Vincent Achuka

1 month ago | standardmedia.co.ke | Vincent Achuka

National Intelligence Service (NIS) Director General Noordin Haji before the National Assembly's Committee on Defence , Intelligence and Foreign Relationship on May 12, 2025. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]The stunning revelation this week by the Director of the National Intelligence Service (NIS), Noordin Haji, about the overwhelming threats Kenya faces from the territories of its immediate neighbours has exposed the regional dynamics and worsening insecurity in the East African region.

Oct 7, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Vincent Achuka

That among the reasons Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua faces impeachment is money laundering and the use of his position to award his companies government tenders, is a clear demonstration of the term ‘the more things change, the more they remain the same.’In a span of two years, the DP has fallen into headwinds with two administrations where he was once an insider and pushed out on claims of acquiring massive wealth by using his influence to bag big money tenders from government.

Oct 6, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Vincent Achuka

That among the reasons Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua faces impeachment is money laundering and the use of his position to award his companies government tenders, is a clear demonstration of the term ‘the more things change, the more they remain the same.’In a span of two years, the DP has fallen into headwinds with two administrations where he was once an insider and pushed out on claims of acquiring massive wealth by using his influence to bag big money tenders from government.

Sep 20, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Vincent Achuka

For an unlikely politician who has now gained the moniker of a cat with nine lives, Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo’s triumph against a second attempt to kick him out of office on Tuesday broke history, making him the first county boss to survive two impeachment attempts at the county assembly level.

Aug 24, 2024 | standardmedia.co.ke | Vincent Achuka

For a man who was largely unrecognisable by Kenyans before the 2017 elections despite pulling the strings on major political and government infrastructure deals for three decades, Jimi Wanjigi’s current troubles are a new low for the businessman who was once so mysterious that he was referred to as ‘James Bond.’ Bond, a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953 has been portrayed in dozens of movies as a larger-than-life personality with the ability to get things...