Edith kimani
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#DWambassador @DWnews anchor/ correspondent. African. CNNfellow. 🇰🇪 to 🇩🇪 . *My tweets, RTs not endorsements.
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We do some pretty cool things for work. Check out our first 77percent show if you don’t believe me.
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Recently on
#RHONairobi
, there was contention over what, under the Kenyan law, is a valid marriage. I went digging and found myself down a legal rabbit hole. Turns out, we’ve got some pretty bizarre things in our laws! A 🧵 (1/11)
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Time now for another step. Permanent move to Berlin as a news Anchor with
@dwnews
📺 🇰🇪. Greatful. Excited. Ready. Bis bald 👋🏾
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Brrr.... about ready to be back on air.
Meet
@Edith_kimani
, the newest addition to our Berlin newsroom, and join her as she discovers the history of the art-rich German capital
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Dankeschön 🙏🏾
Congratulations to our colleague
@Edith_kimani
who has been named one of the 100 most influential young Africans 2020!
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At some polling stations, men and women queue separately. One man shouts 'let the women vote first so they can go cook'.
#TanzaniaDecides
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From Africa with Love.
Sie ist das Gesicht Afrikas bei
@dwnews
. Wir begleiten
@Edith_kimani
aus Kenia, eine aufstrebende Reporterin und News-Moderatorin der
@DeutscheWelle
.
#Medienmenschen
#Journalismus
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It's been a great 6yrs at KTN. Thank you. Hello DW-TV. East African correspondent twende kazi.
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Karuheni 👏🏾
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In 5...4...3...
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Let’s start with what Kenyan law has to say about the marriages the state recognises. The caveats on no. 2 and 3 were news to me (2/11)
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My last year and a half with
@dwnews
as the E.A correspondent has given me incredible insight into who we are/could be as Africans. (1/2).
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E.L.I.U.D = G.O.A.T
✈️↘️🇦🇹
He's landed.
@EliudKipchoge
has arrived in Vienna and has taken his first look at the
#INEOS159
course.
Watch history be made live here:
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So excited to return as host of the GMF this year.
#shapingtomorrownow
Meet our main conference host,
@DWnews
anchor
@Edith_Kimani
! 💥📣
Before she joined DW in Berlin, Kimani worked for Kenyan broadcaster KTN and was DW's East Africa correspondent. She currently hosts The 77 Percent, DW's magazine for Africa's youth.
🎟️👉🏽
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Congratulations to
@chebetlesan
founder of
@brightgreenke
who has been selected by
@jackma
as an
#africabusinesshero
#cleancooking
. 🥳🥳
Find out why. Follow the hashtag
#ugaliyanguyakwanza
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@KirigoNgarua
There’s a great anecdote in W. Maathai’s book where she says she would affectionately refer to her friend and namesake as ‘somo’, ie turning the word into a moniker. I learned this yesterday. But mtu nguyaz is just better 😁
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Evidently, this was a colonial era law, designed to curtail cultural practices that went directly against the Christian beliefs being pushed at the time. (5/11)
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Then, we’ve got the witchcraft act. Yes!!! A law from 1925 which among other things, forbids practitioners from using their supernatural abilities to solve crimes. Don’t ask… Here is section 2 of the act. (4/11)
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🌍 Joto ya mvua : Climate Change's Unequal Burden 🌍
From scorching droughts to devastating floods, Africa bears the brunt of climate change's wrath.
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But having a weaker passport means there are fewer countries you can visit WITHOUT a visa. In my case, as a Kenyan passport holder, there are 153 countries I need a visa to travel to – that’s a lot in visa fees! (8/10)
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I think we are now certified
#couplegoals
😂🤪... we are ready to be on the
#powercouples
list too 💪🏾✊🏾
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So enforced is the dress code, that just last year, CJ Koome waived a requirement for advocates being admitted to the bar, because not all of them could secure the pricey wig. (9/11)
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Thank you 🙏🏾
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As a
#DWAmbassador
, I want to talk about
#visainequality
. The other day my friends and I were talking about the visa application process for Africans to countries outside the continent. One had spent over $1000 for a 5yr expedited visa to the UK! And there’s more! A 🧵: (1/10)
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Had a grand time trying to read cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev’s surname without skipping a beat. Must be what it’s like for westerners attempting Mnangawa, Nganga and Nyong’o.
#Journalism
ION- Icarus is monumental.
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Thank you
@EzekielMutua
for your time and as always, food for thought.
@Edith_kimani
: You are a very polarizing figure, so I don't know if history will be written about you -The Prophet before his time - or it will be said - You we're the deluded person who refused to accept reality."
