
Waihiga Mwaura
@WaihigaMwaura • 345,796 subscribers
God Chaser.Husband.@BBC Focus on Africa. Ex- @citizentvkenya. #AJEA2021 2*Winner. 2019 UBA winner.2018 @BBC Komla Dumor . 2012 @CNN Winner. 2015 @MoAmin Winner.
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The British army has moved a training out of Kenya because, "necessary licences required to allow training to take place in Laikipia later this year have not been forthcoming." We asked Nelson Koech, heading Kenya's Parliament's defense committee what concerns they have as a new defense agreement is worked on. #FocusOnAfrica BBC News Africa
Waihiga Mwaura153,148 views • 19 days ago

Cameroon President Paul Biya made a very rare appearance on the campaign trail earlier today looking for his 8th term. Viewers who were waiting to see him emerge from his vehicle in this livestream had to make do with plenty of shots of the crowd before the 92-year old was revealed already seated in the presidential chair with the first lady Chantal Biya. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura254,799 views • 10 months ago

How will Senegal's President respond to the comeback of his former PM Ousmane Sonko, who has now been elected speaker of the national parliament.I spoke to a Senegalese opposition Mp Anta Babacar on what these developments mean for the countries democracy. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura67,953 views • 2 months ago

It's been a week since the Africa-France summit(Africa Forward summit) which French/Kenyan leaders have hailed as a success. However, last week at a time like this some African leaders including Rwanda's President Kagame, Botswana President Boko, Egypt's Foreign Minister and at some point someone shared a video with me of what looks like Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote struggling to get in/out of some of the meeting rooms because of scenes like this.
Waihiga Mwaura67,441 views • 2 months ago

A Tanzanian government-appointed commission announced that 518 people died in the widespread protests that followed last year's general election. Prof. Paramagamba Kabudi, Tanzania's State Minister in the PM's Office for Policy, Coordination and Parliamentary Affairs spoke to us on #FocusOnAfrica. I first asked him who was responsible for all those deaths?
Waihiga Mwaura67,561 views • 3 months ago

A Chadema - Tanzanian opposition party official also told #FocusOnAfrica that they would like EAC, SADC, AU and other bodies to intervene in the country , even as the Govt insists that order has been restored by security forces. BBC News Africa BBC News (World)
Waihiga Mwaura145,908 views • 9 months ago

My colleague Fardowsa Hanshi told me that referee Omar Artan's statement at the airport, "That flag is ours and so is the passport - let's defend it," meant a lot for young Somali's whether at home or in the diaspora. She joined me on #FocusOnAfrica BBC News Africa
Waihiga Mwaura37,942 views • 2 months ago

Kenya's President William Ruto defends the US Ebola facility in Kenya saying it is no different from other Kenya-US health partnerships. But a Trump admin official told us that that ,"American officials, doctors, and clinicians will be at this facility, treating American citizens ..." Unless that exclusivity clause has changed. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura30,407 views • 2 months ago

Patrice Lumumba's grand-daughter told me that "for a long time we were told that the crimes that happened under colonial rule were untouchable but today this changes." After a court cleared the way for a trial over the killing of DRC's first PM. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura47,126 views • 4 months ago

The world's oldest President- Cameroon's 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country's parliament in Yaoundé. He has been in power for 43 years, and addressed only one campaign rally before the election. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura71,219 views • 9 months ago

Uganda goes to the polls tomorrow but one name that will be missing from the ballot paper is that of veteran opposition leader Dr Kiiza Besigye. I interviewed Winnie Byanyima, his wife, in late November and this is what she told me about his incarceration experience. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura50,572 views • 7 months ago

Were African countries invited to the G7 France meeting merely for optics? Why did conflicts in Sudan and Eastern DRC not make it to the agenda? I posed those questions to Kenya's Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing'oei upon his return from Evian. #FocusOnAfrica BBC News Africa
Waihiga Mwaura14,167 views • 1 month ago

White House Briefing Qn: On ebola, if Kenya does end up blocking the US quarantine facility there, why can't Americans who have been exposed come to the US? Listen to Dr Oz response, the US Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura17,920 views • 2 months ago