The head of Radio Maisha is Tom Japanni, KTN Managing Editor is Ellen Wanjiru, while Standard Digital Managing Editor is Carole Kimutai. The top editors at the Standard Group include Kipkoech Tanui (The Standard, Daily Editions) and John Bundotich (Weekend Editions) with Charles Otieno editing The Nairobian. An English language edition called Daily Nation was published on October 3, 1960, in a process organised by former editor of the British News Chronicle, Michael Curtis. It is the oldest newspaper published in Kenya. It was bought in 1959 by the Aga Khan, and became a daily newspaper, Taifa Leo (Swahili for 'Nation Today'), in January 1960. Daily Nation Newspaper More: All newspapers from Kenya More newspapers from Nairobi. In 1989, at a time when Kenya was going into multi-party era, the Standard Group acquired the KTN Television Channel. Daily Nation newspaper from Nairobi, Kenya. It is the main rival to Kenya’s largest newspaper, the Daily Nation. In 2004 the name was changed back to The Standard. The paper changed its name to the Standard in 1977 but the name East African Standard was revived later. It has a strong heritage in objective, truthful and candid reporting of the day’s political affairs. 800,000+ Jobs Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary, Weekend Jobs, Flexible, Entry-level, No Experience Jobs.Apply today & find your perfect job in Kenya. The British-based Lonrho Group bought the newspaper in 1963, only a few months before Kenya’s independence. The Daily Nation is Kenya’s and the region’s most widely read daily newspaper. Find Daily Nation Newspaper Classifieds Ads Here Daily Nation Newspaper jobs vacancies. At the time the newspaper declared strongly colonialist viewpoints. It became a daily paper and moved its headquarters from Mombasa to Nairobi in 1910.
In 1905 Jeevanjee sold the paper to Maia Anderson and Rudolph Franz Mayer, who changed the name to the East African Standard. The newspaper was established as the African Standard in 1902 as a weekly by Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee, an immigrant businessman from British India.