Editorial Advisory Board

Gitura Mwaura

Gitura is a Nairobi-based writer currently working as a media consultant with various organisations. He is an author and development journalist previously involved in the areas, among others, of gender and conflict management as a researcher and human rights activist working with various local and international non-governmental organisations.

Gitura has worked in both electronic and print media, and contributes to the local media, both in Rwanda and Kenya. He writes a weekly column for Rwanda’s The New Times newspaper.

His collection of short stories, Portraits of the Heart, was published in 2001 (Focus Books). He co-authored the book, Resilience of a Nation: A History of the Military in Rwanda (Fountain Publishers, 2009). One of his short stories, The Request, has been included in the anthology, The doomed conspiracy and other stories (East African Educational Publishers, 2011). His book, The Painting: Four Sketches and a Poem, was published in 2013 (Amazon). A children’s book, as well as a historical book revolving around a family saga, are due to be published. He is currently co-authoring a memoir.

Gitura is formerly the chairperson of the Kenya Coalition for Access to Essential Medicines (KCAEM), which played an important role in successfully lobbying the Kenyan Government, Parliament and international pharmaceutical companies to enable easy access to essential for the treatment of malaria and TB, and, most notably, HIV anti-retroviral drugs.

He currently is the Program Associate with the regional East African Community Media Network (EACOMNET).

Mwiti Marete

Marete is the Opinion Editor of East Africa’s highest circulating newspaper, Daily Nation. He is an established poet and author of ‘Pepo Nne: Diwani ya Malenga wa Mlima Meru.