Jackson Okata

Jackson Okata is a multiple award-winning journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Jackson boasts of experience in both broadcast, print and online journalism spanning over 8 years. Jackson specializes in agriculture, environment, women and gender, political and governance, tech and innovation, science as well as education stories. Jackson is a fellow of Health Journalism Network, Earth Journalism Network, Internews, Journalists for Human Rights, Africa Centre for Media Excellence (ACME), LIDA Network, YALI Network and Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Kisiria Forest, Kenya - Maasai women belonging to a women traditional group work on the community tree nursery. Photo Credit © FAO/Luis Tato
“We paid the price”: How a voluntary forest restoration in Kenya ended a decades long security problem