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STANDARD ON SUNDAY

Why regional blocs flopped even before hitting ground

Grandiose plans by county governments to improve the economic fortunes of their people, fell apart, today they are just talking shops.

By Standard on Sunday Team 3 years ago

Why regional blocs flopped even before hitting ground

MPs defend Raila as Ruto fights on

MPs defend Raila as Ruto fights on

By Standard on Sunday Team 5 years ago

New perspectives on Coast unity

New perspectives on Coast unity

By Standard on Sunday Team 5 years ago

Raila meets loyal leaders over Jumwa's rebellion

Raila meets loyal leaders over Jumwa's rebellion

By Standard on Sunday Team 5 years ago

KCPE joy turns to pain

While good performance in national examinations brings unbridled joy to parents and students, for some families, this only lasts for a flirting moment

By Standard on Sunday Team 5 years ago

KCPE joy turns to pain

Six Supreme Court judges have not held single meeting since their judgement

Attention will momentarily shift from political campaigns this week as four Supreme Court judges who ruled in favour of nullifying results of the presidential elections make public their full judgment.

By Standard on Sunday Team 6 years ago

Six Supreme Court judges have not held single meeting since their judgement

Ruto vs Kalonzo: A tale of betrayal, quest for revenge and big dreams

With a history of betrayal, the two deputies harbour presidential ambitions in the 2022 elections when Kenyatta and Odinga dynasties are expected to take a break. Now, they are keen to show their value as Election Day beckons

By Standard on Sunday Team 6 years ago

Ruto vs Kalonzo: A tale of betrayal, quest for revenge and big dreams

Uhuru, Raila woo swing vote

With 48 hours to the polls, the President returned home in Kiambu County, while the NASA candidate took his team to Mombasa.

By Standard on Sunday Team 6 years ago

Uhuru, Raila woo swing vote

Kenyans cut down on essentials as cost of living shoots through the roof

With inflation at a 58-month high of 11.5 per cent, it appears all economic fundamentals are conspiring to turn Kenya into a nation of broke citizens

By Standard on Sunday Team 6 years ago

Kenyans cut down on essentials as cost of living shoots through the roof

Intrigues that led to Njonjo’s fall from grace

Former Judges and Magistrates Vetting Board chairman Sharad Rao has revealed the behind-the-curtains dealings that led to the fall of former powerful Attorney General and Constitutional Affairs Minister Charles Mugane Njonjo.

By Standard on Sunday Reporter 7 years ago

Intrigues that led to Njonjo’s fall from grace

Use of Jubilee smart cards jolts party primaries

A proposal to use smart cards in the upcoming Jubilee Party nominations has run into headwinds with majority of aspirants insisting national identity cards should be used.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Use of Jubilee smart cards jolts party primaries

NASA has no solid agenda, Uhuru says as he woos Coast

President Uhuru Kenyatta took the battle for votes to Opposition’s stronghold in Coast telling voters that the National Super Alliance (NASA) co-principal Raila Odinga was only good at spreading propaganda.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

NASA has no solid agenda, Uhuru says as he woos Coast

SA, Seychelles nationals held in narcotics crackdown

Four foreigners suspected to be drug dealers were arrested in Mombasa and an unknown quantity of narcotics seized.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

SA, Seychelles nationals held in narcotics crackdown

Development should enhance the value of, and not destroy, precious national heritage

What should be done to stem the decline of wildlife?

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Development should enhance the value of, and not destroy, precious national heritage

Fresh details on how KDF camp was overrun as top commanders summoned

Kenya Defence Forces commanders in Somalia were summoned to Nairobi on Friday evening to explain the Kulbiyow carnage as military top brass began to confront the enormity of the losses from the attack.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Fresh details on how KDF camp was overrun as top commanders summoned

Farah Maalim captured on tape inciting Somalis against non-locals

In the Video uploaded on YouTube on Friday that has also been doing rounds on Social media, the former Lagdera MP is shown cautioning members of his community that if they are not careful, non-locals will take over their land.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 7 years ago

Farah Maalim captured on tape inciting Somalis against non-locals

Anxiety as Raila’s super alliance takes shape

Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka will on Tuesday become the third opposition politician to be endorsed by his party to contest for the top seat on the Opposition’s super alliance ticket.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Anxiety as Raila’s super alliance takes shape