@dwnews
@InfoKfcb
#KFCBforCleanContent
@NellyMuluka
@KibetBenard_
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I’ll never leave you baby! I’m gonna love you long long lii looooong 🥰😘😍
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‘Indeed it is not me on trial- it’s not, it is the court itself on trial’
”I’m only here because I disagree with the political leadership of this country...I'm here for protesting against unfair taxation and against injustice. If I'm to go through this oppression and pain for the betterment of my country so be it.”—
@HEBobiwine
#Uganda
#FreeBobiWine
🇺🇬
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Thank you. Now that you know my birthday, I’m counting down to Jan for cake. Check out some of our work on
@dwnews
She is a Kenyan born media personality, journalist and CNN Fellow, currently working as a DW News correspondent.
Born on the 25th of January, 1989, Edith Kimani is an amazing news anchor and we are so in love with her accessories style 🇰🇪
👸🏽
@Edith_kimani
#ZenMagazine
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Had a lot of fun chatting to my colleagues on
#DWnewsafrica
Breaking down the
#lupitanyongo
twitter war between Kenya and Nigeria.
@Edith_kimani
🇰🇪 and
@FlourishChukwur
🇳🇬 on DW News Africa.
#Americanah
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This morning I'll be moderating a session at the world economic forum on Africa discussing smart energy solutions in Africa.
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It wouldn’t matter what KIND of marriage you want, if any of these persons have any relationship to you or your spouse. Then, the marriage is invalid 😧(3/11)
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All the best to those auditioning for
#thepresenter
season 2. To the eventual winner, I can't wait to work with you.
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Anyone else tired of the rhetoric from the Kenyan government?
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Not sure what's more frustrating; the waiting or the incessant power cuts.
@TheOfficialKPL
and
@IEBCKenya
trynna send me to hospital.
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I had so much fun with this!
@DeutscheWelle
had a really dynamic session yesterday at
#NXTNOW
with
@Edith_kimani
,
@raindolf
,
@Omojuwa
and
@purelyjazz
on 'The Future is Bright - How to Make it in the Digital World.'
Join today's session here:
#77Percent
#AfricaNXT
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#ecoAfrica
is one of my favourite shows. I learn so much every week. click for all the great stories this week.
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More school time, no social activities and no visiting days for 3rd term. Wow,that's really going to increase those A's.
#fail
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Top of the hour, we do it again. Are you streaming? is the place to go.
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Then of course there are the periwigs!! I couldn’t find the exact procedure that informs dress and address In Kenyan courts, but former Chief Justice
@WMutunga
Mutunga in a 2011 Kenya Law publication wrote… (8/11)
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Thank you JJ 🙏🏾🙏🏾
This was a beautiful forum for many things, but even more so because of the exceptional hosting skills of
@Edith_kimani
!
#DW_GMF
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I just want to know where you buy them. What do you do with the thing after admission especially if you choose a different career path? (10/11)
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Dankeschön
The grat
@Edith_kimani
@dwnews
anchor again doing a great job moderating a panel
@MunSecConf
with
@JohnKerry
Jennifer Morgaen
@AuswaertigesAmt
@jrockstrom
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Clifford, your pictures are appreciated but what do they have to do with a good night?
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It’s not often you get to interview a friend. So much in such little time with
@ashamwilu
DW's
@Edith_Kimani
speaks to
@AshaMwilu
from
@DebunkDotMedia
about how digital news can support democratic processes,
#pluralism
and other issues in the public interest through storytelling, data mining and powerful collaboration.
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Nairobi; anyone out there never voted (by choice) and doesn't intend to this year? Please DM me.
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VOANews: California shooting 355th time this year in US where 4 or more pple have been shot in a single incident.
But 'Africa' is war torn
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@wilkinsfadhili
While we’re at it, could you please take this misleading post down?
@wilkinsfadhili
this is how NOT to build public relations.
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Actually I can. Are you forgetting we weren’t allowed to do that here in Kenya?
@Wilki_Nyabwa
@Edith_kimani
Can you imagine not being able to wear your braids while reporting?
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Thank you for watching and sharing. Yes to being our best selves!!!
Today I've binged
#IMayDestroyYou
, then capped it off with this important interview by
@Edith_kimani
and Besh Machio from
@equalitynow
: Black women sustain me with their beauty, intelligence, strength, and wisdom.
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What is perhaps more shocking, is that in contemporary Kenyan society, the act is still cited-even in petition elections as shown here. i.e. My opponent used witchcraft to win the election therefore it should be nullified. (6/11)
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No romance with no finance? Appears that way as now
#MyBukusuDarling
family demands dowry. Heh! Details on
@KTNKenya
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It’s crazy to think my career started with a competition. A smartphone and talent could be what you need to launch yours. I’ll be sitting on the jury with some bomb people... and you could be the winner.
