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Njoki Macharia sexually harassed by her editor while working.

Date:
16 September 2025
Place:
Kenya
Fact-check:
Verified
Reference:
IAWRT-00376

Harassment and surveillance

Njoki Macharia was seated at her desk, working on a news script, when she overheard her editor make a crude sexual remark about her to a male colleague. “Na ni nani hukula Njoki huku?” he asked in Swahili slang, a lewd question aimed at finding out who, if anyone, in that newsroom was sleeping with her. https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/sexual-harassment-kenya-newsrooms

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