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Tebby Otieno

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Kenya, Nairobi
As seen in: Nation Africa, Medium, Soundcloud, Substack, Voice of America (VOA), Daily Nation, Nairobi News, The Star (Kenya), Taifa Leo, Business Daily Africa, News Africa Now and
Covers:  Science/Health, Environment and Education.
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Award winning journalist #AJEA2022 @MediaCouncilK |Finalist @vwgrs 2022 Awards| Writer @NationAfrica |SheLeads Media Fellow 2024 @BarazaLab|Member @MeshaScience

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Tebby Otieno is an award-winning journalist in the category of Gender Reporting. She is also the first runner-up in the Agriculture and Food Security category and the second runner-up in the Special Topic Category-Big Four agenda of the Annual Journalism Excellence Awards (AJEA) 2022.

She presently works as a staff writer for Parents magazine. Besides that, she also has bylines with Saturday Nation, Sayansi magazine, Hustle Magazine Kenya, Africa Uncensored, Reporting on Good Governance Kenya,…

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Habari Zenye Uzushi Kuhusu Tiba Ya COVID - 19 by Otieno Tebby

Habari Zenye Uzushi Kuhusu Tiba Ya COVID - 19 by Otieno Tebby

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Economic Impact of COVID-19 on elderly, needy with HIV positive status - The Insider

Economic Impact of COVID-19 on elderly, needy with HIV positive status - The Insider

" I can go for ARV drugs but I don't even have food to eat before I take them and you know they are very powe…

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We are abused by our women, Kenyan men cry - The Insider

We are abused by our women, Kenyan men cry - The Insider

In one of the informal settlements of Nairobi's metropolitans Kawangware, is a man whose efforts are employed…

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Thousands of people suffer from food poison globally every year - The Insider

Thousands of people suffer from food poison globally every year - The Insider

''What I can say about food safety is, like this my work someone might say it does not require hygiene but th…

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How a woman in Kangemi slums turns wastes into charcoal

How a woman in Kangemi slums turns wastes into charcoal

By Tebby Otieno In the interior part of Kangemi, at the shoreline of River Nairobi settles a home fenced usin…

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Faridah Salim Khamis: The only Muslim lady, behind the wheels of Uber

Faridah Salim Khamis: The only Muslim lady, behind the wheels of Uber

She is 34 years old, married and a mother of four children, three girls and a boy. Faridah Salim Khamis who w…

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Food scientists warn of rising contamination as adulterated milk, unconventional meats spread Original

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By Tebby Otieno 
| Daily Nation
From left: Syprine Otieno, Ansimiirwe Mackay, Valerie Lucy Njeri, Mercy Chelangat and Telly Tubby Wanjiru during a one-month International Youth Talent Exchange programme at the School of Life Sciences, Tianjin Normal University in China. During the programme, they tested meat samples from buffalo, pork, and shrimp using modern DNA extraction techniques.
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Hali zinazochangia ujauzito kuharibika

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By Tebby Otieno 
| Taifa Leo
ALIPOPATA ujauzito wake wa kwanza, Phidilia Kibirisho Mwendwa na mumewe walikuwa na furaha tele. Walifanya maandalizi yote ya kumpokea kifungua mimba. Walimnunulia malaika huyu nguo, wakapanga tarehe ambayo angebatizwa kanisani na hata kutangaza taarifa kuwa walikuwa wanamtarajia mwanao kwa marafiki na jamaa waliokuwa mbali nao. Hata hivyo, furaha hiyo iligeuka kuwa huzuni mwingi baada ya kuupoteza ujauzito wake katika wiki ya 29.
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No baby to bring home: Mothers open up on pregnancy loss, grief and finding hope again Original

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By Tebby Otieno 
| Daily Nation
Picture this: For months, colleagues, family members, friends and fellow congregants have watched your growing baby bump. Then suddenly, you disappear from routine interactions. The next time they see you — perhaps months later — the first words out of their mouths are, “Congratulations.” Before you can even respond, they ask, “How is the baby doing?” Although such questions are usually well-intentioned, they can reopen deep wounds for mothers who leave hospital without their babies.
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