Peter Theuri

Nairobi

Senior Reporter at The Standard (Kenya)

Geospatial Engineer (UoN). Senior Reporter @StandardKenya. IJP Fellow 2024. ASLI Scholar 2024. Award winning essayist. Scientist. Does not support Arsenal.

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Elon Musk seeks to make peace with Africa, Kenya in tour

3 weeks 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

2 months ago | 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.
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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.
Tears flow, politics creep in at Hillside memorial service as four pupils buried

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

In two neighbouring villages of Gitegi and Charity, in homesteads not far away from one another, four children, the oldest being 13 years old, were interred Thursday. The four were part of the 21 that perished in a fire tragedy at Hillside Endarasha Academy three weeks ago. After a sombre memorial service in Nyeri’s Mweiga Stadium, despondent families embarked on the process of burying their sons in an exercise that will be completed in three days.
The mountain 'forgives but does not forget' - Gachagua says

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

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has maintained that he does not hold any political grudge against his opponents. Speaking in Nyeri today at the interdenominational memorial service for pupils who died in a fire at Hillside Endarasha Academy, Gachagua said that the mountain is welcoming and ready to work with those of similar minds for the prosperity of the citizens.
Why Kenya-Germany jobs deal is double-edged sword for workers

Sep 21, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Peter Theuri

A week ago, Germany announced that Flensburg had welcomed five bus drivers from Kenya, who would be undergoing training in a pilot project as part of the migration agreement between Kenya and Germany. If Kenya’s government sources are to be trusted, potentially 249,995 more Kenyans could soon be joining this inaugural batch of five in Germany.