Name Gitau Njenga Role Politician | Education University of Salford | |
Gitau wa Njenga (born 1971, Nairobi, Kenya) is a photojournalist and politician. He moved to the UK in the 1990s and worked as London Correspondent for the East African Standard and The Nation newspapers. Gitau rose to the world limelight after he broke the story of the first Kenyan gay couple ‘wedding’ in London exclusively published by Sunday Nation in October 2009.
In 2004, Gitau received the Kenya Foreign Correspondent of the Year Award for the incisive World Exclusives special investigative reports on mysterious murders of British tourist Julie Ward and Dr Robert Ouko, former Kenya Foreign Minister which occurred in Kenya in the 1990s.
After 18 years in the UK, Gitau returned to Nairobi, Kenya in 2010 to venture into elective politics. During the March 4, 2013 General Elections, he vied for the Kikuyu Parliamentary seat on a TNA ticket but lost at the nomination stage. He ditched TNA and joined New Democrats Party, he however lost to the TNA candidate in a crowded race which attracted 12 candidates.
He studied journalism and broadcasting at the University of Salford (BA, 2007) and photojournalism at the University of Westminster (MA, 2009).
He has worked extensively in print media journalism both in Kenya and in the UK. In 2006 he launched Jambo Magazine, a full colour glossy magazine celebrating African success in the diaspora.