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THE STANDARD OPINION Kenya Medical Supplies Authority. [Jenipher Wachie, Standard] I watched with utter bemusement a KTN News live stream of the National Assembly Public Investment Committee probing the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority's so-called “covidbillionaires” heist. Jubilee Party chairman David Murathe is on the hot seat. He has come to extricate himself from the ensnaring of one of the most embarrassing scandals in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s eight-year-old administration. The MPs are jostling for a chance to take on the self-declared Uhuru’s Mr Fix-it. He came ready for a fig...

THE STANDARD OPINION Looking down from Upper Hill, the eye will land on a brownish, shiny dome gleaming in the city’s sunshine. It is unfinished, but one can’t help but be swept away by its majestic posture overlooking the often-clogged Uhuru Highway and Parliament Road, and Haile Selassie Avenue on the other side. Built at a cost of Sh6 billion, the 26-floor office block is yet to be completed seven years later. Not to begrudge the MPs’ (the new tenants) sense of importance, the building is a symbol of extravagance. A car grant, free serviced office space, numerous sitting allowances ...

“I’ve been getting book recommendations from TikTok.” My childhood best friend said this to me during one of our check-ins, proving once and for all, that as much as you try to resist it, TikTok will eventually consume us all. Come and claim me Gen-Z, I will give the middle part a shot. My new reading recs friend and I don’t keep in touch as much as both of us would like nowadays. A global pandemic, and her being an emergency room nurse while I am just a lazy texter complicate the matter. One thing we never fail to do when we check in, though, is to ask what new books or authors the o...

THE STANDARD KENYA MD Broadcast Joe Munene (from left), ICT CS Joe Mucheru, Editorial Director Ochieng Rapuro and Standard Group Deputy Board Chairman Dr. Julius Kipngetich during the relaunch of The Standard newspaper at the Standard Group offices in Nairobi on April 8, 2021. [Elvis Ogina,Standard] As the oldest paper in the country, The Standard has evolved in the more than 100 years of its existence, adjusting constantly to the changing world around it. During the colonial times the paper remained “a typical European people’s paper concerned with the happenings in Britain and urging ...

THE STANDARD By Andrew Kipkemboi | March 15th 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300 President John Pombe Magufuli at a past event in Chato Town, Northern Tanzania. [Courtesy] Their political rallies are not the rumbustious type as happens in Kenya or Uganda. For a taste of political ruckus, the joke among Tanzania’s chattering classes goes, most tune into Kenyan TV stations, where this is served daily. The Tanzanians stand out as the most polite, patriotic and cohesive of most African countries. In Wars, Guns and Votes: Democracy in Dangerous Places, Paul Collier an Oxford University professor of ...