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From cooking ugali to jogging and podium rebuke, the light side of Macron

French President Macron caught many by surprise during morning run with marathon star Kipchoge displayed his love for football and culinary skills with Dennis Ombachi.

By Peter Muiruri 20 days ago

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Conservation pays: How protecting rivers has built a rural economy

Farmers living along the upper Tana have improved their livelihoods within the last 10 years by protecting Kenya’s largest river.

By Peter Muiruri 20 days ago

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Why children of British soldiers are searching for their fathers

A week ago, the BBC released a documentary in which lawyers and geneticists used commercial ancestry databases to trace British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya.

By Peter Muiruri 30 days ago

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Together yet apart: Inside Kenya's urban loneliness pandemic

Many young people, on the other hand, are choosing solitude, preferring to enjoy their own company without the encumbrances of a relationship.

By Peter Muiruri 1 month ago

Beyond the cloud: How US firm has built muscle in the digital world

According to Garman, “AWS has by far been the largest and most broadly deployed AI Cloud infrastructure anywhere in the world” with a network of data centres spanning 38 regions.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

Zanzibar launches $12 million heritage restoration drive with private partner

Gov't of Zanzibar announces heritage restoration initiative backed by a $12 million public–private investment, in a move aimed at strengthening cultural preservation.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

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Inside Sh32 billion project seeking to blend Zanzibar's contemporary lifestyle with cultural outlook

As Zanzibar steps up its plan to become the ultimate tourist attraction destination in EAC, investors have stepped in as they seek to blend a contemporary lifestyle with the unique cultural outlook.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

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From cooking ugali to jogging and podium rebuke, the light side of Macron

French President Macron caught many by surprise during morning run with marathon star Kipchoge displayed his love for football and culinary skills with Dennis Ombachi.

By Peter Muiruri 20 days ago

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Conservation pays: How protecting rivers has built a rural economy

Farmers living along the upper Tana have improved their livelihoods within the last 10 years by protecting Kenya’s largest river.

By Peter Muiruri 20 days ago

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Why children of British soldiers are searching for their fathers

A week ago, the BBC released a documentary in which lawyers and geneticists used commercial ancestry databases to trace British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya.

By Peter Muiruri 30 days ago

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Together yet apart: Inside Kenya's urban loneliness pandemic

Many young people, on the other hand, are choosing solitude, preferring to enjoy their own company without the encumbrances of a relationship.

By Peter Muiruri 1 month ago

Zanzibar launches $12 million heritage restoration drive with private partner

Gov't of Zanzibar announces heritage restoration initiative backed by a $12 million public–private investment, in a move aimed at strengthening cultural preservation.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

Beyond the cloud: How US firm has built muscle in the digital world

According to Garman, “AWS has by far been the largest and most broadly deployed AI Cloud infrastructure anywhere in the world” with a network of data centres spanning 38 regions.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

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Inside Sh32 billion project seeking to blend Zanzibar's contemporary lifestyle with cultural outlook

As Zanzibar steps up its plan to become the ultimate tourist attraction destination in EAC, investors have stepped in as they seek to blend a contemporary lifestyle with the unique cultural outlook.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

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From cooking ugali to jogging and podium rebuke, the light side of Macron

French President Macron caught many by surprise during morning run with marathon star Kipchoge displayed his love for football and culinary skills with Dennis Ombachi.

By Peter Muiruri 20 days ago

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Conservation pays: How protecting rivers has built a rural economy

Farmers living along the upper Tana have improved their livelihoods within the last 10 years by protecting Kenya’s largest river.

By Peter Muiruri 20 days ago

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Why children of British soldiers are searching for their fathers

A week ago, the BBC released a documentary in which lawyers and geneticists used commercial ancestry databases to trace British soldiers who fathered children in Kenya.

By Peter Muiruri 30 days ago

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Together yet apart: Inside Kenya's urban loneliness pandemic

Many young people, on the other hand, are choosing solitude, preferring to enjoy their own company without the encumbrances of a relationship.

By Peter Muiruri 1 month ago

Zanzibar launches $12 million heritage restoration drive with private partner

Gov't of Zanzibar announces heritage restoration initiative backed by a $12 million public–private investment, in a move aimed at strengthening cultural preservation.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

Beyond the cloud: How US firm has built muscle in the digital world

According to Garman, “AWS has by far been the largest and most broadly deployed AI Cloud infrastructure anywhere in the world” with a network of data centres spanning 38 regions.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

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Inside Sh32 billion project seeking to blend Zanzibar's contemporary lifestyle with cultural outlook

As Zanzibar steps up its plan to become the ultimate tourist attraction destination in EAC, investors have stepped in as they seek to blend a contemporary lifestyle with the unique cultural outlook.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

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Together yet apart: Inside Kenya's urban loneliness pandemic

Many young people, on the other hand, are choosing solitude, preferring to enjoy their own company without the encumbrances of a relationship.

