Articles by Waihiga Mwaura
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Mystery of an Army Major, a troubled marriage and missing wife, children
1939, November 14, 2019 (EAT)
It is now 19 days since 31-year-old Joyce Syombua and her two children; Shanice Maua and Prince Michael, disappeared after visiting her estranged part...
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Kenyans: The grass is greener elsewhere
1818, April 7, 2019 (EAT)
I recently hosted a group of 15 young people for a town-hall discussion on the State of the Nation on Citizen TV’s Daybreak show. The youth were ...
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Should private security guards have guns? Sobering lessons from Uganda
1146, January 29, 2019 (EAT)
Debate is growing over whether Kenya should arm its security guards in the wake of the terrorist attack at 14 Riverside Drive. But across the borde...
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Waihiga: Kenyan leaders must take responsibility for their actions
2001, November 27, 2018 (EAT)
French novelist Marcel Proust once said: "Discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” After 33 years of living in ...
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WAIHIGA: Will technology take your job away?
645, October 23, 2018 (EAT)
Having lived, studied and worked in Kenya all my life, my time in London so far has been nothing short of eye opening. The capital city of England is...
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WAIHIGA: Should Kenya’s media invest more in Solutions-Focused Journalism?
1530, October 22, 2018 (EAT)
[caption id="attachment_215892" align="alignnone" width="120"] Waihiga Mwaura in London, UK[/caption] I recently spoke to BBC news anchor...
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Waihiga: Strange trajectory of Rio Olympics fiasco, but how long will it take?
2001, October 13, 2018 (EAT)
Waihiga Mwaura in London, UK On Saturday, October 13, 2018, the Director of Public Prosecutions Noordin Haji stunned the sports fraternity in Kenya...
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Shock of young Kenyan entrepreneurs in Ksh.7M tax debt
951, August 4, 2018 (EAT)
Young Kenyans looking to avoid unemployment are often encouraged to start their own businesses but end up a discouraged lot when the taxman suddenly e...
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EXCLUSIVE: Aerial video, photos of killer dam in Subukia
1822, May 10, 2018 (EAT)
A spot check by Citizen Digital revealed that the barrier around the deadly dam in Subukia was made of stones, boulders and loose gravel that gave wa...
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TIMELINE: Miguna deportation saga
1154, March 27, 2018 (EAT)
February 7, 2018 - Miguna Miguna deported from Kenya to Canada for 'being in the country illegally.' March 26, 2:30pm – Miguna returns to Kenya ...
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Somali born Sir Mo Farah slams Trump immigration order
1905, January 29, 2017 (EAT)
Somali born British double Olympics and world distance champion, Sir Mo Farah has hit out at the controversial immigration order declared by US Pres...
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Olympic champion Kipchoge escapes unhurt in collision
1206, December 9, 2016 (EAT)
The reigning Olympic marathon champion and 2016 Athletics Kenya (AK) Male Athlete of the Year Eliud Kipchoge walked out of a rear-end collision unhurt...
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Africa worried about what a Trump presidency holds
1610, November 9, 2016 (EAT)
It is said that when America sneezes, the rest of the world catches a cold and as international media houses continue to broadcast the results of the ...
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Kiplagat finally lands Ksh50m Majors jackpot after Jeptoo ban
1135, October 27, 2016 (EAT)
Two-time World Marathon champion Edna Kiplagat has been confirmed as the 2013-2014 Abbott World Marathon Majors (WMM) winner following the extension o...
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Javelin hero Yego cheats death in horror car crash
1226, October 24, 2016 (EAT)
Olympic silver medallist and world men Javelin champion, Julius Yego cheated death by a whisker when his vehicle collided with a trailer on Sunday nig...
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VIDEO: How Nock hired dingy rooms for Uhuru in Rio
2156, September 8, 2016 (EAT)
The national Olympic committee of Kenya in conjunction with the sports ministry spent 13.5 million kshs on VIP accommodation alone in Rio De Janeiro, ...
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Fiasco in Rio: NOCK officials carried families, friends, lovers to Rio
759, August 29, 2016 (EAT)
The 2016 Rio Olympic games are over and Kenyan’s will remember them because of 2 contrasting outcomes. One is the excellent performance by the Kenya...
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Fiasco in Rio: The Nock, Sports Ministry list of shame
2107, August 28, 2016 (EAT)
It is only in Kenya, a nation of paradox, where celebrations for the best ever performance at the biggest sporting carnival on the planet can be chok...
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Uproar as Team Kenya sleeps in a crime infested Rio ghetto
1057, August 25, 2016 (EAT)
The remaining Team Kenya group of the Rio 2016 Games was forced to sleep in a dangerous crime infested shanty town in the Brazilian commercial capit...
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Ten things I learned in Rio-de-Janeiro
1401, August 19, 2016 (EAT)
As action of the 31st Olympics draws to a close this weekend, it has been journey of a lifetime and here are the ten things I have learned in what has...
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