Fury over Sh5.3b scam as Raila tells Uhuru to quit

Yesterday, opposition leaders Raila Odinga (ODM), Musalia Mudavadi (ANC), Moses Wetang’ula (Bungoma Senator), Johnstone Muthama (Machakos Senator), and three lawmakers repeated calls for President Kenyatta to resign on the grounds that he had failed to contain graft.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Fury over Sh5.3b scam as Raila tells Uhuru to quit

Senior county officers in Central and South Rift to quit for 2017 polls

As campaigns for the 2017 elections begin in earnest, a host of senior state officials in Central and South Rift regions are expected to resign to contest various seats.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Senior county officers in Central and South Rift to quit for 2017 polls

Contest under other parties or face lock out, JP aspirants told

Anxiety has gripped politicians in Rift Valley eyeing the Jubilee Party ticket. Their fears are founded on claims that the party leadership has already drawn a list of preferred candidates for various elective seats in the next general election.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Contest under other parties or face lock out, JP aspirants told

Leaders want fair contest in Uhuru's new vehicle

Anxiety is palpable among aspirants for elective positions as the party top echelons put on hold plans to announce national officials.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Leaders want fair contest in Uhuru's new vehicle

MCAs deny issuing ultimatum to Kalonzo, turn heat on Kitui MPs

Members of Kitui County Assembly have rejected claims that they accused Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka of failing to provide leadership for the party.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 7 years ago

MCAs deny issuing ultimatum to Kalonzo, turn heat on Kitui MPs

Experts rejected crashed Mathare chopper, new details reveal

Technical teams had opposed buying of the Augusta Westland helicopter, citing its history of accidents, informed officials revealed.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 7 years ago

Experts rejected crashed Mathare chopper, new details reveal

Panic as earthquake aftershocks hit Western and North Rift

There was panic in parts of Western Kenya as earthquake aftershocks hit Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, Trans-Nzoia, Vihiga and Siaya. In Kakamega town witnesses said storey business premises shook for a few minutes, causing panic among occupants who dashed out thinking the building was collapsing.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Panic as earthquake aftershocks hit Western and North Rift

Why Coast counties are struggling to raise revenue

Experts have urged the county authorities to be more innovative in raising funds and seal loopholes in revenue collection to stop being “perennial beggars” from the national government.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Why Coast counties are struggling to raise revenue

ODM, JAP win ward by-elections in strongholds

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the Jubilee Alliance Party (JAP) have won ward by-elections in their strongholds.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

ODM, JAP win ward by-elections in strongholds

Raila Odinga points finger at ‘Kwekwe Squad’ in Jacob Juma's brutal murder

Fresh claims emerged over the brutal killing of businessman Jacob Juma as CORD co-principal Raila Odinga told mourners in Bungoma County yesterday that a police hit squad code named “Kwekwe” was responsible.

By Standard on Sunday Team 7 years ago

Raila Odinga points finger at ‘Kwekwe Squad’ in Jacob Juma's brutal murder

Long, teary, dreadful but hopeful 10 days and nights

This is the long and short of the harrowing story of the tens of families of missing Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officers whose camp was attacked by Al-Shabaab militants in Somalia last week.

By Standard on Sunday Team 8 years ago

Long, teary, dreadful but hopeful 10 days and nights

Jet saga: Why Uhuru must draw the line

The intrigues surrounding President Uhuru Kenyatta’s mid-air about turn from a diary appearance at a US investment conference has put his handlers on the radar with the official explanation creating more uncertainty over the true events of that night.

By Standard on Sunday Team 9 years ago

Jet saga: Why Uhuru must draw the line

Heed President Uhuru Kenyatta's call to resign, Jubilee MPs say

A section of Jubilee MPs have urged those named in the corruption ‘list of shame’ released by President Uhuru Kenyatta to resign.

By Standard on Sunday Team 9 years ago

Heed President Uhuru Kenyatta's call to resign, Jubilee MPs say

Why Yebei’s case puts State on spotlight over the disposal of unclaimed bodies

The discovery of the body of International Criminal Court (ICC) witness Meshack Yebei at the Voi County Referral Hospital Mortuary in Taita Taveta County has raised questions on the disposal of unclaimed bodies and puts into sharp focus the national fingerprints register.