By Peter Muiruri 1 month ago

Zanzibar launches $12 million heritage restoration drive with private partner

Gov't of Zanzibar announces heritage restoration initiative backed by a $12 million public-private investment, in a move aimed at strengthening cultural preservation.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

Beyond the cloud: How US firm has built muscle in the digital world

According to Garman, "AWS has by far been the largest and most broadly deployed AI Cloud infrastructure anywhere in the world" with a network of data centres spanning 38 regions.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

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Inside Sh32 billion project seeking to blend Zanzibar's contemporary lifestyle with cultural outlook

As Zanzibar steps up its plan to become the ultimate tourist attraction destination in EAC, investors have stepped in as they seek to blend a contemporary lifestyle with the unique cultural outlook.

By Peter Muiruri 3 months ago

How venture capital firm is building the next generation of entrepreneurs

Nairobi has long been celebrated as the "Silicon Savannah" where technology and entrepreneurship converge.

By Peter Muiruri 5 months ago

Zanzibar shatters annual tourism record two months early

Zanzibar breaks its full-year tourism record with two months still remaining in 2025, positioning the archipelago to potentially cross the one million visitor threshold for the first time in history.

By Peter Muiruri 6 months ago

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This woman Kibue: Kenya's first female professor of architecture

Since April Kibue has had a hard time getting used to the title "Professor". In any case, it has taken the country more than 60 years to produce the first female professor of architecture.

By Peter Muiruri 6 months ago

Program to address welfare of Kenyan waste pickers starts

Community of waste pickers at work in one of the dumpsites in Ngong, Kajiado county. [David Njaaga,Standard]

By Peter Muiruri 6 months ago

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Why Kenya's property sector is cooling after years of growth

Satellite towns such as Kiserian and Kitengela offered the lowest-price access points

By Peter Muiruri 7 months ago

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Inside Raila's quest to modernise his 'bedroom'

This was perhaps the first time for the First Lady to venture that deep in the sprawling slum. She was there to inaugurate one of her projects, the Kibera Education and Empowerment Programme.

By Peter Muiruri 7 months ago

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Ida Odinga: The quiet pillar behind Raila's loud battles

For 52 years, Ida Odinga stood beside her man-now she mourns him as both widow and national matriarch. Now, she faces her greatest test yet-mourning Raila Odinga as a widow.

By Peter Muiruri 7 months ago

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Political instability, civil unrest top business hazards in Kenya

Political instability and civil unrest have been ranked as the top hazards with the potential to disrupt economic activities in Kenya over the coming year.

By Peter Muiruri 7 months ago

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How AI has changed the game in wildlife conservation, ocean clean-up

Traditional wildlife surveys often overestimate populations and miss critical details due to limited coverage and human error.

By Peter Muiruri 8 months ago

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KWS: Why raising park fees for visitors to Kenya's national parks is long overdue

The quest to double revenue from Kenya's national parks now rests with Parliament after a public validation exercise was completed on Thursday.

By Peter Muiruri 8 months ago

Sudhir Vidyarthi: Maverick who took on Kanu's regime bows out

Sudhir's Colourprint printed radical publications, challenging single-party Kanu. He dedicated his life to helping others and supporting Kenya's Second Liberation.

By Peter Muiruri 9 months ago

Masai Mara listed in 'extraordinary global records' for unique annual spectacle

Reserve listed in as World's Greatest Annual Terrestrial Wildlife Migration. Every year between July and October, over 1.5 million wildebeests cross to Mara from Serengeti.

By Peter Muiruri 10 months ago

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How Donald Trump's remittance tax is threatening property investments in Kenya

It will be in addition to the six per cent that US migrants already pay in remittance fees to these platforms.

By Peter Muiruri 10 months ago

How underfunding hampers wildlife management

Historical underfunding amid rising visitor numbers is hampering infrastructure upgrades within the country's wildlife-protected areas.

By Peter Muiruri 10 months ago

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Why Kenya is losing her tourism mojo to Tanzania and Rwanda

There was a time Kenya used to sneeze and her neighbours caught a flu, a popular adage went.

By Peter Muiruri 10 months ago