3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (642+ words) Women fetch water from the rehabilitated Kaliwa Kasyungemi earth dam in Mwingi. [File, Standard] This week, as I prepared for the "Kitui Run for Rain" race, the country woke up to yet another school tragedy where 16 girls died at Utumishi…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (453+ words) Opposition leaders have accused the government of neglecting critical education infrastructure and failing to protect learners, arguing that weaknesses in school systems continue to expose students to preventable tragedies. The remarks come amid growing public concern following recent incidents in…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago  (144+ words) standardmedia. co. ke House committees changes signal broad-based coalition's headache A fresh shake-up of the National Assembly committees has exposed the broad-based government's headache of averting a fallout within the coalition ahead of the next General Election. While the changes…...

8+ hour, 41+ min ago  (511+ words) Various leaders have expressed growing concern over the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in the country, urging the government to intensify efforts to combat the vice and protect women and children from abuse. Speaking during the burial of 14-year-old…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago  (17+ words) Trizah Eyanae: From hiding in the bush to leading peace talks across Northern Kenya standardmedia. co. ke...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago  (82+ words) standardmedia. co. ke The Gachagua- Methu vs Malala Nyoro tug of war Deep cracks are developing in Rigathi Gachagua's Democracy for Citizen's Party (DCP) because of some unilateral decisions he is allegedly making without Deputy Party Leader Cleophas Malala's input....

8+ hour, 1+ min ago  (240+ words) Health workers stand in a new Ebola treatment center during a visit of WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Bunia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, on May 31, 2026. [AFP] The Ebola conversation in Kenya is not just a medical…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago  (138+ words) ODM's moment of reckoning: Why Kisumu rally will test party unity standardmedia. co. ke ODM's moment of reckoning: Why Kisumu rally will test party unity ODM party leader Oburu Oginga during the Nyanza aspirants conference in Kisumu on May 25, 2026. [Emmanuel…...

11+ hour, 10+ min ago  (105+ words) standardmedia. co. ke Confidence gap: Ruto's credibility test in politics of competing truths Chinua Achebe made famous the Igbo proverb about the lizard of the iroko tree. The little reptile that jumped from the high tree said he would praise…...

9+ hour, 50+ min ago  (87+ words) standardmedia. co. ke Trizah Eyanae: From hiding in the bush to leading peace talks across Northern Kenya More than two decades ago, gunshots shattered the silence of a night in Samburu County. A young girl woke to her mother's urgent…...