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Why Kenya must listen to its numbers about lived realities

One number caught my attention this week. Not because I am a statistician, I am not, but because for the past 30 years, I have read Kenya’s data the way I once read exam papers, with care, curiosity, and a constant hope that we are making progress.The picture is clear. Kenya has a Sh16.2 trillion ec

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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Aftershock rocks Bangladesh as quake death toll rises to 10

A low-magnitude tremor hit Bangladesh on Saturday, the national meterological service said, a day after a powerful earthquake struck outside the capital Dhaka and killed at least 10 people.Updating earlier tolls from Friday's 5.5-magnitude quake, disaster management official Ishtiaqe Ahmed told AFP

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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315 students and teachers abducted in latest Nigerian school kidnapping

A Christian group on Saturday said 315 students and teachers were seized a day earlier in Nigeria's secondmass school abductionin a week, as security fears mounted in Africa's most populous nation.The early Friday raid on St Mary's co-education school in Niger state in central Nigeria came after gun

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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Cyber cafe to pay student Sh5m for recruitment in Myanmar slave trade

Haron Nyakang’o, a Kisii University student, hoped that a foreign job placement by a Kenyan recruitment agency would open financial freedom for him.The promise of a customer carejob in Bangkok, Thailand, and a monthly salary of Sh180,000, was alluring enough that he deferred his studies.Get Full Acc

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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Natembeya cautions county executives against mismanagement

Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya read the riot act to his County officers over systemic negligence, financial indiscipline, and widespread mismanagement that have left contractors unpaid, critical documents missing, and departments performing far below expectations.Speaking during the signing o

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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Siaya MCAs censure Acting Finance CEC over mismanagement claims

Siaya County Assembly has initiated censure proceedings against the Acting County Executive Committee Member (CECM) for Finance and Economic Planning, George Nyin'giro, over allegations of mismanagement and failure to comply with public finance laws.Nyi’ngiro was appointed in an acting capacity foll

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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Mbuzi wet fry 'goat fry'

What you will need:-1kg goat meat cut into chunks (boiled)1 yellow sweet capsicumFollow The Standard channel on WhatsApp1 green sweet capsicum diced1 red sweet capsicumr diced1 tablespoon garlic ginger Chopped1 onion slicedJuice

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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Wandayi tells Nyanza to stick with Ruto for maximum benefit

Energy CS Opiyo Wandayi has asked Nyanza region to continue voting as a bloc, saying that their surest bet is to stick with President William Ruto.According to the CS, Nyanza people need to support President Ruto fully in getting his second term.CS Wandayi stressed the need for having a stand as a p

By The Standard Nov 22, 2025

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