×
App Icon
The Standard e-Paper
Home To Bold Columnists
★★★★ - on Play Store
Download Now
×
The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper print operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as a leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and international interest.
  • Standard Group Plc HQ Office,
  • The Standard Group Center,Mombasa Road.
  • P.O Box 30080-00100,Nairobi, Kenya.
  • Telephone number: 0203222111, 0719012111
  • Email: [email protected]

CS Murkomen will soon need goons to protect his meetings

Goons in Kenya are steadily acquiring the capacity to decide when to be violent in the public space and to exercise legitimate violence.
By Barack Muluka 2026-08-23 11:42:01
When the incumbent is spending so much vocal and mental energy on attacking a retired president, all is certainly not well.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-08-16 08:21:00
Sifuna must transform his triumphant moment into a national movement. If not, the season will only be remembered as the flash in the pan that his detractors yearn for.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-08-02 09:00:00
Kalonzo has been framed and defamed as someone who could sneak to State House during the night, to hunt with State predators, only to run with the antelopes in the bush during the day. 
By Barrack Muluka 2026-08-02 09:00:00
Like most African presidents, Ruto speaks the language of politics. He does not speak the language of social ethics and values. This is where the problem begins and ends.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-08-02 08:55:00
The piece argues that President William Ruto's impeachment of Rigathi Gachagua and sidelining of Edwin Sifuna have unintentionally strengthened the opposition.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-07-28 06:00:00
Emanyulians are saying that Mudavadi and Wetang’ula have had their day in the nest. It does not matter which mother hen returns to this clutch of dead germs. They are bad eggs.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-07-26 10:00:00
South Africans are angry at African foreigners and they are accusing them of taking up their jobs, but their President says they have a just cause.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-07-12 12:55:51
Kenya has become a country of poor citizens who throng political rallies on a normal working week day, to receive Sh200 from State agents.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-07-05 09:00:00
If the President shall habitually promise to deliver sundry public goods “within six months,” the media has a duty to audit him.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-07-05 06:00:00
Among the languages of justice are the grammars of restorative justice, restitution, retributive justice, distributive justice, and transitional justice.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-06-28 08:00:00
Even as the Anglican Church of Kenya contemplates yet another cleansing and sanctification of the All Saints, observers will note that it is now the trend to desecrate places of prayer and worship.
By Barrack Muluka 2026-06-21 15:25:10