EDITORIAL: Kenya Cannot Keep Opening Its Doors While Its Fishermen Face the Perils of a One-Sided Neighbourhood
From Migingo to Hama, Nairobi must confront the widening gap between East African integration and the protection of Kenyan sovereignty. Kenya must decide whether its celebrated hospitality towards East African…
Ruto Sounds Alarm Over Shrinking Family Farms as He Pushes Land Consolidation
President calls for organised family settlements to protect agricultural land, warning that unchecked subdivision could threaten food security and household incomes. President William Ruto has urged Kenyans to reconsider the…
SIAYA VILLAGES IN FOCUS: DR DAVID OREMO PROPOSES FIVE-ZONE PLAN TO BRING DEVOLUTION CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE
A fresh proposal by Dr David Oremo of ACACIA Foundation is challenging the Siaya County Government to take devolution to the doorstep of ordinary citizens through a structured grassroots governance…
Stanbic Bank backs Kenya’s creative economy with global act
Stanbic Bank has reinforced its support for Kenya’s creative economy through its title sponsorship of ‘One Night Only: Brunch Edition with Ne-Yo’. Headlined by three-time Grammy Award-winning R&B superstar Ne-Yo,…
William Oduol Rules Out Siaya Senate Bid, Leaving Governor Race as His Political Horizon
Siaya Deputy Governor CPA Dr William Oduol Denge has categorically dismissed reports that he intends to contest the Siaya Senate seat in the 2027 General Election, describing the claims as…
Senior Police Officer Held Over Alleged Defilement of 16-Year-Old Girl
A senior police officer in Kakamega County has been arrested and detained over allegations that he defiled a 16-year-old girl after allegedly using a fabricated security alert to lure her…
The Orengo Paradox: The Governor Who May Have Outsmarted Siaya Politics — Or Himself
James Aggrey Bob Orengo may have entered one of the strangest phases of his long political career. Whether the Siaya governor ultimately seeks a second term at the county level…
Two Lives, One Enduring Legacy: Remembering Idd Salim and Rajan Solanki
A decade may have passed since Kenya lost two remarkable members of its technology and creative communities, but the memories of Idd Salim and Rajan Solanki remain deeply etched in…
When The Standard Put Opiyo Wandayi on Kenya’s National Political Radar
The Energy CS is no longer appearing merely as the man in charge of electricity, fuel and power policy. The intensity of national scrutiny around him suggests that his political…
An Open Letter to President William Samoei Ruto: Mr President, You Have Siaya’s Attention — Now Make the Right Moves
Dear Mr President, Welcome to Siaya. This time, perhaps more than at any point since you became President, you are walking into a Siaya that is noticeably less hostile, less…
Siaya Nurses Revolt: The Orengo–Ruto Test No One Can Afford to Fail
The nurses’ revolt in Siaya has exposed a much bigger question than whether health workers should return to their wards. It has exposed the uncomfortable fault line between devolution, national…
Rachel Ruto Takes Women Empowerment Drive to Siaya, Links Grassroots Savings to New Economic Opportunities
First Lady Rachel Ruto has taken her grassroots women empowerment campaign to Siaya County, urging women to turn collective savings, table banking and entrepreneurship into sustainable pathways to economic independence.…
Eastleigh’s Somali Success Story Must Not Become a Licence for Xenophobia
There is a difficult question Kenya must confront without fear, prejudice or political convenience: how did a once relatively modest Somali presence in Nairobi evolve into one of the country’s…
‘Godzilla-Level’ El Niño Threatens to Rewrite Global Weather as UN Sounds Alarm
The world is heading towards an extraordinary climate event, with the United Nations warning that a rapidly intensifying El Niño could trigger unprecedented heat, droughts, floods and food insecurity across…
Old Mutual Holdings PLC Records After-tax Profit of KES 882M
Old Mutual Holdings Plc has reported profits after tax of KES 882 million for the six months ended 30 June 2026, up from KES 5 million in the same period…
EDITORIAL: Orengo’s 2027 Bid Raises the Question Kenya’s Opposition Cannot Escape
Kenya’s political class appears to have entered the early stages of the 2027 election campaign with remarkable enthusiasm — and remarkably little agreement on what exactly it wants to offer…
Inside the Siaya Power Lunch: Was a New Political Alliance Hatched in Nairobi?
