Editorial
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South Sudan’s bumpy road to its first general elections
South Sudan is approaching a defining moment in its troubled political history. Nearly 15 years after independence, the world’s youngest…
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Fix the university funding mess before it destroys a generation
Kenya cannot claim to be investing in its future while thousands of young people who have earned places at public…
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Editorial: Mr. Inspector General of Police Kanja, a court order is not a piece of paper
A court order is not a suggestion. It is not a memo that a government agency can read, debate and…
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Why Nairobi won the 2029 World Athletics Championships
Key factors that helped Nairobi/Kenya win the 2029 World Athletics Championships bid (announced 15 September 2026), beating London and Rome…
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Africa’s democracy warning: Shrinking civic space tests Kenya ahead of 2027 polls
Africa’s democratic promise is facing a serious test—not because Africans have suddenly abandoned the idea of democracy, but because growing…
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Before the vote: IEBC must come clean on 2027 election tech
Kenya has learnt, often at a terrible cost, that an election is not secured simply because voters turn up, cast…
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Universities must account for the Sh500million KUCCPS debt
Kenya’s universities cannot continue demanding more public money while failing to account for obligations they are legally and administratively required…
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Editorial: End the funding stalemate before it destroys students’ dreams
Kenya’s public universities are sliding into a funding crisis that the government can no longer dismiss as a temporary inconvenience.…
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Abduction of Standard editor raises alarm over state of media freedom in Kenya
The unprecedented abduction of The Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich in Gilgil on Tuesday night, September 1, 2026 allegedly…
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Besigye’s ordeal: Kenya’s secret handover, Uganda’s prison and the price of dissent
From a disputed abduction in Nairobi to a life-threatening health crisis in a Ugandan prison, Kizza Besigye’s case is raising…
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