OPINION— Standard and KTN’s Discreditable Framing of Northern Kenya’s ID Victory: Turning Rights into a Political Punchline
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OPINION— Standard and KTN’s Discreditable Framing of Northern Kenya’s ID Victory: Turning Rights into a Political Punchline

July 4, 2026
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BY— Siyad Jimale For sixty years, the people of Northern Kenya and other border counties lived under a shadow of suspicion. An extra layer of vetting — applied selectively on the basis of ethnicity, religion, and geography — treated Kenyan citizens as potential foreigners in their own land. When President

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UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar Accuses Kenyan Media Owners of Partisan Activism Against Ruto Administration
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UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar Accuses Kenyan Media Owners of Partisan Activism Against Ruto Administration

July 4, 2026
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NAIROBI— UDA Secretary General, Sen. Hassan Omar Hassan, has launched a sharp critique of sections of the mainstream media, accusing their media owners and senior editors of abandoning the principles of professional journalism in favour of partisan political activism aimed at discrediting President William Ruto’s administration. Addressing the media at

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Duale Condemns Standard Media Group for ‘Ethnic Profiling’ of Kenyan Somalis
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Duale Condemns Standard Media Group for ‘Ethnic Profiling’ of Kenyan Somalis

June 15, 2026
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NAIROBI – Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has criticized Standard Media Group for what he describes as ethnic profiling and discriminatory reporting against Kenyans of Somali origin, following a recent investigative story on alleged irregularities in the issuance of national identification documents and passports. In a statement, Duale asserted that

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