Six Siaya power brokers sit down for a private Nairobi lunch as key political heavyweights stay away — and suddenly, the county’s 2027 succession battle looks very different It was…
Homa Bay Chaos: Orengo’s ‘One-Term’ Moment Exposes the Cracks in Post-Raila Luo Politics
The violence that greeted the Linda Mwananchi caravan in Homa Bay on Sunday, August 16, 2026, should trouble every Kenyan who still believes that political competition can be conducted without…
Kisumu–Busia Highway: The Corridor Kenya Can No Longer Afford to Postpone
There comes a point when a road project ceases to be a development promise and becomes a test of whether government understands the economy it is supposed to serve. The…
DON’T LET HATRED OF PRESIDENT RUTO BLIND YOUR LOVE FOR KENYA
Opposing a president is a democratic right. But turning every handshake, friendship or family celebration into evidence of betrayal is a dangerous road for a free society. There is a…
KOITO IS OVER, BUT THE QUESTIONS REMAIN: WHO REALLY IS ISAYA YUNGE?
Charlene Ruto’s Tanzanian fiancé has an impressive trail of entrepreneurship, youth advocacy and international recognition. But beyond the glamour of the Koito ceremony, important questions remain about his businesses, wealth,…
SIAYA DOESN’T NEED POLLSTERS: THE BALLOT BOX HAS ALREADY EXPOSED THE POLL PROBLEM
From Kenya’s 2022 presidential polls to the Ugunja by-election, the message is brutally simple: political percentages can inform voters—but they cannot predict them There is a growing problem with Kenya’s…
How Geoffrey Odhiambo Obiero Built BaVal Maize Flour Into Siaya’s Homegrown Success Story
A stereotype that many would have brushed off as casual banter became the spark that ignited one of Siaya County’s most ambitious indigenous manufacturing ventures. For Geoffrey Odhiambo Obiero, the…
EDITORIAL: Siaya Must Stop Living on Yesterday’s Glory
Siaya has never lacked pedigree. It is the county that has produced some of Kenya’s most influential political leaders, scholars, professionals and public servants. For decades, its name has been…
When Luo Elders Become Political Mercenaries, the Community Loses Its Moral Compass
There was a time when the Luo Council of Elders commanded reverence. Its voice carried weight not because it wielded political power, but because it stood above politics. It was…
The Orengo Paradox: Holding Siaya Governor Race at Ransom
The race for the Siaya governorship has reached an unusual defining moment. It is perhaps the only major contest anywhere where the leading candidate has not even firmly declared whether…
Siaya’s Nuclear Future Demands Dialogue, Not Division
The ugly scenes witnessed during the latest public participation meeting on the proposed Sh1 trillion nuclear power plant in Siaya, culminating in violence and the reported shooting of a resident,…
2027 Fault Lines: Ruto’s Path to Survival Runs Through Unity, Not Goonism
Kenya’s political temperature is rising—and the signals from the ground are becoming impossible to ignore. The outcome of the Ol Kalou by-election was not an isolated event; it was a…
When the Crowd Moves: Power, Perception and a Troubling Political Instinct in Bungoma
Yesterday in Nangata village, Bumula Constituency, what should have been a solemn burial turned into a revealing political moment. Kimilili MP Didmus Wekesa Barasa was reportedly heckled by sections of…
BREAKING: High Court Nullifies Cybercrime Law Allowing Website Blocking Without Court Orders
Nairobi, Kenya — In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications for digital rights and freedom of expression, the High Court has struck down key provisions of the Computer Misuse and…