Maureen Ndamwe shares her 9 years of journey working for a local radio station in Turkana County. How she managed through those years still amazes her. Turkana county in Kenya is known for 4 things…
1. Being the only place in Kenya where the government has struck oil.
2. Being the face of ravishing famine every time the country experiences drought.
3. The land with the largest underwater aquifer in Kenya.
4. Ethnic clashes occasioned by cattle rustling and bandit attacks among the pastoralist communities.
On her first assignment, Ms Ndamwe says she managed to bring to the public a story about cattle rustlers who had maimed and killed people in Turkana East.
Maureen believed by publishing the story, the government would be prompted to take action to stop the attacks…little did she know she would face her own battles as detailed in the audio story above as reported by Caroline Katana…
This story is part of the African Women in Media (AWiM) Peace and Security Journalism Programme in partnership with UNESCO, through the IPDC framework.
