Tag: Kenya

Kenya’s Okutoyi not giving up on Olympic tennis dream

Kenyan tennis player Angella Okutoyi says she has not given up hope…

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The mother who fled Shakahola forest to save her children

Salema Masha speaks softly, but her slender frame is animated by an…

Barbara Plett-Usher Barbara Plett-Usher

Kenya starvation cult: ‘My wife and six children followed Pastor Mackenzie’

Kenyan preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie has appeared in court following the discovery…

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How the Oscars changed the life of a Kenyan woman

Kenyan fashion designer Nthenya Mwendwa is in Los Angeles with the aim…

Carmel O'Grady Carmel O'Grady

I went into debt, trying to secure a miracle

Evarline Okello breaks down in tears as she tells me she is…

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The Lioness running a ‘safe place’ for Kenya’s young female athletes

One of Kenya's leading athletes says she wants to create a "safe…

Michelle Katami Michelle Katami

I saved an elephant from drowning

The river was deep and unpredictable, and infested with crocodiles I live…

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Born and raised in Kenya, I yearned for Croydon

‘I relished how familiar it all felt’ … Eric Otieno Sumba. Photograph: Supplied…

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The sand doodler who conquered her Somali Islamic critics

Nujuum Hashi, who has overcome traditional prejudice to become a respected artist…

Mary Harper Mary Harper

‘I can go even faster’ – World marathon record holder

Marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge believes he can get even closer to a…

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