Peter Muiruri

6 days ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri

Happy Mother's Day: Joys and challenges of modern motherhood (Photo: iStock)Becoming a mother is perhaps one of the most profound transformations a woman can experience. It changes nearly every aspect of her life physically, emotionally, mentally and even socially. Hormonal shifts, changes in sleep patterns, and the instinctive bond between mother and child all lead to what has been referred to as the ‘mummy brain’, which enhances multitasking and awareness and prioritises caregiving.

1 week ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri

Britam Towers in Upper Hill, Nairobi is the first building in Kenya to receive the Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies certification. [David Gichuru , Standard]Kenya has reached a milestone of one million square metres of green-certified floorspace, saving energy and water and reducing harmful emissions.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Peter Muiruri

Poaching busts are familiar territory for the officers of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), an armed force tasked with protecting the country’s iconic creatures. But what awaited guards when they descended in early April on a guesthouse in the west of the country was both larger and smaller in scale than the smuggling operations they typically encounter. There were more than 5,000 smuggled animals, caged in their own enclosures. Each one, however, was about the size of a little fingernail: 18-25mm.

3 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri

Maasai Mara is a land of superlatives. It is one of the most written about animal reserves in the world, and although not the biggest (at least in comparison with the neighbouring Serengeti), Mara, as it is known, stands in a class of its own. Epic big cat chases reel in global filmmakers and tourists alike, turning the local plains into one big wild theatre.

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Muiruri

For the last 25 years, successive governments have made the provision of affordable housing a key cog in their manifestos, buoyed by grim housing statistics. At 21.3 per cent, Kenya is among African countries with the lowest home ownership among urban dwellers, while the country has had an annual housing deficit of 200,000 units. On the other hand, developers can only offload 50,000 units to the market. However, the country lacks a clear roadmap for reducing the deficit.