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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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CCTV footage captures scary moment gas cylinder explodes on 2 people at home

CCTV footage captures scary moment gas cylinder explodes on 2 people at home

Asia

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Trans Nzoia: Saiwa Secondary toilet sinks just days after primary school latrine collapsed

Trans Nzoia: Saiwa Secondary toilet sinks just days after primary school latrine collapsed

Counties

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Kenyan man gifts father KSh 100k in viral TikTok video: "Go have fun, dad"

Kenyan man gifts father KSh 100k in viral TikTok video: "Go have fun, dad"

Family

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Embu: Mystery as Kenyan woman deported from Iraq 9 months ago remains missing

Embu: Mystery as Kenyan woman deported from Iraq 9 months ago remains missing

Family

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Minnesota: 23-year-old Kenyan nursing student dies in US, family appeals for help

Minnesota: 23-year-old Kenyan nursing student dies in US, family appeals for help

Family

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Nyamira student who disappeared on her way home for half-term break found in Eldoret

Nyamira student who disappeared on her way home for half-term break found in Eldoret

Family

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Kenyan woman shares heartbreaking story of betrayal by broke pastor bae she was funding

Kenyan woman shares heartbreaking story of betrayal by broke pastor bae she was funding

Relationships

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A Kenyan woman has taken to social media to express heartbreak after discovering that the man she was dating had been secretly ridiculing her behind her back.

Nairobi man admitted at Kenyatta Hospital after being shot 8 times reportedly by police officer

Nairobi man admitted at Kenyatta Hospital after being shot 8 times reportedly by police officer

Family

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Samuel Omondi Okoth, a 21-year-old man admitted at Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH) has accused the police officer who shot hawker Boniface Kariuki of firing at him.

Man sues wife for withholding intimacy and refusing to shave him, court grants divorce

Man sues wife for withholding intimacy and refusing to shave him, court grants divorce

Relationships

a month ago

A 46-year-old man from Garden Park has sued his wife for allegedly refusing him conjugal rights and personal hygiene services. The court granted them a divorce.

Nyakach father appeals for help after son’s painful death following months of illness

Nyakach father appeals for help after son’s painful death following months of illness

Family

a month ago

Samuel Arodi, a father from Nyakach, is mourning the loss of his beloved son, Ishael Ouma, and is appealing for help to raise KSh 75,000 to offset the bill.

Vihiga journalist shares losing businesses, car to treat mother's misdiagnosis: "Even lost my job"

Vihiga journalist shares losing businesses, car to treat mother's misdiagnosis: "Even lost my job"

Family

a month ago

Media personality Herman G. Kamariki has recounted a difficult period in time when he lost all his savings, business, car and job to save his ailing mother.

Murang'a: Tears as Kianderi Girls' High School driver dies after bus falls on him

Murang'a: Tears as Kianderi Girls' High School driver dies after bus falls on him

Family

a month ago

Kianderi Girls’ High School is in mourning after their longstanding bus driver died while trying to save the students in the vehicle that was rolling backwards.

Kenyan Imam accused of defrauding muslims in fake Hajj, Umrah pilgrimage scheme

Kenyan Imam accused of defrauding muslims in fake Hajj, Umrah pilgrimage scheme

Family

a month ago

A Malindi Imam identified as Ustadh Omar Athman has been accused of defrauding fellow muslims through fake promises of Hajj and Umrah pilgrimages to Saudi Arabia.

8 dead after hot-air balloon carrying 21 bursts into flames midair, falls to the ground

8 dead after hot-air balloon carrying 21 bursts into flames midair, falls to the ground

Europe

a month ago

A moment of thrill turned tragic in Praia Grande, Brazil, when a hot-air balloon carrying 21 passengers caught fire and fell to the ground, killing eight.

Kisii University: Sorrow as First Class honours graduate dies after short illness

Kisii University: Sorrow as First Class honours graduate dies after short illness

Family

a month ago

Bethshebah Kwamboka, a Kisii University alumnae, who graduated with First Class Honours in Bachelor of Science in Economics and Statistics, has died.

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