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Let's harness growing population to secure a brighter future for all

A country's population is considered a valuable resource that contributes to development if they are placed at the centre of planning.

By Mohamed Sheikh 1 year ago

Let's harness growing population to secure a brighter future for all

We are now eight billion people; let's build a better world for us all

We are now eight billion people; let's build a better world for us all

By Mohamed Sheikh 1 year ago

Remembering Nairobi’s first riot 100 years ago

Remembering Nairobi’s first riot 100 years ago

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When monks fought with crucifixes in the name of God

When monks fought with crucifixes in the name of God

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How World Wars created heroes in Kenya

The world is staring at what could be World War 3. Russia has started bombing Ukraine to reclaim a piece of what historically belonged to Moscow.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How World Wars created heroes in Kenya

Reviving vows of a political marriage that died in 1965

The snow-capped Mt Kenya will be showered with waters from the lake to produce what some political architects believe will answer the question

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Reviving vows of a political marriage that died in 1965

How Britain foiled Russia's 1965 plot to overthrow Kenyatta

A ship full of arms had already berthed at Mombasa and military trainers were on their way to Nairobi from Moscow.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How Britain foiled Russia's 1965 plot to overthrow Kenyatta

When Nairobi workers rioted to demand Sh100 salary

Eliud Mathu was booed out of Kaloleni when he tried to persuade workers to call off the strike.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When Nairobi workers rioted to demand Sh100 salary

Dedan Kimathi's betrayal and his never say die attitude

A few hours before Dedan Kimathi was hanged, the colonial authorities had promised him that his children would be allowed to see him one last time.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Dedan Kimathi's betrayal and his never say die attitude

Sagana, the State Lodge where 'real power' resides

When President Uhuru Kenyatta touches down at Sagana State Lodge on Monday, he will be walking on hallowed grounds at the sunset of his reign...

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Sagana, the State Lodge where 'real power' resides

Fight against FGM started 100 years ago

If the author of "thou shall not cut" were to rise up from the dead, he would be scandalised to hear banns being broadcast from the altars.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Fight against FGM started 100 years ago

Was witchcraft at play in 1985 deaths of two Gem MPs?

When a hot political fire rages, it consumes all in its path, and when the embers finally die off, they leave scarred victims and cold impotent ash.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Was witchcraft at play in 1985 deaths of two Gem MPs?

When Mheshimiwa PC Makhanu had his cake and ate it

The season is here. Top civil servants, public officers, and corporate honchos are fleeing their well aerated and tastefully furnished offices in drov

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When Mheshimiwa PC Makhanu had his cake and ate it

How Standard reporter broke king's death to princess

The King had died and Buckingham desperately needed to reach its princess, now the queen.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How Standard reporter broke king's death to princess

Blunder that caused house rent in Nairobi to go up by 75%

This feeling of helplessness came last month when civil servants occupying government houses were slapped with a rent hike, the first in 21 years.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Blunder that caused house rent in Nairobi to go up by 75%

Religion and politics often make strange bed fellows

There is a strange connection between politics and men of the cloth.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Religion and politics often make strange bed fellows

Ghost of colonial coalitions haunts Kenya decades later

The first credible coalition in the country, according to Prof Macharia Munene, was made by “rowdy" settlers in 1907.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Ghost of colonial coalitions haunts Kenya decades later

When Nairobi’s Sunbeam building collapsed

What happens when the gods of the sun disagree with the gods of the rain? Throw into the mix corruption and ineptitude and the result is death.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When Nairobi’s Sunbeam building collapsed

How politicians can retire without losing relevance

Contrary to popular belief, not all politicians are sent into retirement through rejection at the ballot.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How politicians can retire without losing relevance

When packing a pistol to a political rally was in vogue

On one occasion, Blundell was scheduled to address a rally in Kinangop when he was tipped by a journalist that there was plot to kill him.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When packing a pistol to a political rally was in vogue

Which beast killed conservationist who dined with lions?

In his confession, Ekai said he attacked the woman for failing to pay him after digging a hole for two weeks.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Which beast killed conservationist who dined with lions?

