AFCON 2025: Egypt Coach Relieved to Escape Zimbabwe Embarrassment After Salah and Marmoush Deliver Opening Win

Egypt coach Hossam Hassan expressed his relief at seeing his side avoid dropping points against Zimbabwe thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Omar Marmoush. Mohamed Salah scored a dramatic stoppage-time winner to save Egypt from an embarrassing draw against Zimbabwe, securing a 2-1 victory in their Africa Cup of Nations opener on Monday. The…

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“Go Read the Manifesto”: Ruto Fires Back at Critics of BETA and Singapore Dream

President William Ruto launched a spirited defense of his Bottom-Up Economic Agenda (BETA) on Monday, emphatically rejecting accusations that his signature economic framework amounts to nothing more than empty political rhetoric. Speaking at the bustling Kimalel Goat Auction in Baringo on December 22, 2025, the President stressed that the identical economic blueprint that secured him…

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Power Couple in Politics: Susan Nakhumicha Introduces Husband to Cherang’any Residents

Former Health Cabinet Secretary Susan Nakhumicha made a striking public declaration of love and political partnership on Monday, formally introducing her husband, High Court advocate Benson Milimo, to Cherang’any residents in Trans Nzoia County. Addressing a lively crowd on December 22, 2025, at her Chebarus residence in Sitatunga ward during a Christmas donation event, Nakhumicha…

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Sick, untreated and unsafe: The plight of KNH patients

A photo of Kenyatta National Hospital Accident and Emergency Section taken on February 9, 2025. [Benard Orwongo, Standard] The Standard investigation has uncovered a dire shortage of critical blood test reagents, essential drugs, and nutritious food for patients, problems compounded by alarming security lapses at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), the largest referral hospital in East and…

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Letsile Tebogo and Other Young African Sprinters Who Turned Down the ‘American Dream’

Letsile Tebogo revealed recently that he turned overtures from three countries but he could have relocated to America much earlier and he is not alone in rejecting offers from the US. Botswana sprinting sensation Letsile Tebogo recently made a shocking revelation that he had rejected bi-money approaches from three countries to switch nationalities. Tebogo revealed…

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