A few years ago, securing a shop in Nairobi’s central business district (CBD) was akin to striking gold. A prime location meant steady foot traffic, visibility, and the potential for growth for any ...

Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna addresses residents during Linda Mwanachi rally in Kitengela town on February 15, 2026. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] There is a political firestorm called Edwin Sifuna that ...

Tom Noonan, an actor who launched his career on the New York stage in the original 1978 Off Broadway production of Sam Shepard’s Buried Child before pivoting to indelible film performances as menacing ...

The actor died on Valentine's Day, according to 'The Monster Squad' director Fred Dekker: "The world has lost a great talent." By Lily Ford Tom Noonan, the actor-writer-director best known for roles ...

Daniel Odhiambo (left) of Takk Rawinji from Homa Bay in action during the inaugural Kisumu Chairman’s Karate Open played at Kombewa in Seme. [Washington Onyango, Standard] Young karate talents lit up ...

Death notices are submitted by regional funeral homes.

“Isn’t it better,” said the husky white settler from Kenya somewhat plaintively last week, “for us to let the African take the wheel of the bus as long as we can sit by his side and read the map, ...

Lauren Thomas is the lead reporter on M&A and shareholder activism for The Wall Street Journal in New York. She consistently breaks market-moving news about the biggest deals across all industries.

“We are not racialist,” protested Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere last week. “We are only getting rid of those people who are here illegally.” The same menacing tone was in the voice of Kenya’s ...

Dorothy Muoma Nasimiyu, a former high court advocate from Nakalira Village, Kitale, Trans-Nzoia County, died after struggling with mental health challenges and homelessness. According to surfacing ...