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Martin Mwangi

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  • Analyst, BBC Monitoring, BBC
Nairobi
As seen in: BBC, Nature, BMJ Open, Biomed Central (BMC), us.blastingnews.com, The Lancet, Daily Nation, Kenya Television Network, The Standard (Kenya), Business Daily Africa, The Revelator and
Covers:  Current Affairs, Politics, Governance, Environment, Social Justice, Health and Crime.
Analyst @BBCMonitoring. Tracking politics, conflicts, security, armed groups, jihadists & coups in Francophone Africa | @AKU_GSMC fellow| @AfCFTA Youth Champion

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Martin Mwangi’s Biography

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I am a journalist with BBC Monitoring, based in Nairobi, Kenya, where I cover political, security, and media developments across sub-Saharan and Francophone Africa. My reporting focuses on security, armed groups, jihadists, militants, governance and regional dynamics, tracking how local events shape broader narratives across the continent.

Fluent in English, Swahili and French, I monitor and analyse open-source media ranging from television and radio to newspapers and social platforms, to ident…

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Struggles of education in Northern Kenya

Struggles of education in Northern Kenya

This is a story about the struggles learners go through just to get education in Marsabit County, Northern Ke…

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Hunger bites in Marsabit; residents face starvation due to drought

Hunger bites in Marsabit; residents face starvation due to drought

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Family of 2 boys who detonated a bomb unknowingly in 2022 seeks justice

Family of 2 boys who detonated a bomb unknowingly in 2022 seeks justice

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Kenya's poverty and growing joblessness

Kenya's poverty and growing joblessness

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Gov't on an ambitious plan to restore Nairobi river after four failed attempts

Gov't on an ambitious plan to restore Nairobi river after four failed attempts

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President Uhuru's uncle, George Muhoho, remembers Kibaki as as a social person

President Uhuru's uncle, George Muhoho, remembers Kibaki as as a social person

The Late President Mwai Kibaki has been described as a social person, who loved to interact with other people…

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Articles

Plan to defund children’s agency wrong

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By Martin Mwangi Verified
| Daily Nation Verified
The Kenya government has for years been accused of unbridled largesse and wastefulness. It was, therefore, welcome news last week when a dispatch from the Cabinet announced plans to dissolve, merge or defund State corporations that were either inefficient, redundant or whose roles were similar. If implemented, this is expected to save the government billions of shillings that can then be invested in development projects and service delivery. Whereas I support this move, I have one exemption.
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Cabinet has chosen to neglect orphans and vulnerable children

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By Martin Mwangi Verified
| The Standard (Kenya) Verified
The government has for years been accused of unbridled largesse and wastefulness – the fuel guzzlers, office flowers, red carpets and duplication of roles. It was, therefore, welcome news last week when a dispatch from the Cabinet announced plans to dissolve, merge or defund State corporations that were either inefficient, redundant or whose roles were outdated.
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Zinc absorption from maize-based meals enriched with edible house crickets: a randomized crossover stable-isotope study in Kenyan pre-school children - Nature Communications

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By Martin Mwangi Verified, Marcel Dicke, Michael B Zimmermann, Nikolin Hilaj
| Nature Verified
Abstract Edible insects have been proposed as a novel and sustainable source of protein and other essential nutrients for human consumption but nutrient absorption efficiency is still uncertain. We investigated zinc absorption from house crickets (Acheta domesticus) in a single-center and single-blinded cross-over study with children aged 24–36 months old in Kenya from September-November 2021.
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Television Production Attaché

Have you ever used a typewriter?

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