Musalia Mudavadi's nightmares at the Nakuru police cells

The first time Wycliffe Musalia Mudavadi, ‘sneaked’ to Nakuru, the government was very upset.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Musalia Mudavadi's nightmares at the Nakuru police cells

30 years of nomination shenanigans; this is Kenya

The season of chaos has started and will climax in 12 weeks’ time when all aspirants vying for various seats are expected to have been cleared

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

30 years of nomination shenanigans; this is Kenya

How coalition of confusion was birthed 30 years ago

We are living in interesting times. Opinions and political affiliations are as fleeting as desert winds.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How coalition of confusion was birthed 30 years ago

Forget sweets, there’s a time cows were House currency

Forget about sweets being distributed in Parliament to sweeten debate. Ignore, too, rumours of envelopes being smuggled into the august House...

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Forget sweets, there’s a time cows were House currency

I was planning NDC, Mudavadi says after skipping OKA meeting

Mudavadi spent the better part of the day in his office and said he had excused himself from the meeting as he is preparing for an NDC.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

I was planning NDC, Mudavadi says after skipping OKA meeting

Betrayal in the museum: How Leakey brought down close allies

Besides heading the museum, Leakey was a spymaster in charge of Special Branch 6 at the Criminal Investigations Department...

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Betrayal in the museum: How Leakey brought down close allies

When the Nazis wanted to take over Kenya in 1939

When everybody in Europe was cringing in fear at the mention of German leader Adolf Hitler, Nairobi too had its share of horrors.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When the Nazis wanted to take over Kenya in 1939

Flying back in time when Kenya Airways was a courier

A trip down memory lane could perhaps shed some light

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Flying back in time when Kenya Airways was a courier

Rough side of as Leakey as told by his former colleagues

He was a man who lived a double life. He was accused of forging documents to incriminate staff he did not like.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Rough side of as Leakey as told by his former colleagues

When Muthaiga residents resisted being part of Nairobi

A typical city census didn't factor in Africans but the enumerators could be mauled by a leopard.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When Muthaiga residents resisted being part of Nairobi

Peasant who used the pen to fight colonial government

What does a peasant do when an all-powerful government takes his land?

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Peasant who used the pen to fight colonial government

How Charles Njonjo frustrated peasants from owning a ranch

Njonjo secured ownership documents for a 60,000-acre piece of land in Solio.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How Charles Njonjo frustrated peasants from owning a ranch

The paparazzo who snapped baby Uhuru Kenyatta in maternity ward

When Aga Khan Hospital registered the birth of a baby boy on October 26, 1961, at 11:10am, there was a frenzy in the city.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

The paparazzo who snapped baby Uhuru Kenyatta in maternity ward

When all one needed to be a teacher was passion

Some 66 years ago, teacher training colleges literally went hunting for trainees in remote areas.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When all one needed to be a teacher was passion

Rioting students? Not a problem for Mr Carey Francis

At a time when the country was literally burning and student riots were the order of the day, a former university don set out to quash this rebellion.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Rioting students? Not a problem for Mr Carey Francis

How Father Nicholas Stam was starved out of Kisii

Although Father Nicholas Stam had been in Kisii for some years, he had a rough time sustaining the Mill Hill Catholic mission at Nyabururu.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How Father Nicholas Stam was starved out of Kisii

How Kenya's polls have treated women and incumbent MPs

A look at the last 12 general elections paints a grim picture for incumbent MPs and women candidates.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

How Kenya's polls have treated women and incumbent MPs

Dini ya Roho ya Mafuta Pole ya Africa has survived over 70 years of turmoil

They came on road and by air. With the fingers on the trigger, they watched the crowd swell.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Dini ya Roho ya Mafuta Pole ya Africa has survived over 70 years of turmoil

The bullet that propelled Kalonzo Musyoka’s political dream

The unintended consequence was a by-election in Mwingi and voila, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka the politician was reborn.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

The bullet that propelled Kalonzo Musyoka’s political dream

When State used teacher's spouses for cheap labour

Jeanes School in Kabete at some point only admitted married teachers for training. For every married teacher recruited, it got an extra hand.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

When State used teacher's spouses for cheap labour

Nairobi's struggle to quench its thirst for over a century

The city's history of parched throats and unquenchable fires dates back to more than a century as a living testimony of one of the greatest ironies.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Nairobi's struggle to quench its thirst for over a century

Limuru's fatal attraction and its gift to vice presidents

It gained international notoriety on March 26, 1953, when more than 100 people died during the Lari massacre.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Limuru's fatal attraction and its gift to vice presidents

Eight decades later, another gold rush courts Kakamega

There was therefore some was some gold rush in Kakamega 89 years ago speculators realised that there were millions to be made in the area.

By Amos Kareithi 2 years ago

Eight decades later, another gold rush courts Kakamega

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