The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media
platforms spanning newspaper print operations, television, radio broadcasting,
digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as a leading
multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and
international interest.
Journalist Stephen Muiruri with his mother Mary Muchiri during a thanksgiving service at his ancestral home at Karenge Village, Kiambu County, in April 2010. [File, Standard]
Frail and emaciated, I walked unsteadily like a drunkard into the oncologist's office at Nairobi's MP Shah Hospital.
Behind a mahogany desk sat a middle height and stout man with a warm smile. A friendly man, he could afford a smile. I couldn't return his smile because my mouth was badly bruised. My whole body was blazing with pain.
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