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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

Author's articles

Nairobi: Meet passionate media lecturer shaping the next generation of journalists

Nairobi: Meet passionate media lecturer shaping the next generation of journalists

People

7 days ago

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

Family

7 days ago

Kenyan man who returned home with KSh 21m from US goes broke, travels back with nothing

Kenyan man who returned home with KSh 21m from US goes broke, travels back with nothing

Family

7 days ago

AMREF employees pray at Mwihoko site where colleagues perished in tragic plane crash

AMREF employees pray at Mwihoko site where colleagues perished in tragic plane crash

Family

7 days ago

Kiambu: Gatundu man buried within 15 minutes over alleged family property dispute

Kiambu: Gatundu man buried within 15 minutes over alleged family property dispute

Family

7 days ago

Dandora man’s remarkable rise from sleeping with pigs to owning 5 offices worldwide

Dandora man’s remarkable rise from sleeping with pigs to owning 5 offices worldwide

Family

7 days ago

Quinn Elsa: Spa offers free hair care for cancer warrior whose transformation touched Kenyans

Quinn Elsa: Spa offers free hair care for cancer warrior whose transformation touched Kenyans

Family

7 days ago

Just days after the story of cancer survivor Quinn Elsa went viral, a Nairobi spa has offered to do her hair for a year as she prepares for her Grade 6 exams.

Trevor Lee: Tragedy as 14-year-old boy shoots parents dead during domestic dispute

Trevor Lee: Tragedy as 14-year-old boy shoots parents dead during domestic dispute

Family

8 days ago

Trevor Lee, a 14-year-old boy from Middleburg, has been arrested after he shot and killed his parents during a domestic dispute. He then surrendered to the police.

Kiambu daughter surprises parents at 3am after 3 years in Gulf, leaves dad in tears

Kiambu daughter surprises parents at 3am after 3 years in Gulf, leaves dad in tears

Family

9 days ago

A Kiambu father broke down in tears after his daughter, Rose Ndichu, gave them a surprise return home at 3 am after three years working as a house help in the Gulf.

Nyandarua parents devastated after Grade 9 student drowns while on school trip to Mombasa

Nyandarua parents devastated after Grade 9 student drowns while on school trip to Mombasa

Family

10 days ago

The Good Shepherd Njabini Secondary School community is mourning after a Grade 9 student, identified as Joshua Peter Mburu, drowned while visiting Mombasa.

Nairobi ex-thief gets new leg after Kirinyaga lady travelled to meet him for relationship

Nairobi ex-thief gets new leg after Kirinyaga lady travelled to meet him for relationship

Relationships

10 days ago

Collins, a former street dweller, ex-thief, and amputee, has received a new lease on life after receiving a new prosthetic leg through the help of Geoffrey Mosiria.

Sociology students surprise lecturer with shopping, fuel his car in touching TikTok video

Sociology students surprise lecturer with shopping, fuel his car in touching TikTok video

Family

10 days ago

A university lecturer identified as Dr Tegbe was left in tears after his sociology students surprised him with a generous shopping haul and fuel for his car.

Nicki Minaj Challenge: New mother falls off, breaks spine while attempting viral stiletto pose

Nicki Minaj Challenge: New mother falls off, breaks spine while attempting viral stiletto pose

World

10 days ago

Mariana Barutkina's attempt to partake in the viral Nicki Minaj stiletto challenge landed her in the hospital after she suffered a spinal fracture.

Quinn Elsa: Kenyans hail impressive transformation of once sickly baby who beat cancer

Quinn Elsa: Kenyans hail impressive transformation of once sickly baby who beat cancer

Family

10 days ago

Kenyans have praised the new look of Quinn Elsa, a girl once known as the face of childhood cancer survival, after she made a powerful return to the spotlight.

Migori man narrates how lending friend money earned him 10 years in prison

Migori man narrates how lending friend money earned him 10 years in prison

Family

11 days ago

Amos Simiyu has recounted how a simple act of kindness turned into a 10-year nightmare that robbed him of freedom, dignity, and time he will never recover.

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