Kenya has produced journalists who have put the country on world map for excellent reporting on climate issues.
Some of the journalists working for TV, radio, print or digital have gone on to win coveted international awards.
Kenyans.co.ke looks at seven Kenyans who have excelled in climate and environmental reporting even as the world shifts focus to the COP27 conference underway in Egypt.
Zeynab Wandati
NTV's Zeynab Wandati is arguably the most decorated science journalist in Kenya.
In 2016/17, she won FAO’s A. H. Boerma Award for her excellence in reporting agricultural issues. The same year, she won another coveted from the Africa Conservation Tillage Network for her reporting on conservation agriculture in Africa.
Zeynab is an almnus of United States International University (USIU-Africa) where she pursued broadcast journalism. She joined NTV in 2011.
Ochieng Ogodo
Kenyan journalist Ochieng Ogodo was one of the first Kenyans to win an international award in environment reporting.
He was declared the winner of the English-speaking Africa and Middle East region for the 2008 Reuters-IUCN Media Awards for Excellence in Environmental Reporting.
Ogodo holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Journalism from Moi University.
Raquel Muigai and Agnes Oloo
The two journalists recently jointly won the 2022 African Climate Change and Reporting (ACCER) Award in a ceremony held in Kigali, Rwanda.
The award seeks to reward journalists and individuals who advocate for fair and just climate regimes for African people.
The duo was feted for their 'Dry death' television entry that shined a light on the effect of climate change on riverine ecosystems across Kenya.
Raquel is a Multimedia Journalist at Africa Uncensored. She has also worked as a reporter at Citizen TV and KTN News.
Patrick Mayoyo
Kenyan journalist Patrick Mayoyo was declared the 2021 “The Prince Albert II of Monaco & UNCA Global Prize for coverage of Climate Change” gold winner.
The veteran investigative reporter was awarded because of his story on how Kenyan villagers were using carbon credits and indigenous knowledge to fight the effects of climate change; and the environmental impact of the shift in Tectonic plates linked to rising water levels in Kenya’s Rift Valley.
Mayoyo studied journalism at the London School of Journalism and he is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in Leading Innovation and Change.
Victor Moturi and Vincent Anguche
Victor Moturi who is Kenyan correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Radio Citizen Business Reporter Vincent Anguche were among winners during Open Forum on Agriculture Technology 2022 Awards.
Moturi won for his story on genetically modified cotton in Kenya, weighing the positives and negatives of Kenyan farmers using GMO cotton seeds. Anguche was feted for his reporting on agriculture and biotechnology in Kenya.
Moturi is a trained journalist at Kenya Institute of Mass Communication while Anguche has a degree in Public Relations and Communications from Moi university.
