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 ...

I came to Nairobi first in August 1996, backpacking as a university student. My girlfriend and I took a month off and came to Kenya. Israeli airlines were still flying directly from Israel and we ...

A man stands his ground along Tom Mboya street during demonstration against the Finance Bill 2024 on June 2nd, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] I'll depart from the regular sketch to reflect on this ...

A man stands his ground along Tom Mboya street during demonstration against the Finance Bill 2024 on June 2nd, 2024. [Kanyiri Wahito, Standard] I'll depart from the regular sketch to reflect on this ...

Today marks 40 years since Tom Mboya was brutally killed in Nairobi. Under the glare of the afternoon sun, that fateful Saturday, a hired gunman nearly brought Kenya to its knees when he silenced the ...

Tom Mboya was one of the most prominent personalities in Kenyan history. He was born Thomas Odhiambo Joseph Mboya on August 15,1930 and was assassinated at the tender age of 38 on July 5, 1969. It is ...

President Jomo Kenyatta chairs a Cabinet meeting at his Gatundu home following the murder of Tom Mboya in July 1969. [File] When the mechanics of structuring the country into a modern State reached ...

These acts of artistic beautification (or defilement) do not transmogrify the freedom hero into a subversive element, even though placing a canister in Mboya's hand has sinister echoes of violence.