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November 19, 2025
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Life Inside Kenya’s Prisons: The Experiences That Changed Investigative Journalist Dennis Onsarigo
Investigative journalism carries many risks, but few assignments leave a deeper mark than those that took veteran journalist Dennis Onsarigo behind the walls of Kenya’s prisons. As the creator of the acclaimed series Case Files, Dennis spent years interviewing some of the count..
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Investigative journalist Dennis Onsarigo, creator of the Case Files series, shared his experiences inside Kenya’s prisons, detailing the dangers, the pursuit of truth, and the emotional toll of interviewing convicted offenders.
- Onsarigo spent years interviewing some of Kenya’s most dangerous offenders, navigating threats and studying grisly evidence for his acclaimed series.
- He found that trust, not intimidation, was key to extracting honest stories, noting that some inmates became friends.
- He highlighted the contrasting conditions, praising Lang’ata Women’s Prison for its humane approach and landscaping.
- The journalist faced challenges like reading up to seven full volumes of files and traveling across the country to track victims' families to ensure fair reporting.
- One case that particularly haunted him involved a woman whose 30-year sentence was increased to life imprisonment on appeal, and a man wrongly sentenced to life.
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