October 6, 2014 /
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50 years since Kenya got its independence, Coast residents have remained in the dark crying for the government to remember them when distributing its resources. In Lamu, Kenya (on the border with Somalia) a fledgling project to build a huge new port, oil refinery and transport hub on Kenya’s northern coastline promises to deliver thousands…
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October 6, 2014 /
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I I am telling a story about land being a factor of production and how if not used properly can lead to mass destruction and killings. I chose Tana River county in the Nothern part of Kenyan coast because its among the top counties in the coast region where most of the land is unadjudicated…
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September 24, 2014 /
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Going to school may seem like a daily activity to many pupils who aspire to make it in life, however access to basic and special education still remains a pipe dream for the visually impaired children who struggle to make it to school but once there the facilities are over stretched thus denying them…
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September 24, 2014 /
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The storyline of this documentary puts into perspective a special education system trend for visually impaired scholars, in a developing Third World country. It is set in a typical school session where a student gives an account of challenges encountered in a limited environment and underlying the absence of basic infrastructure (Braille reading and writing…
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September 24, 2014 /
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I am Ednah, I am 26 years old and I am considering starting a family. It seems normal, right ? The problem is I am albino and being albino in Kenya is not easy. People have all sorts of wrong ideas about us (that we are witches, that we cure from AIDS, that we don’t deserve…
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September 24, 2014 /
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This documentary is a success story that features a blind person who grew up in a small village in Kenya, and despite all odds later in life he became a scholar and human rights defender. We’ll get to know a bit of his story when he was growing up and the challenges he faced and…
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September 24, 2014 /
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Lalatorook or Lalabitiiro (bad teeth, in Masai dialect) is a disease which is giving Maasai’s of Kajiado East constituency sleepless nights. A rare condition in Kenya that has not only left the residents in a limbo, but has also astonished medical community in equal measure. It is a disease that is common among young children…
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September 23, 2014 /
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Two brothers decide to look for their biological fathers so as to get surnames for their sons, as Kenyan tradition requires. With their mother deceased, they have very limited options at hand. Will they ever succeed? This is a real life story about my brother and I, and our endeavor to find our biological father(s)…
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September 23, 2014 /
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This documentary is in Kiswahili, click HERE to download the translation. “White cast” is a radio documentary exposing some of the challenges, stigma and social injustices a person with albinism undergoes on a daily basis in Kenya and in most African countries. Mary is a 47 year old widow, she has 4 children…
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September 23, 2014 /
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Terrains of Life story is about a man who grew up in a poverty stricken family; he encountered some tragedies which changed his physical state completely and for that reason he had to work extra hard to make his dream come true. He is a teacher by profession but on top of that he manages…
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