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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.

6329 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

Author's articles

Vihiga: How 50-bob saving challenge turned boda boda riders into matatu owners

Vihiga: How 50-bob saving challenge turned boda boda riders into matatu owners

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Family heartbroken as cab driver killed days after buying his first car: "He was an only child"

Family heartbroken as cab driver killed days after buying his first car: "He was an only child"

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Nairobi man who used to sleep hungry says how much he makes after starting thriving business

Nairobi man who used to sleep hungry says how much he makes after starting thriving business

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Nairobi journalist shares journey to surviving breast cancer, how it reshaped her life

Nairobi journalist shares journey to surviving breast cancer, how it reshaped her life

2 days ago

Eldoret mum depressed, starts talking to herself after daughter undergoes head surgery

Eldoret mum depressed, starts talking to herself after daughter undergoes head surgery

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Nairobi mother pleads for well-wisher to adopt her 5-month-old baby so she can look for job

Nairobi mother pleads for well-wisher to adopt her 5-month-old baby so she can look for job

2 days ago

Nairobi businessman arrested in fake gold scandal led lavish lifestyle, flaunted cash

Nairobi businessman arrested in fake gold scandal led lavish lifestyle, flaunted cash

2 days ago

Kelvin Otieno Onyango, the Nairobi businessman recently arrested over a fake gold scandal led a lavish lifestyle that many of his social media followers envied.

Nakuru man who won KSh 424 million SportPesa jackpot says first stop will be a holiday

Nakuru man who won KSh 424 million SportPesa jackpot says first stop will be a holiday

2 days ago

Bonnie Kamau, the Nakuru transport logistics operator who recently won a KSh 424 million jackpot, has disclosed that his first expenditure will be on a vacation.

Narok: Former school dropout thanks teacher whose help turned him into university graduate

Narok: Former school dropout thanks teacher whose help turned him into university graduate

3 days ago

Steven Olieba Otanga, a university graduate based in Narok, has thanked Mwalimu Pickford Enane, who gave him a chance to return to school after he had dropped out.

Kisumu man falls sick 4 months after joining master's program, dies leaving KSh 1.1m bill

Kisumu man falls sick 4 months after joining master's program, dies leaving KSh 1.1m bill

3 days ago

The family of the late Felix Otieno Ochieng from Nyakach is appealing for help to settle a hospital bill of KSh 1.1 million so they can lay him to rest.

KUTRRH: Mother appeals for help as 5-month-old daughter develops large swelling on mouth

KUTRRH: Mother appeals for help as 5-month-old daughter develops large swelling on mouth

3 days ago

A Kenyan woman is requesting well-wishers to help her raise KSh 400,000 to treat her five-month-old baby, who is suffering from infantile hemangioma.

Kenyan man sheds tears as daughter throws him his first birthday party since 1997

Kenyan man sheds tears as daughter throws him his first birthday party since 1997

5 days ago

A Kenyan father was left in tears after his daughter surprised him with his first birthday celebration since 1997. A video captured the emotional moment.

Kenyan man charged in US over KSh 6.8 billion weapons deal with Mexico cartel

Kenyan man charged in US over KSh 6.8 billion weapons deal with Mexico cartel

5 days ago

Kenyan businessman Elisha Odhiambo Asumo has been indicted in the US for allegedly conspiring to supply an arsenal of military-grade weapons to a cartel in Mexico.

Kenyan man chooses to leave US voluntarily after 16 years to avoid arrest, deportation

Kenyan man chooses to leave US voluntarily after 16 years to avoid arrest, deportation

5 days ago

Samuel Kangethe, a Kenyan father of three who has lived in the US for 16 years, has chosen to return home voluntarily before the Donald Trump government deports him.

Peter Anala: Tragic tale of deceased helicopter pilot who lost 2 siblings in 5 months

Peter Anala: Tragic tale of deceased helicopter pilot who lost 2 siblings in 5 months

6 days ago

It has emerged that Squadron Leader Peter Anala, the pilot who perished in a recent helicopter accident, had lost two siblings in just five months.

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