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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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Beauty day turns into medical emergency as woman loses eyesight from eyelash glue

Beauty day turns into medical emergency as woman loses eyesight from eyelash glue

Family

18 days ago

Kenyan boss shares how he almost fired "lazy" employee, unaware he was caring for sick mum

Kenyan boss shares how he almost fired "lazy" employee, unaware he was caring for sick mum

Family

18 days ago

Little boy’s emotional letter to mum before running away sparks heartbreak on TikTok

Little boy’s emotional letter to mum before running away sparks heartbreak on TikTok

Family

18 days ago

Woman left in tears after boyfriend dumps her for being "too poor," seeks help on TikTok

Woman left in tears after boyfriend dumps her for being "too poor," seeks help on TikTok

Relationships

18 days ago

TikToker paralysed in car accident becomes nurse, wife, and mother: Inspiring resilience

TikToker paralysed in car accident becomes nurse, wife, and mother: Inspiring resilience

Family

19 days ago

Nandi college student found dead days after posting own 'RIP' tribute on Facebook

Nandi college student found dead days after posting own 'RIP' tribute on Facebook

Family

19 days ago

Vihiga: Triple tragedy as grandmother dies days after losing great-grandson and brother

Vihiga: Triple tragedy as grandmother dies days after losing great-grandson and brother

Family

19 days ago

A family in Boyani, Vihiga county, is struggling with a heartbreaking chain of events after losing a son, a grandfather, and a grandmother within a few days.

Tragedy as newly-wedded 24-year-old man dies 4 days after marrying widow

Tragedy as newly-wedded 24-year-old man dies 4 days after marrying widow

Relationships

19 days ago

Questions have been raised after Tapas Das, a 24-year-old groom from Katigorah in Assam’s Cachar district, died just four days after marrying a widow.

Kenyan woman who survived domestic violence finds new life in UK, shares story in TikTok video

Kenyan woman who survived domestic violence finds new life in UK, shares story in TikTok video

Relationships

19 days ago

A Kenyan woman identified as Eva Kari has opened up about surviving domestic abuse that nearly cost her life and left her two young children emotionally scarred.

Vihiga family forced to keep mother’s body at home for 4 days due to lack of morgue funds

Vihiga family forced to keep mother’s body at home for 4 days due to lack of morgue funds

Family

19 days ago

A family in Shamakhokho, Vihiga County, is seeking help to bury their mother, whose body they've kept in the house for five days over a lack of morgue funds.

Kakuma: Death, injuries as Kenyan police clash with refugees over food rationing plan

Kakuma: Death, injuries as Kenyan police clash with refugees over food rationing plan

Family

20 days ago

Running battles between refugees at Kakuma camp and Kenyan police over planned food aid rations have left two people dead and several others seriously injured.

Baringo man marks birthday by renovating church, raising funds to upgrade pastor's car

Baringo man marks birthday by renovating church, raising funds to upgrade pastor's car

Family

20 days ago

Eric Kiprotich, a kindhearted Baringo man, has been praised for celebrating his birthday by renovating his childhood church, Full Gospel Churches of Kenya.

Police launch probe into video of school director flogging medic, female student over alleged affair

Police launch probe into video of school director flogging medic, female student over alleged affair

Relationships

20 days ago

Police in Lira have launched an investigation into a case where a nursing school director was captured on video flogging a clinical officer and a female student.

Woman says hubby changed day after wedding, denied her conjugal rights: "Asked money from me"

Woman says hubby changed day after wedding, denied her conjugal rights: "Asked money from me"

Relationships

20 days ago

A divorcee named Glorious Child has shared a detailed account of how her marriage started falling apart three days after their wedding because her husband changed.

Nairobi man left disabled after hit-and-run receives lifeline from Geoffrey Mosiria

Nairobi man left disabled after hit-and-run receives lifeline from Geoffrey Mosiria

Family

20 days ago

Nairobi Environment Chief Officer Geoffrey Mosiria has offered to pay for treatment for a man who has been living with a fracture after a hit-and-run accident.

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