Since taking over the relays in 2022, Lewis Freeman has steered Team USA to consistent victories, including a golden treble at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Mechelle Lewis Freeman, head coach of Team USA’s women’s relay squads, has opened up about the tactical decisions that helped her team dethrone Jamaica’s star-studded lineup at the 2022 World…
Embakasi East Member of Parliament (MP) Babu Owino has expressed pride and excitement after an American voter credited him with influencing his decision to vote for Donald Trump, the victor of the November 5, 2024, US presidential election. Babu, known for his political boldness, publicly endorsed Trump in the lead-up to the election, a move…
Moses Kiptanui jumps over a hurdle to win the men’s 3000m steeplechase in Zurich, Aug 1994.[File] One of the country’s most decorated 3,000m steeplechase legends has said the country should rethink its strategy. Former 3,000m steeplechase world record holder Moses Kiptanui believes the country can reclaim its glory in the water and barrier race. He…
Ackera Nugent leads the 2024 women’s 100m hurdles standings, surpassing Olympic champion Masai Russell and Diamond League winner Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, with a season-best time of 12.24 seconds. Jamaica’s Ackera Nugent has topped the women’s 100m hurdles standings of 2024, surpassing reigning Olympic champion Masai Russell and Diamond League Meeting trophy winner Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. The Jamaican…
Kenyan police officers and security personnel take position to protect the Kenyan Parliament as protesters try to storm the building in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on June 25. Senior police officers may soon be held accountable for the actions of their junior officers if Parliament approves proposed amendments to the National Police Service (NPS) Act. The…
The Chief Conservator of Forests, Alex Lemarkoko, has officially opened the National Dialogue on Mangrove Restoration in Kenya. The event that is taking place in Kwale County is themed “Demystifying mangrove restoration in Kenya: Lessons from success and failure, and creating a path for best practices,” aims to foster discussions on the vital role of…
Activist Boniface Mwangi was hurled into a police vehicle by anti-riot police officers along Koinange Street during anti-government protests on July 25, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has been put to task by Parliament over its apparent ineffectiveness in protecting public rights against Kenya Police Service officers’ brutality. The Authority which appeared…
Former Harambee Stars coach has called for a fresh start urging youth integration and local player competition to revive the team. On December 16, 1976, Kenneth Matiba, the chairman of the Kenya Football Federation, made a simple yet significant decree: the Kenya national football team would henceforth be known as the Harambee Stars. It was…
President William Ruto on Thursday commended Kirinyaga, Nyeri, Bomet, Embu, and Lamu counties for leading in Taifa Care registration. Speaking during the Jamhuri Day celebrations at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi, the Head of State encouraged counties lagging behind, Marsabit, Garissa, Mandera, West Pokot, and Turkana, to mobilize their residents to register and take advantage of…
PHOTO | BBC TikTok will start making its case on Monday against a law that will see it banned in the US unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells the social media app within nine months. The measure – signed into law by President Biden in April – has been prompted by concerns that US users’ data…
A round up of Kenya Cup action after matchday seven as KCB subject Kenya Harlequin to third straight loss, while Kabras Sugar overcome Blackblad. Kenya Cup’s Gameweek 7 delivered thrilling action as league leaders Kabras Sugar and second-placed KCB Rugby maintained their dominance with emphatic victories. Kabras Sugar dismantled Black Blad 62-6 at Kakamega Showground,…
(Center) Executive Director of HAKI Africa Hussein Khalid accompanied by families of Kware Killings and Voices of Community Activists and leaders of Africa when they called out on the state for frustrating the retrieving of bodies from the Kware dumpsite at Mukuru kwa Njenga on August 30, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito Standard] The families of Kenyans murdered and dumped in…
Chritian Coleman who is rumored to be in a relationship with Sha’Carri Richardson recently celebrated one of her milestones. American sprinter Christian Coleman has publicly celebrated Sha’Carri Richardson’s latest achievement, further fueling rumors about their blossoming romance. Richardson, a Nike lead athlete and the reigning women’s 100m world champion, recently reflected on a significant career…
New CSs during their induction process at the National Defence University-Kenya in Karen, Nairobi on August 12, 2024 [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Behind the impregnable walls of the National Defense College in Karen, Nairobi, newly appointed Cabinet Secretaries learnt that they would no longer have views of their or the luxury of divided loyalty. The CSs,…
Taye Atske Selassie, who is now president, was appointed foreign minister in February Ethiopia’s Parliament has approved the appointment of a new president to replace the country’s first female Head of State, Sahle-Work Zewde. Taye Astike Selassie, Foreign Minister since February, has taken up the largely ceremonial role. In Ethiopia, political power lies with the…