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Tatizo la watu kujiua nchini Kenya– Maisha Mkanda
Kenya is amongst the nations leading for highest of people taking their own lives. Nancy Rutere speaks about different triggers that might cause. We meet John and Elishifa, who have lost a son through suicide.
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The child butcher – Maisha Mkanda
Masten Milimo Wanjala is perhaps Kenya's most infamous child killer. He admitted to strangle 13 young boys to death in a blood lust that he never got a chance to explain. The parents of the victims speak out.
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Biashara ya “mchele” – Maisha Mkanda
Three young women and one man reveal the secrets behind the drink-spiking business, a crime commonly known as “mchele” in Kenya.
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Prophetess Mary Akatsa – Maisha Mkanda
A controversial Kenyan prophetess and founder of Jerusalem Church of Christ Mary Akatsa was widely reported to have brought Jesus Christ to her church in 1988. Watch her interview.
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Where are they now? – Maisha Mkanda
The premiere episode of the show revisits stories featured in the first and second seasons. WATCH
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Kin Killers – Maisha Mkanda
Why would an ordinary person kill his own family? This true-crime documentary follows the story of three family murders told through their relatives.
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Meet the pioneers of Mugithi – Maisha Mkanda
This episode is an intimate portrait of the happy and sad times of the Salim family through their father Joseph Salim, the pioneer singer of Mugithi and his daughter Sarafina Salim.
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Abroad, Alone and Abused – Maisha Mkanda
Many Kenyans are lured to travel to the Middle East by the promise of lucrative jobs and a chance to escape unemployment in Kenya. This episode takes us through the journey of Kenyan job seekers who have suffered mistreatment and abuse when working abroad
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Mental illness – Maisha Mkanda
This episode examines the mental health crisis through the lens of ordinary people and how the issue impacts their family and those around them
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Religion, sects and cults – Maisha Mkanda
In this episode, we look at how some religious leaders and their followers worship God and the practises they perform
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Falsely accused – Maisha Mkanda
This episode features three people who claim to have been falsely accused for crimes they didnt commit and ended up serving sentences of over 15 years each.
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Missing children – Maisha Mkanda
It is a parent’s worst nightmare; coming home to find a child missing, and not being able to find them. Maisha Mkanda opens the door into the worlds of three women, and their unending search for their children.
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Dua la mnyonge – Maisha Mkanda
Kenya is facing an important dilemma: teenage girls across the country are being impregnated. Some conceive after traumatic episodes of abuse by close relatives.
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Behind the lens – Maisha Mkanda
In this episode, we follow Caroline Obwamu, a journalist who covers violence in Western Kenya. She opens her lens to us, showing a world that is largely invisible; a world where women are abused and violated.
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Pain in the name of love – Maisha Mkanda
Why do some relationships end in violence? Why is it so difficult for women to leave? Through the eyes of 4 women, we examine the complicated and complex realities of intimate partner violence.
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A day in the life of a caregiver – Maisha Mkanda
This episode looks at the personal challenges and triumphs of 3 caregivers who’ve assumed near-superhuman levels of responsibility tending to their kin.
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Cyberbullying and trolling – Maisha Mkanda
Why does cyber-bullying happen? What can be done to counter it? This episode looks at the victims of cyberbullying and unpacks the devasting effects of it.
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Alika: The unwanted twin – Maisha Mkanda
How far would you go to save an innocent stranger from her own parents? This is the story of a little girl who endured years of horrific abuse and how the people who saved her paid the price for doing so.