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Robert Amalemba

Robert Amalemba

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Senior Journalist, The Standard (Kenya)

Kenya, Nairobi

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Business , Current Affairs , Breaking News , Politics

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Fake news and erotica

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Industries

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Total articles 669

  • The Day Donor Dollars Dried Up: ‘It was like the sudden death of a family breadwinner’

    By Robert Amalemba| Willow Health Media Verified Jennifer Mukali, a peer educator at a donor-funded project, now sells clothes, her side hustle before USAID was shut down.  For six years, Amelia Wendy dedicated herself to grassroots outreach, working tirelessly to support people living with HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis (TB).  Her daily routine as an Outreach Officer involved engaging with individuals struggling to access government healthcare facilities for their HIV and TB medication.

    By Robert Amalemba · Willow Health Media

    Apr. 12, 2025

  • Betting on Disaster: The hidden cost of Kenya’s gambling craze – from insomnia to suicides

    By Robert Amalemba| Willow Health Media Verified Betting addicts suffer the “sunk-cost fallacy” where, instead of quitting, they continue gambling because they’ve already invested too much- Davis Achuti, Psychologist  Let us break it down for you—it’s a really sad story. In October 2024, tragedy struck in Shinyalu Constituency, Kakamega County, when Susan Njeri, popularly known as Mama Sammy, a small-scale trader, died by suicide after losing Ksh60,000 on the betting platform Aviator.

    By Robert Amalemba · Willow Health Media

    Mar. 21, 2025

  • Put to Bed: Kenya celebrates 15 years without Sleeping Sickness

    By Robert Amalemba| Willow Health Media Verified Kenya Eyes WHO Certification for Elimination of Sleeping Sickness whose symptoms include fever, headaches, joint pain, confusion and sleep disturbances Guinea has officially eliminated Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) as a public health threat—a landmark achievement in the global fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). Now, Kenya is poised to follow suit, seeking the same recognition from the World Health Organization (WHO) after reporting no local cases since 2009.

    By Robert Amalemba · Willow Health Media

    Feb. 26, 2025

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The Standard (Kenya)