Head of Communications, Kenya - UN WFP. Ex @BBCNews @BBCWorldService Correspondent covering Africa | Global Health storyteller | Strategic Comms | Moderator
Joined July 2010
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29 Nov 2024
After 7.5 years with #BBC, I’m starting a new chapter. Thrilled to join @WFP_Kenya as Head of Communications. This isn’t a departure from storytelling, it’s a shift in how and where those stories are told. With a focus on narratives rooted in building resilience. #ChangingLives
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For Farhiya, recovery meant more than putting food on the table. 🍛
After losing much of her livestock during drought, WFP 's cash assistance helped her family repay debts from a local food kiosk, purchase essential items and cover school fees.
💸 gives families the flexibility to prioritise their own needs, whether that means food, education or rebuilding after crisis.
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🙏@OCHAFunds @UNOCHA_ROSEA
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Jun 9
The school meals programme has grown across the country, supporting learning where it’s needed most. 🍛
For many children, a meal at school means the chance to focus, learn, and thrive.
That is why @WFP is partnering with the government to support school meals this term in Wajir and Marsabit counties. 📚✍️
📹⤵️ to learn more
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Jun 4
Language is never neutral. New piece on why "beneficiary" says more about us than the people we work with. 👇linkedin.com/pulse/what-we-s…
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May 18
What happens when refugees are supported?
🍚 Dependency on food aid reduces
🌾 Self-reliance grows
🍉 Nutritious food becomes more accessible
💸 Incomes increase
This is why WFP and @FAOKenya with support from the @EUinKenya, is helping refugees transition from aid dependency to self-reliance. By establishing water pans and greenhouses for irrigation, communities are empowered to grow crops, farm sustainably, and build resilient livelihoods.
See more ⤵️
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May 7
📍Kakuma ilikuwa moto 😅🔥
From kupika, fashion show, hadi kushare chakula pamoja, ilikuwa all about community.
“Kupika Drive” brought refugees and host communities together, kupitia food, culture na connection. @WFP_Kenya tulikuwa hapo pia, supporting local initiatives and being part of the moment.
Watch how it all went down - teamwork, culture na kicheko mob 😄
Na usikose kuona Head of Office Claudia akikoroga sembe na madigaga! 🍲✨
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Apr 16
With support from @novonordiskfond, WFP is launching the BioSustainability Design Programme.
Watch how this partnership is turning innovation into impact, and helping build the future we want. ⬇️
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Mar 28
🚨The immediate economic shocks from the Middle East crisis are already showing, but the delayed ones could be even more severe - especially for countries relying heavily on food and fuel imports.
WFP's Mercy Juma explains why and what's at stake ⤵️
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Mar 12
The latest food security analysis for Kenya confirms severe levels of acute malnutrition in parts of northern Kenya. Extremely critical acute malnutrition has been identified in parts of Mandera, Marsabit and Turkana.
Across ASAL counties, 3.3 million people are facing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse, alongside
429,000 refugees in Dadaab, Kakuma and Kalobeyei.
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30 Dec 2025
🎉 From all of us at @WFP_Kenya, Happy New Year! 🎉
In 2026, we continue listening, showing up, and walking alongside communities in the ASALs, and refugee-hosting areas, not only responding to immediate needs but laying the foundations for longer-term stability and self-reliance.
Here’s to a year of impact, scalable solutions and sustainability!
#HappyFestivities
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31 Dec 2025
This road doesn’t show up on most maps, but @WFP takes it anyway.
In 2025, we kept moving, navigating some of Kenya’s toughest terrains, to support communities’ health and well-being. Na mwaka ujao, tutazidi! 💪
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17 Oct 2025
RT @WFP_Kenya: Kenya mourns the passing of one of its most iconic leaders, Rt. Hon. Raila Amolo Odinga. @WFPKenya extends heartfelt condole…
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We're excited for our first REAL TALK conversation on the future of the health workforce, featuring speakers from @ViamoGlobal @IntelehealthOrg & more with @MercyJuma_ facilitating. RSVP & join us October 21. zoom.us/webinar/register/151…
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15 Oct 2025
Two months in as @WFP_Kenya Country Director, our ambition is clear: to support Kenya’s Government and communities in the ASALs to move beyond cycles of crisis toward a food-secure, resilient, and prosperous future.
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18 Aug 2025
Refugees in Kenya impacted by food aid cuts; WFP rolls out new system aje.io/3ktcpp via @AJEnglish
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12 Aug 2025
Wario from Marsabit, #Kenya isn’t just growing crops — he’s growing opportunities. 🌱
With support from @WFP & @MastercardFdn, this young farmer has gone from self-employment to creating jobs for his peers, proving agriculture can power a youth-led, resilient future.
This #InternationalYouthDay, we celebrate young Kenyans driving change in our food systems.
Hear more from him ⤵️
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30 Jun 2025
Refugees and host communities in Kalobeyei settlement are growing their own food through sustainable irrigation and rainwater harvesting.
@WFP is promoting self-reliance among vulnerable #refugees and drought-affected families, building long-term food security.
🙏@EUinKenya
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23 Jun 2025
Happening Tues!!
Join and share widley, please!
95 authors, 7 papers, 4 actions we can all be part of
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📣 Meet some of the speakers for TOMORROW's global launch of the new #BornTooSoon Supplement!
🌍📘 This interactive webinar will spotlight urgent priorities, lived experiences, & global pivots to prevent preterm birth & improve outcomes for newborns & families. 👶🏽❤️
🗓️ 24 June
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20 Jun 2025
“Years ago, we had three meals a day,” says Nyere, a South Sudanese refugee now living in Kenya.
These days, her family survives on just one meal. She worries malnutrition will return.
On #WorldRefugeeDay, we call for renewed support to protect the health and dignity of refugee families.
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19 Jun 2025
Yesterday, I witnessed the power of #KenyasDigitalInvestigators.
I set out to identify a cop who shot a bystander in broad daylight.
But I immediately realised, I couldn't. Someone had beaten me to it.
Kenyans across the country did the digging themselves…
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6 Jun 2025
𝗙𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 - From Kansas to Kakuma: How U.S. wheat helps power humanitarian aid.
Discover the journey of a grain of wheat from Kansas farms to feeding families in crisis zones.
📖 Article free to reproduce ➡️ bit.ly/3ZR0bCt
#FoodAid #Kansas
@MercyJuma_, @KCStar
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