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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

Caught in the middle: Governors finger Duale in fresh feud over 7,000 UHC workers

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By Angela Oketch
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The fight over more than 7,000 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) workers has stopped being a labour dispute and turned into a straight-up turf war between counties and the national government, with the workers themselves stuck watching from the sidelines. The Council of Governors and the Ministry of Health have spent the past week trading accusatory letters over who is responsible for absorbing the workers into permanent and pensionable employment, a promise that has now dragged on for six years.
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Caught in the middle: Governors finger Duale in fresh feud over 7,000 UHC workers

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By Angela Oketch
| Daily Nation Verified
The fight over more than 7,000 Universal Health Coverage (UHC) workers has stopped being a labour dispute and turned into a straight-up turf war between counties and the national government, with the workers themselves stuck watching from the sidelines. The Council of Governors and the Ministry of Health have spent the past week trading accusatory letters over who is responsible for absorbing the workers into permanent and pensionable employment, a promise that has now dragged on for six years.
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How Kenya's fake drug problem is showing up in ordinary homes

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By Angela Oketch
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Anne Atieno's son almost lost his eye to a box she trusted. It started with a persistent redness in his right eye. Anne thought little of it at first, blaming it on dust from the football pitch behind their home in Nairobi's Donholm estate. But the redness would not clear, and after a few days, she took him to an eye clinic. The diagnosis: allergic conjunctivitis, an inflammation of the membrane covering the eye triggered by allergens in the environment.
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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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