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Angela Oketch

Nairobi
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ANGELA OKETCH
Position: CONTENT LEAD, HEALTH AND SCIENCE
Where you work currently: KISUMU
When you began your career in journalism: 2014
Email: angieoketch99@gmail.com
Twitter: @angieoketch
Telephone: +254 721 74 82 30
Country: Kenya
Overview
Angela Oketch is a Senior Reporter with over 9 years of experience in strategic communications management and investigative journalism at the largest independent media group in East and Central Africa.
I have a proven track record in leading teams of up t…

Angela Oketch’s Journalist Portfolio

Fathers' brave journey with pre-term babies

Fathers' brave journey with pre-term babies

Saturday December 2 2017 In Summary From moments of extreme anguish and financial constraints to instances wh…

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WORLD AIDS DAY: ARV defaulters slow down battle against the

WORLD AIDS DAY: ARV defaulters slow down battle against the

Agnes Akinyi - not her real name - arrives at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital in pain f…

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Training plan for Kenya, Uganda fertility experts

Training plan for Kenya, Uganda fertility experts

Data Hub Growth in broad money supply Data Hub Primary school completion rate is higher than the primary-seco…

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Njambi Koikai: The pain in my lung

Njambi Koikai: The pain in my lung

Njambi suffers from endometriosis, a condition where bits of the tissue that lines the uterus grow on other p…

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IUDs linked to lower risk of cervical cancer

IUDs linked to lower risk of cervical cancer

Women who use intrauterine devices (IUDs) for contraception might have a lower risk of cervical cancer than t…

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Articles

Dawa za mamilioni ya pesa zaharibika Kemsa wagonjwa nchini wakiteseka

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By Angela Oketch
| Taifa Leo
Habari za Kitaifa Dawa za mamilioni ya pesa zaharibika Kemsa wagonjwa nchini wakiteseka Na ANGELA OKETCH June 11th, 2026 Kusoma ni dakika: 2 RIPOTI ya Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu za Serikali imefichua jinsi dawa za kuokoa maisha za thamani ya mamilioni zilivyoharibikia katika mabohari ya Mamlaka ya Usambazaji Vifaa vya Matibabu Nchini (Kemsa) huku maelfu ya Wakenya wakikosa matibabu katika hospitali za umma au kulazimika kununua dawa kwa gharama zao.
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Dawa za mamilioni ya pesa zaharibika Kemsa wagonjwa nchini wakiteseka

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By Angela Oketch
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RIPOTI ya Mkaguzi Mkuu wa Hesabu za Serikali imefichua jinsi dawa za kuokoa maisha za thamani ya mamilioni zilivyoharibikia katika mabohari ya Mamlaka ya Usambazaji Vifaa vya Matibabu Nchini (Kemsa) huku maelfu ya Wakenya wakikosa matibabu katika hospitali za umma au kulazimika kununua dawa kwa gharama zao. Kwa mujibu wa ripoti hiyo ya mwaka wa kifedha uliomalizika Juni 30, 2025, dawa na vifaa vya afya vyenye thamani ya Sh376.8 milioni viliharibika vikiwa chini ya usimamizi wa Kemsa.
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Where are the other 22? Questions mount over missing Ebola isolation units Original

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By Angela Oketch
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The Kenyan government has been defending the construction of a United States Ebola quarantine facility at the Laikipia Air Base in Nanyuki for weeks, continuing with the project despite a High Court stop order. But amid the controversy surrounding the Laikipia facility, little attention has been given to the other 22 isolation units that the government says it is building as part of its national preparedness plan for potential Ebola outbreaks.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

writing on how disabled persons access HIV services

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

They are keeping the main stream media on toes

Awards

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Annual Journalism Excellence Award

2017 - Heath
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Annual Journalism Excellence Award

2015 - Art and Culture reporting

This was a story on how ropes used to commit suicide are sought-after items around Lake Victoria.

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National Aids Control Council

2014 - Health

The story titled Village Casanovas, highlighted the widespread practise of wife inheritance which greatly undermined the spread of the disease.

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