Jocinter Anyango, mother to 12-year-old Kennedy Onyango who was shot during demos in Rongai mourns as they wait for an autopsy report at Ongata Rongai Sub-County mortuary on July 01, 2024. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] The burial of Kennedy Onyango, a boy who was shot in Ongata Rongai during the anti-Finance Bill protests on Saturday aborted after two families…
Letsile Tebogo and his Botswana relay team-mates have been left disappointed following failure to qualify for Olympics due to the use of an unlicensed starter at African Championships. The chaotic nature of the African Athletics Championships have came back to haunt Botswana as the country’s 4x100m relay team has not qualified for the Paris Olympics…
The Kenya Tennis ace Angela Okutoyi will not be featuring in the Paris Olympic games as highly anticipated. Okutoyi needed to meet the 400 mark according to the selection criteria but her ranking stands at 495. ‘’I did not meet the 400 ranking but am currently at 495’’ she wrote Tennis Kenya had lobbied…
Shujaa players Vincent Onyala (left), George Ooro and Samuel Asati training at Kasarani before leaving for Miramas, France ahead of the Paris Olympic Games. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] When Kenya Sevens were relegated from the World Rugby Sevens Series in May last year, many ruled out Shujaa after a string of poor performances and dwindling form…
The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya has tested the highest number of athletes in the world as the Paris 2024 Olympic Games loom. The Anti-doping Agency of Kenya is burning the midnight oil with the aim of ensuring only clean athletes line up at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. ADAK Head of Anti-Doping Education and Research…
AK President Jackson Tuwei (left) at a past event. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] Lack of substantive age-cheating policy has raised huge concern even as Athletics Kenya (AK) starts crackdown on the fraud, with the federation admitting the vice goes as far as 2016, adding that they have so far unearthed 26 cases. Just like doping menace…
Law Society of Kenya Faith Odhiambo flanked by other society’s officials addressed the press on May 13, 2024. [Denish Ochieng, Standard] Law Society of Kenya President Faith Odhiambo will not be party to the newly gazetted presidential taskforce on forensic audit of public debt. LSK, in a statement on Saturday, July 6 averred that the said task force…
Colombia have reached the semi-final twice in the last three Copa America editions and can make it a hat-trick with victory against Panama. In a dramatic showdown that saw Colombia secure a hard-fought 1-1 draw against football giants Brazil, Néstor Lorenzo’s squad clinched the top spot in Copa América’s Group D. Despite ending their impressive…
Public Service Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has unequivocally stated his readiness to step down if President William Ruto decides to dissolve the Cabinet, responding to calls from Senators advocating for a reshuffle to tackle national challenges. “If the jury says that Moses Kuria has to go home, I will be the first to say yes…
Sarah ‘Angel of War’ Achieng before a past fight. [Jonah Onyango, Standard] World Boxing Federation (WBF) super lightweight champion Sarah Achieng will defend her Commonwealth title against Monalisa Sibanda of Zimbabwe on August 31 in Kisumu. This will be the second time Achieng will be defending the title after successfully doing so against Chiedza Homakoma…
President William Ruto during a press briefing at State House where he announced further austerity measures taken by the government. [PCS] There is panic and anxiety among government officials after President William Ruto announced a raft of radical changes to accommodate demands by the youth that he reorganises his government. In one fell swoop, the President rendered…
Fred Kerley has sent yet anothey bullish message to doubters who have given him limited chance of delivering gold in the 100m of the Paris Olympic games. American sprint star Fred Kerley has a message for those who have written off his chances at the upcoming Olympic Games in Paris following a challenging season. Despite…
President William Ruto has admitted that several members of his team have displayed arrogance and has apologized on behalf of some. During an X-spaces session on Friday, July 5, 2024, Ruto addressed concerns raised by netizens, acknowledging the inappropriate behaviour exhibited by some officials. Ruto on Karen Nyamu Ruto revealed that he had taken time…
Malkia Strikers attacker Pamela Adhiambo in action against Puerto Rico during the quarter-finals of the FIVB Challenger Cup match in Manila, Philippines. [KVF Media] Though Kenya women national volleyball team Malkia Strikers lost the FIVB quarter-finals Challenger Cup match to Puerto Rico, Pamela Adhiambo’s impressive show will go down in history as one of the…
Casket bearing remains of Rex Kanyike Masai during his burial ceremony at Kamuthanga Secondary School in Machakos County on July 5, 2024. [John Muia, Standard] Rex Kanyike Masai, the 29-year-old man killed during the onset of anti-Finance bill protests on June 20, was laid to rest on Friday at his parents’ home in Kamuthanga village, Machakos County with…