The Standard: RSS Feeds - Columnists http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ RSS Feeds for The Standard - Online Edition en-us http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/ PHP/5.2.17 The memory of a fly and the people who took Kenya to The Hague http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051405&cid=489& There is an old man in our village, who can go on and on about what he calls the memory of the fly. He says that the fly has no memory. No sooner do you attempt to smash it than it returns to its regular mischief. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:59:15 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328288355 Quest for suspects' justice reveals our peculiar habits http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051404&cid=485& When former Safaricom boss Michael Joseph famously remarked that Kenya is a nation of individuals with peculiar habits, he stirred a hornet's nest. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:58:24 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328288304 I built the nation, ate fruits of Uhuru http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051402&cid=621& This week, I did my share in building the nation. I sat in a traffic jam. Twice. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:57:20 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328288240 New law will ensure parties uphold good governance http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051403&cid=698& Article 28 of the Political Parties Act (PPA) prohibits parties from receiving funding from a non-citizen, stating that such an action constitutes an offence Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:57:56 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328288276 Mudavadi's options in world of hyenas http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051353&cid=483& This analogy from the 8th Parliament does not in anyway suggest Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi is today again sitting between ravenous political hyenas. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:47:22 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328208442 Njeru means white, but the new man at Treasury isn't off colour by any means http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051354&cid=477& Njeru Githae is a much undervalued addition to Prezzo's inner circle, no doubt because some politicians view ministerial pennants as adornments of privilege, of which Githae has no pretensions about. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:47:43 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328208525 'Rent seekers' always avoid eye contact http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051274&cid=510& It cannot be true, actually it should not, that good humoured men like Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto do not have honest friends who can look them in the eye, and tell them certain home truths. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:54:40 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328118880 New dawn for women leaders http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051202&cid=569& Last week at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi, more than a thousand women leaders and aspirants congregated to launch the Kenya Women’s National Charter. They intend to use the charter as a tool to demand their rights. The preamble of the 28-page charter reads thus (in part): Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:27:42 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328034462 Admission systems unfair to law students http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051204&cid=588& Becoming a member of the legal profession leading to enrolment as an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya under the Advocates Act has been made gruelling with unnecessary delays and the process developing into a nightmare. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:40:12 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1328035212 Is Equity’s dominance sign of the future? http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000051063&cid=501& When we last wrote a comparative piece in this column about Kenya’s largest bank groups, we noted that, surprisingly, on a much smaller asset base, the Equity Bank Group (EBG) had made a substantially higher before-tax profit than the Kenya Commercial Bank Group (KCB) over the first nine months of 2011. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:34:57 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327858497 Human security agenda to end tribal conflicts in Moyale http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050988&cid=612& It was the American writer, Negely Farson, who said of North Eastern Kenya, "There is one half of Kenya about which the other half knows nothing about, and seems to care even less." Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:47:30 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327776450 Political parties should embrace democratic, developmental ideology http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050989&cid=637& Watching a Sunday night talk show on political parties in Kenya hosted by Julie Gichuru recently on a local TV station, I was surprised how dogmatic we are regarding the idea that political parties do not have ideologies. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:47:55 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327776475 Kenyans should beware of the fallacies in ICC ruling http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050987&cid=642& In the science of logic, ‘fallacy’ refers to something specific and technical. The word ‘fallacy’ is not synonymous with falsehood, although all fallacies do imply a falsehood. ‘Fallacy’ speaks to a failure in the process of reasoning, either involving a false premise, a false deduction or a false conclusion. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:47:05 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327776425 ICC ruling sets foundation for the trial of Kibaki presidency http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050990&cid=651& Poor Emilio Mwai Kibaki. His ‘recommendation letter’ to the International Criminal Court (ICC) counted for nothing! How dare this Ekaterina Trendafilova and her ilk! Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:48:23 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327776503 Decision to retain Uhuru as Deputy Prime Minister is liability to presidency http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050949&cid=489& President Kibaki has rare capacity for confounding self-mortification. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:17:32 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327691852 Uhuru, Ruto ordeals offer Kalonzo another miracle http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050950&cid=485& Forget the grand misconception. The potential political beneficiary of the woes facing Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta and Eldoret North MP William Ruto in The Hague is not Prime Minister Raila Odinga but Vice-President Kalonzo Musyoka. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:18:49 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327739615 Rare praise for good old Kanu http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050955&cid=621& When a white celebrity couple - I forgot their names - announced their impending divorce, they issued a statement saying that whereas they still loved each other, they had drifted apart. Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:20:08 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327692008 IEBC faces uphill task over demarcation of boundaries http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050952&cid=698& The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is responsible for finalising the demarcation of electoral boundaries for the first elections under the new Constitution (using IIBRC and the Parliamentary committee's report - according to Schedule 5 IEBC Act). Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:19:21 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327692387 Is Kibaki's word on Mungiki sufficient? http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050862&cid=483& The meeting that ICC judges are convinced President Kibaki, Mr Uhuru Kenyatta and Mr Francis Muthaura had with Mungiki members at State House is shocking. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:53:58 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327600438 Ocampo puts Prezzo in a foul mood on grand graduation day http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/InsidePage.php?id=2000050864&cid=477& Prezzo must have been in a foul mood when he descended the stairs outside Harambee House this week in that languid, listless manner we are now accustomed to. He was about to head to Makerere, his alma mater, for an honorary degree, but there was this International Criminal Court distraction. Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:10:00 +0000 http:www.standardmedia.co.ke/rss/.1327601400