Category: Off The Beat
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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…