The Judicial Service Commission (JSC )'s failure to hold a preliminary assessment meeting and to entertain a blanket petition to remove all judges except Justice Smokin Wanjala led to the collapse of a plot that haunted the apex court.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559277/how-supreme-court-judges-beat-jsc-in-removal-petitions-battle
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559277/how-supreme-court-judges-beat-jsc-in-removal-petitions-battle
The Standard
How Supreme Court Judges beat JSC in removal petitions battle
JSC's failure to hold a preliminary assessment meeting and to entertain a blanket petition to remove all judges except Justice Smokin Wanjala led to the collapse of a plot that haunted the apex court.
The latest figures from the Controller of Budget show that the 47 county governments spent billions on travel during the 2025/26 financial year, including about Sh2.2 billion on foreign travel.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559281/how-counties-burned-sh22-billion-on-training-tourism-abroad
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559281/how-counties-burned-sh22-billion-on-training-tourism-abroad
The Standard
How counties burned sh2.2 billion on 'Training Tourism' abroad
Counties with the highest travel expenditure are not necessarily those with the best service delivery outcomes. In many cases, the reverse is true.
Despite what appears to be state-sponsored sustained threats and intimidation against Standard Group, rights defenders came out in their numbers to stand in solidarity with the media outlet, saying the threats amounted to an attack on the free press and democracy.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559274/solidarity-rights-groups-victims-of-state-excesses-rally-behind-standard
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559274/solidarity-rights-groups-victims-of-state-excesses-rally-behind-standard
The Standard
Solidarity: Rights groups, victims of State excesses, rally behind 'Standard'
Rights defenders came out in their numbers to stand in solidarity with the media outlet, saying the threats amounted to attack on free press and democracy.
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Henry Wooster, President Donald Trump's nominee to be US ambassador to Kenya, is now set to arrive in Nairobi after the US Senate confirmed his appointment by unanimous consent, filling a post left vacant for nearly two years. He is set to find a packed in-tray.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559280/new-us-envoy-set-to-land-in-nairobi-finds-packed-in-tray-as-2027-campaigns-heat-up
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559280/new-us-envoy-set-to-land-in-nairobi-finds-packed-in-tray-as-2027-campaigns-heat-up
The Standard
New US envoy set to land in Nairobi, finds packed in-tray as 2027 campaigns heat up
Henry Wooster lands at a delicate moment as political campaigns heat up ahead of Kenya's August 2027 general election.
At Kang’o ka Jaramogi in Bondo, Siaya County, history is taking a new physical form. The ancestral home that witnessed the political life of Kenya’s first Vice President Jaramogi Oginga Odinga and later became closely associated with his son, former Prime Minister Raila Amolo Odinga, is undergoing a major transformation ahead of Raila’s first anniversary.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559278/kango-ka-jaramogi-emerges-as-a-fortress-of-knowledge-and-history-ahead-of-railas-first-anniversary
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559278/kango-ka-jaramogi-emerges-as-a-fortress-of-knowledge-and-history-ahead-of-railas-first-anniversary
The Standard
Kang'o ka Jaramogi emerges as a fortress of knowledge and history ahead of Raila's first anniversary
The government has allocated Sh30 million for the Raila mausoleum, with construction beginning in July after the site was handed over to government engineers.
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Riara University management has condemned violence and harassment after a video circulating online appeared to show some female students assaulting and threatening a fellow lady.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559294/riara-university-probes-alleged-student-assault-in-viral-video
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001559294/riara-university-probes-alleged-student-assault-in-viral-video
The Standard
Riara University probes alleged student assault in viral video
Riara University management has condemned violence and harassment after a video circulating online appeared to show some female students assaulting and threatening a fellow lady.
KAMOTHO WAIGANJO: For a country that imports virtually all its refined petroleum products, the implications are monumental. Kenya’s vulnerability to external fuel shocks has been laid bare in recent months.
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/kamotho-waiganjo/article/2001559296/sleepy-lamu-could-be-heart-of-east-africas-economic-takeoff
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/kamotho-waiganjo/article/2001559296/sleepy-lamu-could-be-heart-of-east-africas-economic-takeoff
The Standard
Sleepy Lamu could be heart of East Africa's economic takeoff
Dangote’s proposed Sh2.2 trillion Lamu refinery could transform Kenya into a regional energy hub, drive industrial growth and reshape East Africa’s economic landscape if key concerns are addressed.
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