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				<description>Standardmedia.co.ke We deliver breaking news from across Kenya and the globe and information on the latest top stories, business, sports and entertainment headlines. Follow the news as it happens through: special reports, videos, audio, photo gallerie and many more.</description>
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        <title>Operation Sindoor: Reflections on future defence posture for India</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 11:25:29 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Operation Sindoor reflected the 'New Normal' approach of India that it would retaliate against any acts of cross-border terrorism, irrespective of nuclear blackmail by its adversary.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001548028/operation-sindoor-reflections-on-future-defence-posture-for-india</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>India-Africa ties must move towards investment-driven growth, capacity building</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 11:12:47 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[India's approach, unlike traditional donors, emphasises capacity building as a long-term investment rather than short-term project delivery.]]></description>
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       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Kenya is over-politicised while systems are routinely ignored</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Parliament is prepared for another heated debate over taxes and the Finance Bill.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001548004/kenya-is-over-politicised-while-systems-are-routinely-ignored</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>50 per cent plus 1 pipedream: Why the President should be a worried man</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 10:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Rising fuel costs, falling poll numbers and growing public frustration are piling pressure on President Ruto ahead of the 2027 elections.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001548005/50-per-cent-plus-1-pipedream-why-the-president-should-be-a-worried-man</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>The paradox of success in Africa Forward Summit</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Co-hosted by President William Ruto and President Emmanuel Macron, the inaugural summit marked a deliberate pivot in France-Africa relations.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001548002/the-paradox-of-success-in-africa-forward-summit</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Bring out the chinaware, guests are coming</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 08:50:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Instead of Emmanuel Macron and 30 African heads of state, the tables had been turned in my dream]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001548006/bring-out-the-chinaware-guests-are-coming</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Delusion: When guests mistake African hospitality for hegemony</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 07:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The recent "Africa Forward Summit" in Nairobi was marketed as the dawn of a "new model of partnership" between France and Africa.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547998/delusion-when-guests-mistake-african-hospitality-for-hegemony</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>For Somalia youth, opportunity is the best path to stability</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Too often, conversations about Somalia are framed solely through the lens of humanitarian need.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547995/for-somalia-youth-opportunity-is-the-best-path-to-stability</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>What writers can learn from outstanding Kenyan runners</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 21:31:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Dedication is highly repetitive. It is showing up when the body resists and the mind negotiates excuses.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547992/what-writers-can-learn-from-outstanding-kenyan-runners</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Why I went back to law after four degrees and counting</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:27:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In a society that often measures success through the accumulation of wealth and comfort, returning to the classroom after years of professional achievement appears unnecessary.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547991/why-i-went-back-to-law-after-four-degrees-and-counting</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>When Africa meets the world and still keeps its roots alive</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 17:16:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Someone wrote that since civilisation began in Africa, the cradle of mankind, no one should lecture Africa on morality and culture.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547988/when-africa-meets-the-world-and-still-keeps-its-roots-alive</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>From West to East, Ruto plays cat and mouse games with rival superpowers</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 16:30:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[There are no enemies or friends when it comes to a powerful nation's national interests.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547987/from-west-to-east-ruto-plays-cat-and-mouse-games-with-rival-superpowers</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Absurdities in post-colonial societies fodder for literature</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 16:19:58 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[In my view, the absurdities in postcolonial world are not just a reflection of what the authors think about their people or the people they write about.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547989/absurdities-in-post-colonial-societies-fodder-for-literature</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Why wastewater drug analysis report is a major milestone for East Africa</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 10:03:24 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The report revealed worrying shifts in Kenya's drug landscape, including the growing use of synthetic drugs and New Psychoactive Substances (NPS).]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547965/why-wastewater-drug-analysis-report-is-a-major-milestone-for-east-africa</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>UDA owes Kenyans an apology over remarks made in the Senate</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 08:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[How do last week's Senate exchange, a youth poll, and this week's byâ€'election connect, and why do all parties in power need to pay attention?]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547934/uda-owes-kenyans-an-apology-over-remarks-made-in-the-senate</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Let citizens do scoring for the county leaders</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 08:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Good governance is the bedrock of sustainable and inclusive development within county governments.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547927/let-citizens-do-scoring-for-the-county-leaders</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Why the birds are clapping for Wiper's Kalonzo</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 07:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka's crown has slipped for good. For the first time since breaking away from Raila Odinga's ODM in 2007, he is politically stranded.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547932/why-the-birds-are-clapping-for-wiper-s-kalonzo</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Pregnancy is no crime: Rethink police training</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 07:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The recent termination of training for several police recruits by the NPS, including female recruits found to be pregnant, has sparked constitutional, legal, and ethical questions.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547921/pregnancy-is-no-crime-rethink-police-training</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Mothers, water and the journey to universal access</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:30:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Vinay Grover rightly reflected that mothers are like water: fluid, fierce, nurturing, and eternal.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547920/mothers-water-and-the-journey-to-universal-access</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Why robots can't fix what bad teachers break in our learners</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:20:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Robots cannot authentically replicate empathy, genuine esteem-building, or the reciprocal trust that emerges from shared vulnerability and nonverbal cues.]]></description>
       	<link>https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001547931/why-robots-can-t-fix-what-bad-teachers-break-in-our-learners</link> 
       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Supporting your former school makes the future brighter for all</title>
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        <pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[This week, my alma mater, Thika High School, celebrated 70 years, an occasion graced by President William Ruto]]></description>
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       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Why brands are moving beyond influencers in Kenya</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 14:53:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The shift is fueling the rise of platforms that allow social media users to participate in brand campaigns and potentially earn income based on engagement and performance.]]></description>
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       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>National and county governments must focus on preventive healthcare</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:25:47 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Preventive healthcare involves proactive measures such as regular check-ups, screenings, immunisation and lifestyle management]]></description>
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       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Technology should not make us do away with court-based oral litigation</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[While technology has improved access to justice and court efficiency, it should not replace oral advocacy, which remains essential to legal training, and the tradition of courtroom litigation.]]></description>
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       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>Too many questions over police hiring exercise</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 06:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[The expulsion of fifty-four police officers from Kiganjo Police Training College has caused a national debate.]]></description>
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        <title>Macron's reprimand and why Kenya needs 'school of manners'</title>
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        <pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[French President Emmanuel Macron interrupted a section of proceedings at the Africa Forward Summit to remind everyone present that it is rude to speak when someone else is talking.]]></description>
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       <dc:creator>Standard Digital</dc:creator>
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        <title>My classmate Gachagua must outgrow blues that come with loss of power</title>
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        <pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 16:45:00 +0300</pubDate>
        <description><![CDATA[Lusaka urges Gachagua to rise above bitterness after losing power, accusing him of undermining Kenya's international image through attacks on President during the Africa Forward Summit.]]></description>
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