Commentaries

Post-election violence case risks failing ICC test

On 18 February , the Pre-Trial Chamber II (PTCII) of the International Criminal Court that is handling the ICC prosecuto ... Read More

Palaver

The usually lethargic President Kibaki has proved critics wrong this time round. In one full swoop, top officers associa ... Read More

Central politicians must adapt to the changing times

Central Province, and indeed Mt Kenya politics, is changing although the rest of Kenya keeps perceiving the region in th ... Read More

The world must unite to fight women rights abuses

A girl befriends boys. What could be more normal and ordinary? Yet for doing just that a Turkish teenager was reportedly ... Read More

Girl-child getting a raw deal in school

In the late 1990s, I sat my Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education exam. ... Read More

Media must discharge duties without fear of intimidation from any quarter

We are gathered here to mark a sad, yet momentous day in the life and calendar of the Standard Group, indeed the entire ... Read More

Poor corporate governance remains our Achilles heel

Many Government institutions, including state corporations and ministries, have major weaknesses in corporate governance ... Read More

KCSE examination results and the danger of sweeping statements

The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination results were released last week, and subsequently a numb ... Read More

Two years after the Peace Accord we are a freshly guilty nation

For several days in January 2008, images like those from a faraway country came flooding into our TV screens and as phot ... Read More

Our newfound democracy has improved accountability, but slowed reforms too

Last Sunday, we marked the second anniversary of the signing of the National Accord. There are questions on whether or n ... Read More

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