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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
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Award winning journalist #AJEA2022 @MediaCouncilK |Finalist @vwgrs 2022 Awards| Writer @NationAfrica |SheLeads Media Fellow 2024 @BarazaLab.

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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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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

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The long search for a father figure: Struggles single mothers and widows face Original

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By Tebby Otieno Verified
| Daily Nation Verified
As single motherhood grows in Kenya, finding a dependable father figure remains an elusive goal for many women and their children. Some boys, too, grapple with the absence of a father, searching for role models to fill the void. Wendy Gachuki, Mercy Mulwa, Fanice Andeso and Sammy Lenawalchingei recount their experiences in interviews with Nation Lifestyle. Mercy Mulwa is a mother of two sons. Pool Wendy had hopes that her children would grow up as she did. Both her parents were present in her life.
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How skin-to-skin contact saved my son after four newborn deaths

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By Tebby Otieno Verified
| Daily Nation Verified
At their Nairobi home, David Omollo, 54, eagerly awaits September when his son, Emmanuel Odhiambo, 18, will join college to pursue Building and Construction. For Emmanuel, this marks an academic transition that will equip him with skills to build a future like his peers. But for his father, it represents something far deeper, a testimony to the power of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), a skin-to-skin contact practice between a parent and a preterm or low birth weight infant.
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How skin-to-skin contact saved my son after four newborn deaths

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By Tebby Otieno Verified
| zurl.co
At their Nairobi home, David Omollo, 54, eagerly awaits September when his son, Emmanuel Odhiambo, 18, will join college to pursue Building and Construction. For Emmanuel, this marks an academic transition that will equip him with skills to build a future like his peers. But for his father, it represents something far deeper, a testimony to the power of Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC), a skin-to-skin contact practice between a parent and a preterm or low birth weight infant.
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