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Goodwill a turning point in youth empowerment

Updated at 12:00am Thursday 20th June 2013

Our attention is drawn to an opinion piece in The Standard newspaper of June 17 by Michael Waikenda titled, ‘Talk time is over, let’s now engage our Youth’.

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Address runaway growth of private varsity numbers

Updated at 12:00am Thursday 20th June 2013

Since the early 1980s, government thanks to pressure from International Monetary Fund and World Bank replaced the idea of society with the idea of the market.

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How delusion of self-importance holds us back

Updated at 12:00am Tuesday 18th June 2013

Across human history, there has been a single lesson for all societies. Those that failed to grasp it suffered hugely, and inflicted massive pain on many. And yet, still, in 2013, it is the plague of our species that we so often cannot appreciate this single point, and live by it.

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Self regulation key to success of new NGO law

Updated at 12:00am Tuesday 18th June 2013

The Public Benefits Organisations Act 2013, the new regulatory and administrative framework for non-governmental organisations expected to come into force soon, provides for the establishment of an authority to be known as the Public Benefits Organisations Regulatory Authority.

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Talk-time is over, let’s now engage our youth

Updated at 12:00am Monday 17th June 2013

A week ago The Standard on Saturday carried a very informative article, “The time bomb that is millions of jobless youth”. The article indicated that about half of the Kenyan youth aged 18 to 34 years — millions of them are currently jobless.

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Karen’s gradual fall from glory

Known for its opulence and serenity, this pristine neighbourhood is the home to who is who in Kenya. But a combination of factors are threatening to ruin its good reputation, writes PETER MUIRURI

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