Kenya records 183 new Covid-19 infections

Kenya has recorded 183 Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours from 4,188 samples, bringing the…

Naked prison break: 3 inmates dead, 7 recaptured

At least three inmates who escaped from Singila Prison in Moroto District, Uganda on Wednesday have…

NEMA announces indefinate closure of controversial Mara Ngenche Camp

The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA)Chairman John Konchella has announced closure of Mara Ngenche Camp indefinitely,…

Revenue sharing: Hope for counties as senators reach consensus

The 12-member Senate mediation committee has made a breakthrough in the long awaited search for an…

“This is your last chance”- KNUN to Senate over revenue allocation impasse

KNUN Secretary-General Seth Panyako. [Stafford Ondego/Standard] The Kenya National Union of Nurses has asked health workers…

UN: Maduro’s security forces committed ‘crimes against humanity’

The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has committed systematic human rights violations including killings and torture amounting…

Senators, governors in war of words over counties cash

Senate in session. Senators and governors yesterday clashed over the counties revenue sharing stalemate. [File, Standard]…

New rules as schools prepare for reopening

New measures to guide the social distancing requirements in schools are out. This comes days ahead…

Siaya villages where widows have no right to own land

Jane Oonje, a widow from Nyapiedho village in West Sakwa, Bondo, shows her title deed of…

Police to detain Kapsaret MP Oscar Sudi for seven more days

Kapsaret MP Oscar Sudi  (centre)appears before a Nakuru court for a bail hearing. [Standard] A court…