President William Ruto reiterated Saturday that he remains open to accommodating all leaders in a broad-based government whose only agenda is to build a better and prosperous Kenya for all. Speaking while on a development tour of Kirinyaga County, the head of state said even though he was already working with Raila Odinga’s Orange Democratic…
Kenya’s Eliud Kipchoge and other athletes compete in the men’s marathon of the athletics event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Saturday. [AFP] Two-time Olympic marathon champion Eliud Kipchoge was hoping for a dream finale to his career at the age of 39 but ended up handing over his running shoes to…
Faith Kipyegon won her third successive Olympic title at in Paris on Saturday to become the first woman to achieve the feat in the Games’ history. Defending champion Faith Kipyegon stepped on the purple track at the Paris Olympics, hoping to make history by claiming her third Olympic title and did just that. Kipyegon won…
Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has reportedly launched his campaign to run for the presidency in 2027. To bolster his bid to become Kenya’s sixth President, Matiang’i has reportedly hired the globally recognized firm Dickens and Madson, based in Canada. This firm will receive Kes.32.5 million to lobby the executive and legislative branches of…
Faith Kipyegon is the first athlete to win three Olympic titles in 1,500 meters after successfully retaining her gold medal in style at the Stade de France on Saturday evening. The reigning World Champion won Kenya’s fourth gold in a new Olympic record time of three minutes, 51.29 seconds. Jessica Hull of Australia won silver…
Overall, Gross winner Mercy Nyanchama of Njoro in action. [Maarufu Mohamed, Standard] Njoro’s Youthful Golfer Mercy Nyanchama’s star continues to shine after clinching the 2024 Mombasa Cup in the Ladies Coast Open Golf Tournament at the par 71 Sea-Link Mombasa Golf Course in Mombasa County on Friday. The zero handicap Golfer rounded up the day…
The Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, through the State Department for Social Protection and Senior Citizen Affairs, has launched a recruitment drive to fill 8,321 positions for enumerators and supervisors. This initiative aims to collect data across various counties in Kenya and will involve casual employment for 21 days. For enumerator roles, the ministry…
By VICTOR KIPROP At his factory outside Wang’uru shopping centre in Kenya’s central region, 34-year-old Alex Kabiru is busy emptying sacks of yellowish grain-like material around a metallic circular chimney. Above, a small, whitish smoke goes up into the air as the materials continue to burn, while a group of young men help him offload…
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 10: Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Team Kenya celebrates winning the Gold medal in the Men’s 800m Final on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images) Emmanuel Wanyonyi ensured Kenya’s dominance in…
Peres Jepchirchir when she won gold at the 2020 Olympics. [AFP] For Olympic marathon defending champion Peres Jepchirchir retaining her title in Paris on Sunday (9am) looks more difficult, but she is determined to make the impossible possible. Jepchirchir will be in company of a strong Kenyan team made of debutant Sharon Lokedi and Hellen…
President William Ruto and Opposition leader Raila Odinga have entered a pact seeing the formation of a broad-based government. [File, Standard] Demonstrations, fallouts, sackings and handshakes! Welcome to Kenya’s new season of a thousand betrayals where the youth can no longer trust their parents, political godfathers have sold their proteges and understudies and the line…
The USA secured Olympic gold medal in the men’s 4x400m relay as Letsile Tebogo anchored Botswana to silver. Rai Benjamin anchored Team USA to 4x400m relay gold as Letsile Tebogo nearly won the title for Botswana before settling for silver. Botswana led in the first leg, finishing the race in 44.30 ahead of the United…
The government is poised to gain the authority to set prices for essential goods, aiming to stabilize the market and protect Kenyans from exploitation. If passed into law, the Price Control (Essential Goods) (Amendment) Bill, 2024, grants this power, allowing the government to regulate retail and wholesale prices for key commodities. Essential commodities such as…
By MAWAHIB ABDALLATIF Sudan’s army chief has indicated he may send representatives to the new, US-led talks, in Switzerland due next week, if civilians are supplied with humanitarian aid. This week, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken phoned the Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, about the planned peace talks due on…
Paula Kahumbu, a world-renowned wildlife conservationist and the CEO of WildlifeDirect, has issued an urgent call to President William Ruto to take immediate action to protect the remaining population of the world’s largest elephants. These elephants, known as ‘super tuskers’, inhabit the Amboseli ecosystem and are at risk of extinction due to cross-border trophy hunting…