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Africa Uncensored’s John-Allan Namu Wins Prestigious 2024 ICFJ Knight International Journalism Award

John-Allan Namu, the co-founder of investigative media house Africa Uncensored, has been named winner of the 2024 International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) Knight International Journalism Award among three other journalists for his reporting that revealed how city police inspectors are using violence to extort bribes and a story on criminal gangs preying on residents of […]

John-Allan Namu Named Human Rights Defender of the Year

At Africa Uncensored, Namu has helped Kenyans digest complex social issues plaguing the country with a mix of deeply researched multimedia content. The journalist was formerly a features editor and investigative reporter at KTN, where he worked on groundbreaking investigative reports alongside the current Nyali MP Mohammed Ali.

The Investigative Piece Allan Namu Holds Closest to His Heart

Veteran investigative journalist John Allan Namu has released yet another detailed in-depth investigative that focuses on human-interest stories from Kenya.

John Allan Namu, Sanaipei Tande Become Comrades in Crime

The new assignment will put to test Allan Namu’s investigative skills in the fiction realm – both in production and acting.

John Allan Namu’s The Profiteers Picked for Another Global Award

John Allan Namu’s African Uncensored has been picked for another global award less than a month after winning Trace International’s 2019 prize for investigative reporting at an award ceremony held in Vancouver, Canada. Namu has been picked among 12 finalists for the US$2,000 (Ksh 206,200) Global Shining Light Award alongside Elijah Kanyi (camera operator) and […]

Rejected at home, acclaimed abroad: John Allan Namu’s #TheProfiteers wins big

[dropcap]D[/dropcap]ecorated investigative journalist John Allan Namu has added another award to his already well stocked cabinet for his expose, #TheProfiteers which laid bare how South Sudanese warlords and their families are living large in different East African countries including Kenya blowing proceeds of corruption while their home country remains in a constant state of war. […]

John Allan Namu and Jicho Pevu find new home at TV47

TV47, the newest baby in Kenya’s television industry, has signed up Kenya’s most vicious investigative journalists.  Under the deals the TV station, owned by Cape Media,  will screen content from Africa Uncensored, run by former KTN journalist John Allan Namu and Jicho Pevu by Mohammed Ali, also a former KTN reporter. TV47 is building its […]

John-Allan Namu linked to Cambridge Analytica

In a series of tweets, former KTN journalist, through his Africa Uncensored platform, dismissed the claims by blogger Cyprian Nyakundi and threatened to take legal action against him

5 journalists who will define TV journalism this year

We look at those who have exhibited great potential and can only up their popularity in 2018 and beyond in the radio and TV segments even as the media scene becomes more competitive