa Openness Index
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By Patrick Vidija and David Njaaga
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Xmas gift for MPs in form of NG-CDF billions
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By Josphat Thiong’o
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