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Hillary Lisimba

Education: Journalism & Media Studies; University of Nairobi (2006-2010) Multimedia Storytelling; Aga Khan University (2023) Fighting Misinformation; Google (2024) Advanced Digital Reporting; Google (2024) WAN-IFRA (2024) Digital News Gathering; Reuters (2021) Digital Marketing; Google (2020)

Experience: Columnist; Daily Nation (2018-2020), Staff Writer; Sauti ya Afrika (Netherlands) 2020-2022, Head of Production; Flave Media Group (Tanzania) 2011-2017, Producer; KBC Grapevine (2005-2010), Author; Ministry of Misdemeanor, The Boy With Shoes.

Awards: TUKO: Human Interest Editor of the Year (2023), Best Visual Storyteller (2023), Comment Master (2022), Editor of the Year (2021), Editor with the Most Read Story (2021), Editor with the Most Exclusive Stories (2021).

Hillary Lisimba Ambani is a responsive journalist who creates content that touches lives. After graduating from the University of Nairobi’s School of Journalism, he worked in Print, Broadcast, and Online media. He is a published author, former KBC producer, and former Daily Nation columnist. He is currently a human-interest editor and philanthropist. Media Council of Kenya Member No: MCK019108. Share your Human Interest stories with him at hillary.lisimba@tuko.co.ke. or find him on Facebook.

6320 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

Cost of delay: Thousands of university students stranded as HELB crisis bites

Cost of delay: Thousands of university students stranded as HELB crisis bites

5 months ago

Meru: Kiswahili teacher sparks joy at Maua Girls by reporting for work in full school uniform

Meru: Kiswahili teacher sparks joy at Maua Girls by reporting for work in full school uniform

6 months ago

Kirinyaga teachers concerned as mass student transfers leave school with only one Form 2 boy

Kirinyaga teachers concerned as mass student transfers leave school with only one Form 2 boy

6 months ago

KCSE 2024: Father proudly celebrates daughter's A- result with nostalgic throwback photo

KCSE 2024: Father proudly celebrates daughter's A- result with nostalgic throwback photo

7 months ago

KCSE 2024: Kikuyu boy who nearly missed national exams due to fee arrears scores B minus

KCSE 2024: Kikuyu boy who nearly missed national exams due to fee arrears scores B minus

7 months ago

KCSE 2024: Kapsabet Boy's High student scores A despite missing classes for months due to illness

KCSE 2024: Kapsabet Boy's High student scores A despite missing classes for months due to illness

7 months ago

KCSE 2024: Gabriel Oguda celebrates as nephew who scored 387 marks in KCPE gets B plus

KCSE 2024: Gabriel Oguda celebrates as nephew who scored 387 marks in KCPE gets B plus

7 months ago

Nairobi writer Gabriel Oguda has expressed pride in his nephew, Bildad Ojwang for scoring a B+ in the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.

Unsung heroes: 5 kindhearted Kenyan principals who touched student's lives in 2024

Unsung heroes: 5 kindhearted Kenyan principals who touched student's lives in 2024

7 months ago

TUKO.co.ke celebrates five notable high school principals who went beyond the call of duty, from helping stranded students to rewarding top performers.

KCSE drama: Recap of 5 notable happenings during 2024 national exams

KCSE drama: Recap of 5 notable happenings during 2024 national exams

8 months ago

TUKO.co.ke shares a recap of the five notable highs and lows that marked the national 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) exams.

Bomet teacher dedicates time to nurture passion for agriculture in his students

Bomet teacher dedicates time to nurture passion for agriculture in his students

a year ago

Orina Dominic, a teacher at Kugerwet Primary School in Bomet County, has developed an innovative way to instil a passion for agriculture in his students.

Trans Nzoia: Principal Dons School Uniform, Plays Team Doctor to Motivate His Football Team

Trans Nzoia: Principal Dons School Uniform, Plays Team Doctor to Motivate His Football Team

a year ago

Yeronimo Luke, the Genesis Secondary School principal, won hearts by donning a school uniform to support his students during a tournament in Trans Nzoia County.

Kienyeji Pro Max Reports to New School After Agreeing to Go Back to Form One: "I'm Crying"

Kienyeji Pro Max Reports to New School After Agreeing to Go Back to Form One: "I'm Crying"

a year ago

Popular TikTok content creator Alice Chebet, aka Kienyeji Pro Max, has a new start after she was admitted to Form One at Itigo Girls High School.

Kabarnet High School Alumni Travel to Rwanda to Visit Former Teacher Who Taught Them in 1980s

Kabarnet High School Alumni Travel to Rwanda to Visit Former Teacher Who Taught Them in 1980s

a year ago

Members of the Kabarnet High School alumni association travelled to Rwanda to thank to their former teacher, Oscar Kimanuka, who taught them in the 1980s.

Nairobi Parent Says She Wasn't Prepared for Schools Reopening So Soon: "Fees Tulishakula"

Nairobi Parent Says She Wasn't Prepared for Schools Reopening So Soon: "Fees Tulishakula"

a year ago

Elsy Raphael, a parent in Nairobi, has disclosed that the reopening of schools has left many parents confused as they had already spent the fees.

Kenyan Man Urges Education CS to Postpone School Opening Day Over Raging Floods

Kenyan Man Urges Education CS to Postpone School Opening Day Over Raging Floods

a year ago

Businessman Boniface Kilivwa Agufa is concerned that the Education CS, Ezekiel Machogu, has not postponed the opening day for schools despite the flood situation.

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