Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua. PHOTO/https://www.facebook.com/DPGachaguaFormer Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has made an appeal to the incoming Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners ahead of the 2027 polls. In a candid interview at his Wamunyoro home on Friday, May 16, 2025, Gachagua urged the incoming commissioners to be patriotic, noting that any attempt to…
Activist Boniface Mwangi being hurled into a police vehicle by plain cloth police officers along Koinange Street during a protest in memory of lives lost during the Gen-Z demonstrations on July 25, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito/Standard] A magistrate has triggered a heated debate following his remarks directed at Boniface Mwangi, an activist, that police are trained…
Gachagua addressing a crowd during a past event. PHOTO/@Rigathi Gachagua/XFormer Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has dramatically altered his earlier position on the state of the country’s finances at the time of transition in 2022, stepping back from his previous rhetoric that the Kenya Kwanza administration inherited completely empty coffers. Speaking during an interview with media…
Wycliffe Kinyamal reflects on a tough 800m race in Doha after a surprise result involving Botswana’s rising star. Kenya’s Wycliffe Kinyamal and Aaron Cheminingwa delivered spirited performances in the men’s 800m final at the Doha Diamond League on Friday night, braving a red-hot field to clock season-best times in one of the fastest races of…
Noah Lyles has suffered a big blow ahead of another grueling 2025 season. Olympic champion Noah Lyles has suffered an early blow ahead of the Atlanta City Games. The six-time World champion will not be part of the Games on Saturday after withdrawing from unspecified injury according to Essentially Sports. PAY ATTENTION: Stay updated with…
Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua at a past public function. PHOTO/@rigathi/XFormer Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has admitted to being privy to reports of people referring to him as a son of the late President Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi. Speaking during an interview session with Oga Obina on Friday, May 16, 2025, Gachagua brushed off the…
Botswana’s Letsile Tebogo wins in Doha 200m debut, but a late glance nearly costs him a dramatic victory. Botswana sprint king Letsile Tebogo made a dramatic statement in his debut at the Doha Diamond League on Friday night (16 May), claiming victory in the men’s 200m with a time of 20.10 seconds — but only…
Former DP Rigathi Gachagua at a past event. PHOTO/https://www.facebook.com/DPGachaguaFormer Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has revealed that long before he stepped onto political podiums, he used to spin decks as a disc jockey and rule dancefloors as a breakdancer, giving Kenya’s showbiz scene a run for its money in the 1980s. Speaking during a live interview…
Gachagua addressing a crowd during a past event. PHOTO/@Rigathi Gachagua/XMonths since former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was impeached, he still has photos of himself with President William Ruto in his house. Speaking to YouTuber Oga Obina on Friday, May 16, 2025, Gachagua said he had decided to keep the photos, despite having bitterly fallen out…
Charlene Ruto got into a mourning after a woman who considered her as a mother to die Norman Kiogora’s wife, director of the National Special Education Institute (Kise), died recently Charlene has been eager to learn sign language and has publicly emphasized the importance of inclusion and access to the deaf community The daughter of…
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja at a past event. PHOTO/@NPSOfficial_KE/XThe National Police Service (NPS) says it has successfully investigated and concluded 71 cases in the last four months. In a statement on Friday, May 16, 2025, NPS spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga said the cases range from armed robberies, theft of goods in transit, murder, defilement,…
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce did not have a fruitful Diamond League return as she finished fourth in Doha behind her Jamaican compatriots Tia and Tina Clayton. Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s return to the Diamond League did not go according to plan as she finished fourth in 100m at the Doha Diamond League on Friday. Returning to the Diamond League…
Jennifer Muthoni Kamau returned home from the clinic after having a health inspection, and found her husband and the mother without clothes. Muthoni’s guardian mother claimed she was helping her fulfill the marriage responsibilities because Muthoni was tired and very pregnant of their third child Speaking to TUKO.co.ke, Muthoni from Nakuru County narrated how he…
Mumias East MP Peter Salasya addressing youth along the Malindi- Mombasa highway at Kwa Chocha area in Malindi town Kilifi County on Saturday, May, 10, 2025. The First term MP took his 2027 presidential campaign to Kilifi and urged the youth to rally behind him for quality leadership in the country. [Nehemiah Okwembah, Standard]. Mumias East MP…
Professor Amukonwa Anangwe and his co-accused when they appeared before Milimani Anti-Corruption Principal Magistrate Celesa Asis Okore on Friday, May 16, 2025. PHOTO/Zipporah NgwatuThe Chairperson of the University of Nairobi Council, Amukonwa Anangwe, and his co-accused, Ahmed Sheikh Abdullahi, Carren Kerubo Omwenga and Daniel Brian Ouma, have pleaded not guilty to different charges levelled against them….