Residents at the trading centre in US President Barack Obama’s ancestral village of K’Ogelo. Officials have said Obama will spend private time with family members but will not travel to the village.

Between 1952 and 1963, Kenya experienced one of the most violent chapters in its modern history. The Mau Mau uprising, rooted ...

Once a beacon of solidarity for independence movements across the African continent, Kenya now finds itself entangled in an alliance that threatens to erode its historical moral authority. Under ...

When then Labour Minister Dr Julius Gikonyo Kiano was pictured dancing with his wife Jane at the Rahimtula Hall on September 26, 1966. [File, Standard] In 1963, Julius Gikonyo Kiano was one of the ...

The 2024–2025 Gen Z protests, the largest and most sustained mass movement in Kenya’s post-independence history, erupted in June 2024 against President William Ruto’s International Monetary ...

Since independence, Kenya has lost several leaders to political assassinations over the years. This article explores Members of Parliament (MPs) who have been assassinated since 1965. Charles Ong’ondo ...

The renowned Kenyan author, playwright and professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has died at the age of 87. Over six decades, he chronicled Kenya’s transition from a British colony to independence. Thiong’o’s ...

Thiong'o took aim at colonial rule and Kenyan elites Spent years in jail and exile after being threatened Hailed as 'towering giant of Kenyan letters' NAIROBI, May 29 (Reuters) - Celebrated Kenyan ...