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standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) Director- General, Bruno Linyiru. [MoA]Mwea rice farmers are set to receive guaranteed and timely payments should a new deal with the government be fully implemented. Through the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC), the government plans to purchase more than 5,000 metric tonnes of locally grown rice valued at Sh500 million. Farmers can expect to receive payments within a month of delivery.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba addresses the media at Parliament on May 29, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has dismissed President William Ruto’s apology to Gen Zs, calling it “too late.” Speaking a day after the president issued the apology during the 22nd National Prayer Breakfast, Wamuchomba said forgiveness cannot come without accountability for young protesters allegedly disappeared or brutalised during the June 2024 anti-tax demonstrations.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba addresses the media at Parliament on May 29, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has dismissed President William Ruto’s apology to Gen Zs, calling it “too late.” Speaking a day after the president issued the apology during the 22nd National Prayer Breakfast, Wamuchomba said forgiveness cannot come without accountability for young protesters allegedly disappeared or brutalised during the June 2024 anti-tax demonstrations.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
US Africa Command (AFRICOM) chief Michael Langley. [Benard Orwongo, Standard]US Africa Command (AFRICOM) chief Michael Langley, has stood by his criticism of Burkina Faso's military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, despite earlier backlash from Africans.
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standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
Former NFL star Rickey Allen Bolden during the 22nd National Prayer Breakfast at Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi on May 28, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]Former National Football League (NFL) star Rickey Bolden has called on Kenya’s leadership to apologise to Gen Zs, following the June 2024 anti-government protests that brought the nation to the brink.
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standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
President William Ruto and his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh at State House Nairobi on October 23, 2024. [PCS]The Kenyan government has pulled the brakes on a planned inauguration of the Somaliland Liaison Office into a diplomatic office citing the country’s "unwavering recognition” of the federal government of Somalia.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan addresses African Heads of State and Governments during the World Bank IDA African Heads of State Summit in Nairobi on April 29, 2024. [File, Standard]Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan is the subject of cross-border criticism following a government crackdown on foreign human rights defenders, who sought to attend the treason trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu this week.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan addresses African Heads of State and Governments during the World Bank IDA African Heads of State Summit in Nairobi on April 29, 2024. [File, Standard]Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan is the subject of cross-border criticism following a government crackdown on foreign human rights defenders, who sought to attend the treason trial of opposition leader Tundu Lissu this week.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
Activist Boniface Mwangi addressing a press conference in Nairobi in November 2020. [David Njaaga, Standard]The Kenyan government has written to Tanzania demanding the release of activist Boniface Mwangi, who is being held incommunicado following his arrest on Monday, May 19. Through the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs, Kenya has protested the detention of Mwangi, calling out Tanzania over its silence in the matter, despite multiple requests.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Denis Omondi
CaptionPrime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi has cautioned former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua against reopening wounds of the 2007/2008 post-election violence. Mudavadi termed such political rhetoric as “irresponsible,” adding that it risked pushing the country to the precipice when the nation desires unity. “How somebody who has had the privilege of rising to the position of deputy president can want to take us back to that episode is completely out of line, and out of order,” he said.
