For many taxi drivers in Nairobi their greatest fear is either being carjacked or killed while on duty. However, they are now faced with a bigger threat. Female clients now prefer to pay for cab services in kind.

They demand that taxi drivers have sex with them...

The Catholic Church has distanced itself from advertisements that promote condom use and reaffirmed its stand against such contraception methods.

Chairman of the Kenya Episcopal Conference John Cardinal Njue said those behind the “Catholics for Choice” advertis...

Cases have been reported of sly women who ensnare flashy-looking male revelers by charming them with killer smiles, before posing as fair game and just when victims think they have landed an easy lay, they wake up the following morning robbed proper, writes The Standa...

If you have studied or are currently pursuing studies in Western countries, you have probably experienced some dim view about Africa, thanks largely to western media.

A Kenyan student studying at the Washington and Lee University in the American state of Virgin...

Strathmore University girls were left looking flushed at a lavish hotel in Westlands after they were slapped with a huge bill.

The Strathmore University students had accompanied their friend for her date with a mzungu.

Standard's correspondent at the...

Everline Aboka, a Kenyan model based in Canada, won the Top Model Worldwide title in a stiff competition, beating contestants from more than 47 countries.

Everline also received the Model Award due to her kind support to the models during the competition, a spi...

Public university students admit­ted to prestigious faculties like engi­neering, law and medicine have be­come the target of wealthy women who want to bear children with the ‘right’ genes, multiple sources have told The Nairobian.

The young men, considered to b...

Kenyan fashion photographer Barbara Minishi is featured in Al Jazeera English's upcoming six-part series, The New African Photography. Premiering April 22nd on Al Jazeera English, The New African Photography looks at the fast-changing African c...

CNN hero 2010 finalist Evans Wadongo is in the United States for a three day exhibition this coming week that will help raise funds for his solar lamp project.

The exhibition will feature 1,000 specially designed one of a kind lamps put together with help from...

A priest has quit the Catholic Church in protest against celibacy saying he cannot do without sex. Father John Karimi, now married with three children, had served the church for 15 years.

He felt that celibacy was not practical in the mainstream church and opte...

After three years running her business, Namour Designs, Julia Kibuga has decided to improve her skills. She has taken a year off and joined the Academy of Design in Australia’s Gold Coast City to study fashion.

Ms Kibuga is known for her unpredictable creations...

Marie Ojiambo, the reigning Miss Kenya USA, is competing in the Miss Africa USA 2013 Pageant and needs your vote.

Marie is a Doctor of Pharmacy and currently resides in New York. She holds a Pharmacy degree from the University of Nairobi and is currently pursui...

The forest passes as any other, where people can fetch firewood as it happens in many rural areas. It is strategically placed. A police station, church and school stand on the east. An airstrip and another school on the south, residential houses on the west while business...

Waltham, Massachusetts' vibrant Moody Street area now has one more shop adding to its diverse mix. Anthony Sankale, a native of Kenya, has recently opened a store selling hand-crafted products from his home country. The shop, Mizizi Design, is located at 28 Crescent St.,...

He is not your ordinary politician or a seasoned artist, but believe it or not, this young man is giving both politicians and leading artists a run for their money in terms of fame, acquired recently under rather unfamiliar circumstances. The line, "ni kama ndrama, ni kam...

Kenyan entrepreneur Evans Wadongo has won both the pan-Commonwealth and Africa region Commonwealth Youth Award, receiving more than £5,000 to support his charity Sustainable Development For All (SDFA).

The Commonwealth youth award for excellence in development...

Filthy rich men spend up to Sh100,000 a night to romp and relax in some of Nairobi’s most exclusive sex hideouts.

The swanky sex dens, unlike the clichéd threadbare settings and barely dressed women in many of Kenya’s brothels, have posh restaurants, swimming p...

Two of Kenya’s biggest singing stars, Eric Wainaina and Suzanna Owiyo, today pledged to use their music and high profiles to ignite positive environmental action as they were designated National Goodwill Ambassadors for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

The...

Tourists assume all Kenyans are warm and friendly because they smile and say, “Jambo! Hakuna matata!” But as The Standard's Linah Benyawa and Mkala Mwaghesha discovered, some tourists in Mombasa rue the day they fell in love with Kenyan men and women who...

As the florists and gift shops were making big sales on Valentines Day, chemist owners were waiting in the wings to cash in on the big occasion. Chemist owners are reported to have made huge profits from the sale of morning after pills despite the government putting regul...

For some time now, Kenya has been losing to Rwanda on many fronts: The level of attracting investors, the determination to fight corruption and tribalism, and economic growth rate.

But now, Kenya seems to have lost the title of ‘East Africa’s most loving nation...