John Allan Namu

John-Allan Namu (born 23 January 1983) is a Kenyan journalist who has worked as a reporter, news anchor, editor and producer and as a trainer and mentor to upcoming journalists and media professionals. He is known for his investigative journalism. He is the CEO and editorial director at Africa Uncensored, an investigative journalism outfit operating out of Nairobi that he co-founded in 2015. In 2023, he announced the release of his memoirs, 'The Joy in the Struggle'. Quotes Only now, with the light on, and him resting with the ancestors, do we see the enormity of who he was — good, flawed, immense, divisive and deliberative. Being the one-eyed man in the kingdom of the blind, it doesn't necessarily say that you are doing well. And that's all really just carried on and gotten worse with every successive government. Most newsrooms want investigations, but don't invest in training... For me, it's about building the field so we're not a lonesome voice, in our country or on the continent. Not many people watched that bulletin; that was where I'd get a chance to file my own stories and practice my voiceover and practice my skills. It was a low-risk but high-reward bulletin for me. External links Category:Journalists from Kenya Category:Investigative journalists Category:1983 births Category:Living people