USAID Logo. PHOTO/https://www.facebook.com/USAIDKenya President Donald Trump’s administration said on Sunday, February 23, 2025, that it was placing all personnel at the foreign assistance agency USAID, except leaders and critical staff, on paid administrative leave and eliminating 1,600 positions in the United States. Billionaire Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has led an effort to…
Mombasa’s tourism industry received another major boost on Sunday as President William Ruto welcomed the luxurious Norwegian Dawn cruise liner, which arrived with over 2,200 tourists and 995 crew members. The 294-meter-long vessel with a draft of 8.3 metres, one of the largest to ever dock in Mombasa, sailed in from Seychelles, marking its second…
Pope Francis delivers his annual State of the World address to members of the Vatican diplomatic corps. PHOTO/@VaticanNews/X Pope Francis remains in a “critical” condition, but “has not presented any further respiratory crises”, the Vatican said in a statement on Sunday. He was still receiving high-flow oxygen therapy and had undergone blood transfusions. Blood…
Beldine Odemba has come under scrutiny for her team selection after Harambee Starlets’ goalless draw against Tunisia, raising tactical concerns. Friday is a day that many Kenyan football fans had circled on their calendars, hopeful that Harambee Starlets would make a strong statement in their 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) qualifiers. However, after…
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu is facing fresh legal troubles after Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Renson Ingonga petitioned the High Court to reinstate money laundering charges against him. The DPP is also pushing for harsher penalties related to the Ksh588 million road tender scandal. Waititu, his wife Susan Wangari, their companies, and Testimony Enterprise…
Benni McCarthy is set to be unveiled as Kenya’s new head coach on Friday, marking a major step in the team’s rebuild. South Africa legend Benni McCarthy will arrive in the country on Wednesday to finalize his appointment as the new head coach of the Harambee Stars. McCarthy has been in high demand since leaving…
Clyde Senaji has been out in the cold for the past six months. Harambee Stars utility player Clyde Sinaji is optimistic that he can regain his place in the team for the Africa Cup of Nations on home soil. Kenya will co-host the biennial tournament in two year’s time, and it will be the first…
The late former IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukatiand late former Electoral Commission of Kenya Chairman Samuel Kivuitu. [File, Standard] I saw him and paused. He had stopped to look for something in the men’s grooming section. His hands were shaking. He could barely hold onto anything. He looked frail. I pushed my trolley towards him. “Good…
Social Health Authority (SHA) headquarters. PHOTO/@_shakenya/X Hospitals under the Rural & Urban Private Hospitals Association Of Kenya (RUPHA) have temporarily suspended services under the Social Health Authority (SHA) insurance scheme and Medical Administrator Kenya Limited (MAKL) due to unresolved payment issues. The suspension will take effect on Monday, February 24, 2025, according to guidelines…
RSF deputy commander Major Gen Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo(centre) with Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) Leader Abdel Aziz Al-Hilu(left) and Fadlallah Burma(right), the leader of Sudan’s National Umma Party (NUP) during the postponed signing of Sudan Founding Charter for establishing a peace and unity Government, at KICC, Nairobi on February 18, 2025[Boniface Okendo, Standard] The…
Dorcas Rigathi. PHOTO/@Pastor_Dorcas/X Pastor Dorcas Rigathi has hailed her husband Rigathi Gachagua as a strong and bold man who speaks the truth all the time. Speaking during a church service at AIPCA Antubetwe Kiongo Church, Igembe North, Meru County, Dorcas said the country is headed the wrong direction due to lack of truth. “I’m…
New FBI Director Kash Patel. PHOTO/@Kash_Patel/X The new FBI director, Kash Patel, has told his agency employees to hold off on responding to an email from the Donald Trump administration asking them to list their accomplishments in the last week as tech billionaire Elon Musk expands his crusade to slash the federal government’s size….
MCA Toyota Toyota Eliud Kirongo worth Ksh 800,000 burned on Saturday, February 22 by unknown people Kirongo revealed that the incident was the fourth time people had consumed its property, including two trucks and a tea farm Several Kenyans have criticized the act and demanded that the perpetrators be arrested as further investigations continue Nandi…
Why Kishane Thompson’s decision to take part in the World Indoor Championships could be bad news for his competitors, especially Noah Lyles. Jamaica’s Kishane Thompson has firmly established himself as one of the fastest men in the world, and his latest move is only adding fuel to the fire. The Olympic 100m silver medalist is…
Pope Francis delivers his annual State of the World address to members of the Vatican diplomatic corps. PHOTO/@VaticanNews/X People across Latin America prayed for Pope Francis, the first leader of the Catholic Church to come from the region, as the Vatican reported on Saturday the Argentina-born pontiff was in critical condition in a Rome hospital. Catholics…