Peter Theuri

Nairobi

Geospatial Eng (UoN). Ex Senior Reporter @StandardKenya. IJP Fellow 2024. ASLI Scholar 2024. Table Briefings Contributor. BIC Top 40 Writers Kenya. Scientist.

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America's implosion: Trump-Musk feud reveals fight for power, deals, ultimate betrayal

1 day ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (R) speak in the Oval Office before departing the White House in Washington, DC, on the way to Trump's residence at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on March 14, 2025.
Mad haraka sana: Gitegi's Madaraka the Harold Way

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

Kenyan Flag. [File courtesy]My village, Gitegi, would want to feel good, like the rest of the country, when a big public holiday comes knocking. However, a number of factors conspire to ensure that we remain miserable and barely derive any joy from national commemorations. What would we be celebrating? Harold runs Gitegi like a personal kiosk. National leaders void our village, and administrators skirt around it like it does not exist.
Globaler Handelsstreit: Wie Kenia profitieren möchte

1 month ago | table.media | Peter Theuri

Home|Globaler Handelsstreit: Wie Kenia profitieren möchte|Im Zuge des durch den US-Präsidenten ausgelösten globalen Zollstreits ist der Rohöl-Preis zuletzt massiv abgestürzt. Erdölimporteure wie Kenia wollen von der Entwicklung profitieren – auch da der Schilling im Wert zum US-Dollar steigt. Nach den Zollankündigungen von US-Präsident Donald Trump war der Preis für das Barrel Rohöl massiv eingebrochen. Die Nordseesorte Brent etwa fiel von 75 US-Dollar pro Barrel auf 58 US-Dollar.
Elon Musk seeks to make peace with Africa, Kenya in tour

2 months ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

The much-publicised Elon Musk Africa tour will see him meet developers and politicians in Nairobi on June 13, The Standard can now reveal. However, Kenya will be his second destination with the Tesla and SpaceX boss first visiting Cape Town in his country of birth, South Africa. His third stop, which could be the last, will be in Casablanca, Morocco, before he attends a high-level tech summit in Glasgow, Scotland.
Why trump has Gitegi on edge

Jan 26, 2025 | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

Just like it took you days to adjust to calling Sue your leader after she beat Harold in 2022, it is time to start training your tongue to say ‘President Donald Trump’, even though Harold was not invited for the inauguration. On the streets of Gitegi, people are asking me, as the wisest person in the village, what a Donald Trump presidency means for Gitegi. In all honesty, I do not know. It could be that it means little.
Peter Theuri

Jan 20, 2025 | table.media | Peter Theuri
Businesses you could consider in 2025

Jan 10, 2025 | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

Here we are in another year. After a handful of months, it will be December again and you will need some pocket change to play with. You need a plan. What are some businesses you could get into in 2025 that will give you financial stability throughout the year and into the future? There are some key factors you should consider when choosing a business to start. The business should be flexible, with the ability to adapt to changing customer needs - and new technologies - while remaining profitable.
Gitegi pinched by Riggy G's impeachment

Oct 26, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

Village grudges are usually light, easily forgotten. People are quick to forget they annoyed one another because the opportunities of offending each another anew keep appearing. When someone does you wrong and arbiters, men who often spend half their days inebriated, take forever to resolve the dispute, the complainant just says; “It is okay. It is okay. By Sunday I will have had my revenge.” And the case is dropped. Everyone is happy.
Gitegi at a crossroads over Riggy G's fate

Oct 12, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

Should you happen to come to my village and someone randomly asks you if you support without offering any context, know that they are asking you about Riggy G's impeachment. You have to be as shrewd as the snake, which we call 'the animal of down'. At the shopping centre, in farms during weeding, in the drinking den and even at the hallowed Harold Assembly of Holy Associates (HAHA) tabernacle, we are all shaken.
Kenya's long way back to cotton farming pulls new investment

Sep 28, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

The two greatest impediments to the revitalisation of cotton as a valued cash crop in Kenya are the extension system at county level and lack of certified seed system, according to Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA). Trained and tasked with guiding farmers throughout the process of growing cotton, most of the extension officers abscond and hapless farmers are left to make do with trial and error.