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@UKenyatta
:The narrative of African despair and indignity is false and, indeed, was never true.--- this should be THE African anthem!!!
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What other unusual laws do you know from any part of the world? My colleagues on TikTok did a fun explainer a while back on weird Nigerian laws. Check it out.
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Vielen Dank!
Tolle Moderation von
@Edith_kimani
auf dem
#G20InvestmentSummit
in
#Berlin
Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel empfängt heute 11 afrikanische Staatspräsidenten. Auch
@AfricaGreenTec
ist mit dabei. Starke Organisation vom
@afrikaverein
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Who will be the next presenter? Beginning of that search now on
@KTNKenya
http://t.co/EEw8HyLdKi
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Watch! Watch! Watch!
Africans are tired of white saviours and poverty porn. Thanks to
@EvanHD
&
@BBCRadio4
PM for having me on & having a real conversation about it
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Catching up with
@SolomonSerwanjj
after our session at
#MIF
. All we need is a cup of tea and we are immediately Aunty and uncle nani.
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Thank you
@Misskihoro
for blessing us with such amazing tunes this gorgeous Sunday.
#Afrocentral
has me in love.
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Congratulations to
#MichelleNgele
and
#jamalgadafi
on winning
#thepresenter
. Welcome home to
@KTNKenya
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I cuss
@ZukuOfficial
DAILY; make silent threats to leave and still here I am suffering. I guess this is what it means to be truly Kenyan.
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‘What we experience here(SA) is Afrophobia; because we never see black people attacking white foreigners... so let us give it the real name. It’s Afrophobia.’ Ayanda Xusu, SA national.
Full video:
#SayNoToXenophobia
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@KResearcher
@alykhansatchu
I remember that. Good morning
@alykhansatchu
Can’t help but miss Bob. He was a lively part of that ecosystem.
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This show was my first ever contact with
@DeutscheWelle
. The inspector had deductive abilities CSI teams could only dream of. I never dreamed I would be in DW let alone a
#dwambassador
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Focus now shifts to interior CS Rtd.Maj.Gen Joseph Ole Nkaissery who served in KDF for nearly 30 years. will he meet Kenyans' expectations?
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SMS sent to security officials warning of impending attack.
#JitimaiYaUgaidi
http://t.co/BKL2IwUeUx
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CJ: anyone who has ever reported an SGBV should be congratulated. (For context, it was on the justice gap)
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shared the very best of days with
@bonneytunya
.set already feels cold without you. Mazel Tov my friend. Love + light
http://t.co/NUOXQB8qrq
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And it was magic 🪄
Happy Africa day y’all.
@Edith_kimani
and I photographed something inspired by the classic African photo studio from the 70’s and 80’s.
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Not sure how the police are breathing under all that gear. Locals calling them 'roboocops'.
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You know we are last minute folk. Kenyans, come through for Dj Xpect. See poll below and go vote!
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My dad introduced me to him,
@muthoniDQ
broke the news. Today, a day after his death, Im certain
#papawemba
lives on in me. Through us.
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14 years ago today? Incredible. I remember the days when the community was so tiny we all sort of knew each other. Hi
@alykhansatchu
@AKenyanGirl
@Wamathai
#MyTwitterAnniversary
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Kenya must be infatuated by the west. Nairobi smells like a fresh coat of paint.Never seen this for say Museveni.
http://t.co/1NRYSu9twZ
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Better to learn all and hold yours highly no?
Not knowing your mother tongue is enslavement but learning other languages is empowerment
@Edith_kimani
@amina_Ke
#K24Alfajiri
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Marco Rubio On Trump: “If he builds the wall the way he built Trump Towers, he’ll be using illegal immigrant labor to do it." well then...
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'Kenya is making a statement... For us, ivory is worthless unless it's on our elephants' -
@UKenyatta
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Dear world, we need to talk! Photographer wants to give visitors sense of ‘primitive Africa’ through human, animal interplay. 🙄👌🏾
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'I'm doing something that I'm passionate about...and that matters for Africans'
@IkennaAzuike
#stillrelevant
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“Eat the rich: How inequality threatens Africa’s populations”. This year for Africa day, our yet to be named collective wanted to highlight the problem and dangers of inequality in Africa.
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@LarryMadowo
after all those fries I bought you, you denied me (ulinikana) before
@KoinangeJeff
and the world?watu hawana heshima hii nchi.
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Plus one.
Issa a plan. We should line up the entire road from the airport to Nairobi CBD to welcome
#eliudkipchoge
. Receive him like the HERO he is.
#NoHumanIsLimited
#Eliud159
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'Everybody is a genius.But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid' A.E
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