By Standard on Sunday team 9 years ago

Why Yebei’s case puts State on spotlight over the disposal of unclaimed bodies

Kenya now bans Tanzanian tour firms in tourism feud

After months of haggling over cross-border tourism operations, the Government has, with immediate effect, barred Tanzanian registered tour vans from operating in the country altogether.

By Standard on Sunday team 9 years ago

Kenya now bans Tanzanian tour firms in tourism feud

Matemu insists EACC will probe MPs over chaotic passage of security laws

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has maintained that parliamentary Standing Orders cannot oust Chapter Six of the Constitution.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 9 years ago

Matemu insists EACC will probe MPs over chaotic passage of security laws

Mazrui dynasty: Prominent Coast family vows to defend its vast land holdings

The 400-family-strong Mazrui dynasty has exerted immense influence on the Kenyan Coast before and after Kenya gained independence.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 9 years ago

Mazrui dynasty: Prominent Coast family vows to defend its vast land holdings

Heavy rains cause losses in Nairobi, Kirinyaga

Flash floods wreaked havoc in several parts of the country, with Nairobi and its environs suffering drainage and traffic crisis following overnight storms.

By THE STANDARD on SUNDAY REPORTER 9 years ago

Heavy rains cause losses in Nairobi, Kirinyaga

Pensioners’ plight: How Kenya Railways retirees’ billions were plundered

At the beginning of the 2006 working year, Vitalis Odongo dispatched an official memo to every department within the mammoth Kenya Railways organisation. Attached to the acting managing director’s memo were a series of instructions that underlined the importance of the message he was passing to close to 20,000 of his employees.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 9 years ago

Pensioners’ plight: How Kenya Railways retirees’ billions were plundered

State owes retirees Sh225m in Muthurwa deal

More questions have been raised on how property belonging to the Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme were disposed of.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 9 years ago

State owes retirees Sh225m in Muthurwa deal

Rift Valley leaders fault police over jobs, say hiring failed credibility test

Leaders in the South and Central Rift have called for nullification of the recent police recruitment, saying it was not transparent.

By Standard On Sunday Reporter 9 years ago

Rift Valley leaders fault police over jobs, say hiring failed credibility test

CS Kandie creates team to revive tourism

A taskforce has been formed to advise the Government on how to rejuvenate the tourism sector, currently on a downward trend.

By Standard on Sunday Reporter 9 years ago

CS Kandie creates team to revive tourism

Central leaders scoff at Saba Saba rally

Politicians in Central Kenya have criticised CORD leaders over tomorrow’s Saba Saba rally at Nairobi’s Uhuru Park. In Kirinyaga, Mwea MP Peter Gitau threatened to mobilise a million Kenyans to forcefully occupy the residence of CORD leader Raila Odinga should the rally turn chaotic.

By Standard on Sunday Team 9 years ago

Central leaders scoff at Saba Saba rally

Let’s focus on issues that help Kenyans

It is true the Government of President Uhuru Kenyatta has a full plate in regard to ensuring the safety of Kenyans and their property.

By The Standard on Sunday Editorial 9 years ago

Let’s focus on issues that help Kenyans

Keep off our counties, Central Governors tell CORD

As the Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) continues its string of rallies countrywide, queries have been raised over their failure to include Central Kenya in their itinerary.

By THE STANDARD on SUNDAY TEAM 9 years ago

Keep off our counties, Central Governors tell CORD

Mudavadi offers to lead mediation on proposed national dialogue

After a year in the political cold, former Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has finally asked President Uhuru Kenyatta to give him a chance as a mediator in the national dialogue that the opposition and Cord leader Raila Odinga has asked for.

By The Standard on Sunday TEAM 9 years ago

Mudavadi offers to lead mediation on proposed national dialogue

Raila: Business as usual has flopped

Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga insists that the country must go into a structured national dialogue to address pressing issues including insecurity, rising cost of living, corruption, threats to devolution and unemployment among others.

By Standard on Sunday 9 years ago

Raila: Business as usual has flopped

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