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Journalist. AMEA 2026 Best Follow-Up Reporting Award Winner. I write and tweet on #development #environment #climate change #health #water #human rights

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Freelance jounalist based in Nairobi. I am open for assignments in the East African region. I have experience covering climate change, environment, conflict, health, migration, refugee affairs, corruption, investigative features etc.

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Kenya's purple shoots of progress | The Africa Report.com

Kenya's purple shoots of progress | The Africa Report.com

As a drought wreaks havoc on agricultural output across the country, Kenya is trying to boost production of d…

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Climate change adaptation: Kenya goes local with a bottom-up approach

Climate change adaptation: Kenya goes local with a bottom-up approach

The daily weather forecast text messages were a modest intervention - a drop in the ocean of global climate f…

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In Kenya, a stagnating fight against malaria calls for new strategies

In Kenya, a stagnating fight against malaria calls for new strategies

Kenya seemed to be on track to win the fight against malaria. It distributed millions of insecticide-treated …

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A quest for refugee integration in Kenya

A quest for refugee integration in Kenya

KALOBEYEI SETTLEMENT, Kenya - Andrew Ngiro, a driver working in Kakuma Refugee Camp, knows all the roads insi…

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For the famed chimps of Gombe, human encroachment takes a toll

For the famed chimps of Gombe, human encroachment takes a toll

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In Kenya's Largest Slum, the World Bank Battles Cartels for Control of Electricity

In Kenya's Largest Slum, the World Bank Battles Cartels for Control of Electricity

Part 2 of the six-part "Failed Aid: What Went Wrong?" series, which investigates citizen reports on failed or…

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East Africa races to prepare for El Niño with less aid

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By Anthony Langat Verified
| Devex
A strong El Niño is approaching, but aid groups say funding shortages are limiting how much they can do before floods and displacement hit. The East African region is bracing for another potentially devastating El Niño season later this year — but humanitarian organizations warn they are heading into it with far fewer resources than they had during the last major floods.
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Sign, strike, repeat: Why Kenya’s health workers keep downing tools

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By Anthony Langat Verified
| Willow Health Media Verified
A nationwide strike by 7,800 unpaid health workers reopens a decades-old fight over broken agreements, and one expert says the real fault line runs deeper, into how doctors are trained. Brian Oduor leaned on the rails deep in thought, near the laboratory area at Mama Lucy Hospital in Nairobi’s Eastlands, where more patients sat waiting. His daughter, born at the hospital, had been sick, and he had been advised that she be tested for sickle cell disease.
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Ebola is testing the world’s unfinished pandemic treaty

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| Willow Health Media Verified
Seven rounds in, negotiators still can’t agree whether Africa’s pathogen data will buy it real access to vaccines, or just goodwill. Global negotiators have wrapped up a fresh round of talks on how pathogens and the benefits derived from them should be shared between countries, as the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola continues to spread across the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Freelancer

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

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