Stephen Rutto

2 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Players in action during Timba XO International Pool Carnival in Eldoret. [Peter Ochieng, Standard] The battle for the last 16 of the local events in the ongoing International Pool Carnival in Eldoret kicked off in earnest on Thursday. Round one of the Timba-XO International Pool Carnival, a race to 7 competitions, were hotly contested, with local pool stars stamping authority as they got ready for rounds three and four last evening ahead of today’s last 16 games.

2 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Slain Catholic priest, Fr Aloise Bett of St Mulumba Catholic Church, Kerio Valley, who was shot dead on Thursday, May 22, 2025. [Courtesy]A Catholic priest was on Thursday shot dead in Kerio Valley. The slain priest, identified by the police as Fr Aloise Bett, was ambushed and shot dead near Kapkain Primary School in Tot, Marakwet East sub-county, Elgeyo Marakwet County, at about 1 pm as he headed to the venue of a small Christian community sermon near the scene of the shooting.

2 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Kenya's professional pool player Patricia Keruche in past action. [File, Standard] African Pool Champion Aden Joseph of South Africa is among 200 international billiard players set to highlight the Timba-XO International Carnival. The South African sensation is among tens of international pool players among them former world black ball champion Wetsy Morake also from South Africa as well as Ugandan star Caesar Chandiga.

2 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

A section of Eldoret's 64 Stadium on Friday, May 16. [Stephen Rutto, Standard]An iconic stadium in the heart of Eldoret, the ‘City of Champions’ has gobbled up Sh755 million since 2021 but has no running track, a committee of the Senate has learnt. The Senate’s County Public Accounts Committee said it was disheartened by the state of affairs at 64 Stadium which is being upgraded to a state-of-the-art sporting facility at a cost of Sh1.1 billion and was set to be completed in 2022.

3 weeks ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Stephen Rutto

Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei briefs the media in Eldoret yesterday. May 16, 2025. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei wants the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua's newly formed Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) deregistered. Cherargei yesterday claimed that the new formation was a mere regional outfit which doesn’t meet the threshold of a national party, and should be delisted by the Registrar of Political Parties.