Author archive: Iloti
Urban Presence: Nairobi River’s Choked Arteries
The soul of the city is is ailing. Water being the lifeblood, the blood running through the veins of the body of the land, the choked up state of Nairobi River signals that all is not well. Our reporters took a walk through different points of Nairobi River with fine art photographer Msingi Sasis, and this is what they found.
DetailsSickle Cell Disease: the Word is the Cure.
Sickle Cell Disease is the most common genetic disease in the world, nowhere more so than in Sub-Saharan Africa. So why are we not doing more about this?
DetailsShukid: Kenyan Hip-Hop’s Next Big Thing
Kenyan hip hop is scaling new heights. Shukid might just be the Moses to take it to the next level.
DetailsWanted: Hip Hop. For the murder of Christianity
Is Christianity dying because of Hip Hop? Bill O’Reilly seems to think so. What do other people in the actual industry think?
DetailsIn Depth: How The UK Poll Outcome Affects You
Our former colonial masters have held elections that will shape Europe and the world for years to come. What, if any, effect will it have on Kenya?
DetailsFocus On Jua Kwality: CladLight
“Saving lives through wearable technology” - this is the motto for Kenyan innovators CladLight, who are the first in Africa to develop this unique and potentially life saving device for motorcyclists and other alternative road users. The premise is simple- a reflective, smart jacket that will show brake lights when the rider stops, indicator icons
DetailsKibera by Johnny Vigeti ft. Lutan Fyah
We review Johnny Vigeti and Lutan Fyah’s new track Kibera.
DetailsBehind Closed Doors No. 2
UP Nairobi continues with its insight into the lives of the people who have intimate access into the lives of the rich and powerful. Today we hear from Halima*, a housekeeper for a pair of ex-pats living in Karen. Halima’s Story “I am an illegal immigrant. I escaped to Kenya from Tanzania when i was
DetailsKenyans in Diaspora Invade British Political Scene
Kenyan politics could borrow (or just bribe someone to give the whole thing to us) a leaf from the UK’s book.
DetailsKenya is for ALL Kenyans.
Kenya is not a club, Mr. Deputy President. Kenya is a proud nation of 40 plus million and each and every single citizen is as Kenyan as the next- what they do in the privacy of their own homes has no place in determining whether there is a space for them here.
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Nairobi’s Food Sinkhole
UP Reporter Iloti Mutoka takes an in depth look at the problem of food loss in Kenya
DetailsBehind Closed Doors
UP Nairobi continues with its series- Behind Closed Doors- which gives us a peek behind the veiled curtain that is the lives of the rich and powerful.
DetailsBeats Of The Antonov
Iloti Mutoka reviews the award winning Beats of The Antonov which captures civil war Sudan in a glaringly honest light.
DetailsFilm Review: To Catch A Dream
We took our own advice and watched some of the Kenyan made films on Vimeo. Here is a review of the film To Catch A Dream by the Nest Initiative
DetailsThen and Now: Kenya’s Rap Legends
Kenyan Hip Hop has grown from Ricky Oyaro’s hit “Renaissance’ that aired on KBC in 1990 to being a multi-million dollar industry. Here are some then and now videos from our best EMCees.
DetailsThe Bystander Defect
Would you stop to help someone who has been in an accident? Would you take them to the hospital? Would you intervene in a fight in which a woman is being attacked? Why? Why not? UP reporter Iloti Mutoka investigates the causes behind people’s apathy in Kenya.
DetailsThe Alternate Weekend Wishlist
Often times, Nairobi weather seems to have one constant- weekends will be bright. Here are pocket and family friendly ways to recharge during a well earned break after a week of slogging away in the mines.
DetailsBehind Closed Doors
UP Nairobi takes a look behind the gilded gates that the well to do live behind and hear first hand from the people who they employ to take care of them.
DetailsFood Loss vs Food Waste
Food Loss? Food Waste? Find out what these two terms are and why they are something you should take more seriously
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