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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.

6333 articles published since 07 Dec 2020

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Siaya: Orphaned Ng'iya Girls student struggles to stay in school after grandmother’s stroke

Siaya: Orphaned Ng'iya Girls student struggles to stay in school after grandmother’s stroke

Family

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Sylvia Chepkemoi: Painful story of Narok girl born with disability, buried in makeshift coffin

Sylvia Chepkemoi: Painful story of Narok girl born with disability, buried in makeshift coffin

Family

a month ago

Narok girl who died after braving condition that left her unable to walk buried in makeshift coffin

Narok girl who died after braving condition that left her unable to walk buried in makeshift coffin

Family

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Nairobi: Geoffrey Mosiria insulted by revellers after interrupting noisy Kilimani party

Nairobi: Geoffrey Mosiria insulted by revellers after interrupting noisy Kilimani party

People

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Student emotional as late father's co-workers attend his graduation in viral TikTok video

Student emotional as late father's co-workers attend his graduation in viral TikTok video

Family

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Kenyan man cries in viral TikTok video as mother embezzles his life savings from Qatar job

Kenyan man cries in viral TikTok video as mother embezzles his life savings from Qatar job

Family

a month ago

Family of second Kenyan student who drowned in Germany appeals for help to bring body home

Family of second Kenyan student who drowned in Germany appeals for help to bring body home

Family

a month ago

The family of 24-year-old Jeff Kariuki, who died while swimming in Berlin, Germany, is appealing for financial help to repatriate the body to Kenya.

Kisumu hospital seeks help in locating family of admitted patient unable to identify himself

Kisumu hospital seeks help in locating family of admitted patient unable to identify himself

Family

a month ago

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH) has requested members of the public for help in reuniting an unidentified patient with his family.

Muhammad Ssegirinya: Eyebrows raised as widow claims MP sired child while hospitalised

Muhammad Ssegirinya: Eyebrows raised as widow claims MP sired child while hospitalised

Family

a month ago

Muhammad Ssegirinya's widow has shocked the nation after claiming that the deceased MP sired her nine-month-old baby while confined to a hospital bed.

Kenyan man stranded over KSh 150k after securing life-changing job offer in Qatar

Kenyan man stranded over KSh 150k after securing life-changing job offer in Qatar

Family

a month ago

Godfrey Omondi is on the verge of losing a job opportunity in Qatar over the lack of KSh 150,000 needed to finalise travel arrangements and related requirements.

Dying in style: 5 facts about Ghana’s fantasy coffins that celebrate life beyond death

Dying in style: 5 facts about Ghana’s fantasy coffins that celebrate life beyond death

Africa

a month ago

The Ga community in Ghana has a tradition of burying the dead in custom coffins. TUKO.co.ke shares five interesting facts about these fantasy coffins.

Muhammad Ssegirinya: DNA test results show deceased MP only fathered 4 of "his" 18 children

Muhammad Ssegirinya: DNA test results show deceased MP only fathered 4 of "his" 18 children

Family

a month ago

The fight over deceased MP Muhammad Ssegirinya's estate has taken a new twist after DNA test results showed he only fathered four out of his 18 children.

Airline suspends entire cabin crew after passenger tracks lost iPhone to their hotel

Airline suspends entire cabin crew after passenger tracks lost iPhone to their hotel

Asia

a month ago

The entire cabin crew of Garuda Indonesia on a flight from Jakarta to Melbourne has been suspended after a passenger’s lost iPhone was traced to their hotel.

Outrage as speeding vehicle loses control, kills secondary school girl: "She died on the spot"

Outrage as speeding vehicle loses control, kills secondary school girl: "She died on the spot"

Family

a month ago

Esther Samanenga, a Grade 12 student from Luanshya Girls Secondary School, has tragically lost her life after a speeding vehicle lost control and hit her.

Kenyan man arrested in US after falling in love with undercover cop posing as young lady

Kenyan man arrested in US after falling in love with undercover cop posing as young lady

Relationships

a month ago

A former UDA parliamentary aspirant is among 12 suspects arrested in the United States for allegedly trying to solicit for love from an underage woman.

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