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#TwinMigration2018KE Masai Mara

I’m certain you’re familiar with the wildebeest migration that happens annually between the Mara and Serengeti – the 7th wonder of the world. Just like you, I didn’t know about the humpback whale migration that happens around the same time – July to September – off the Kenyan coast. More about the whales in the …

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Shooting in Kakuma for BASF

It’s the largest refugee camp in the world, and home to some of the most resilient people I’ve ever met. Many have walked through fiery experiences, emerged strong, and are now rebuilding their lives one day at a time. And for several thousands attending schools in Kakuma, education is their change to re-write their destiny.

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Camping at Lake Ellis

Located on the eastern slopes of Mt Kenya in Meru County at 3,470m asl, Lake Ellis possesses a beauty that will captivate anyone daring enough to take the journey there. Here’s some tips I gathered from a camping trip there last February.

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Protecting Lamu’s Fragile Ecosystem

Lamu’s pristine beaches, Swahili architecture and cultural festivals have adorned tourism brochures and attracted visitors for hundreds of years. But for the residents of this archipelago, there is more to Lamu than the attractions that have made it a World Heritage Site.

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Tour d’Afrique!

I’ve always considered motorised transport the best way to explore new places. Get in, gas up, pick a destination, go! The downside is that a car cocoons you from the environment, making you more a tourist and outsider, almost snobbishly telling those you pass on the road ‘Look at me looking at you feeling pity …

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Bawa Hope’s New Collection for 2018

I’ve always shied away from fashion assignments, preferring documentary photography because I’m not the greatest person when it comes to directing models. So when Nzilani from Bawa Hope called and asked me to shoot their new line of jewellery, my first thought was to recommend someone else. Then I thought, ‘Why not?’. I got out …

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Great Grevy’s Rally 2018

Towards the end of 2017, Onetouch received an invite to participate in the 2018 Great Grevy’s Rally. Eager to earn our stripes, we said yes and as January came to a close, we ventured into northern Kenya to participate in the national census of Grevy’s zebra.

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Fighting Poverty in Marsabit

It’s one of Kenya’s most beautiful counties, blessed with rich cultures, wildlife and landscapes that are a treat for anyone venturing into northern Kenya. Malnutrition, poor agricultural practices and poor infrastructure have invited poverty and left the residents of Marsabit unable to take advantage of economic opportunities as vast as the county. FH Kenya have stepped in to change this.

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Uhuru Kenyatta’s 2nd Inauguration

It was a pleasure being on the frontline of a significant moment in Kenya’s history, thanks to IMG Kenya and the doors that pursuing my passion have opened for me. I was called upon to cover the second inauguration of Kenya’s fourth president on 28th November 2017 at the Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi.

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Mid-week Trip to Hell’s Gate

On trips like these, I appreciate the ability pursuing passion and not profit has given me. While many other Nairobians were stuck in rain traffic or caught up in clouds of tear gas from anti-IEBC demonstrations, I was engulfed in fresh air and sandwiched by beautiful landscapes, in the company of great friends and amazing wildlife.

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#OnetouchLive Lake Chala

Located on the south eastern slopes of Kilimanjaro and sitting on the border of Kenya and Tanzania, I’ve always considered Lake Chala to be the best doof mpararo location in East Africa. Last August, I got a chance to experience it again with Onetouch during one of our monthly photographic expeditions.

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Nairobi National Park, Randomly

Last Thursday, out of the blues that engulfed Nairobi after tensions from the General Election, I got an urge to return to the Nairobi National Park to shoot wildlife. I shared the idea with friends from Onetouch and Friday morning, we met at the NNP Lang’ata Road Gate at 6am.

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