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ON BEAT: 19 kilometers in my shoes

By Njeri Mbugua My feet are killing me. I’ve been struggling. I won’t lie. I’m at that place where this job is for bills and taxes…

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ON THE BEAT: Of breaking pens and hearts

Bernard Kiprotich I don’t mean to drown anyone in a pool of their own tears but this story runs down south. It is a picture…

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ON/OFF THE BEAT: What are your journalism experiences? Tell us

The Nation newsroom in the late 1960s was a former bakery on Tom Mboya Street opposite Nairobi Fire Station. A journalist describes it as follows:…

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OFF THE BEAT: Journalist wanders off into bush, flees

It is a sunny Saturday afternoon. From Nairobi I embark on a journey to a small town. A matatu on that route is quickly filling…

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