Author Archives: Steve Banner

About Steve Banner

I’m a Video Editor, Videographer, Photographer and Blogger with over ten years of experience covering stories for Kibera News Network in Kibera, Kangemi, Mukuru and Mathare slums in Nairobi, Kenya. I'm the main blogger for Voice Of Kibera blog writing stories from Kibera slums since 2013. Using my editing skills acquired at the Action-Aid Doctivist Media Training, I started my own entertainment publisher named VibeNo_8 that consists of a blog site (vibeno8.wordpress.com) and a YouTube Channel (VibeNo.8 TV) My passion is telling stories about community issues. In the past, I’ve done stories about incomplete government projects dealing with water and housing in Nairobi slums. My goal is to amplify the voice of my neighbors and fellow slum dwellers. My film-making skills also led-me to pursue disc jockey, where I graduated with Certificate in music structure and beat matching at the Rockers Entertainment Deejay Academy in 2015 My work has sharpened my skills in using different editing software namely Vegas Pro, Premier Pro, Final Cut Pro as well as photo editing tools such as Photoshop I have been part of the team doing Live broadcast for Kibera News Network using a camera and the OBS software I currently run all the social media sites for Kibera News Network as well as my personal project social media sites that include VibeNo_8 and Creatives 254 I'm an ambitious and hardworking person always giving my best and everything that I do

8-year old Egypt-Bound Kibera poet, Hope Wambui, talks to KNN

Posted on June 20, 2019 by Steve Banner

Hope Wambui Ochieng, an 8-year old poet girl from Kibera who performed for the Kenyan President during the opening of the Nairobi International Trade Fair, is among the five selected young kids from Kenya who will accompany the Kenyan Football … Continue reading →

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Kibera Celebrates Menstrual Hygiene Day

Posted on June 3, 2019 by Steve Banner

Menstrual Hygiene Day (MH Day), May 28, is an annual global event to raise awareness about the challenges women and girls face due to menstruation and to highlight solutions that address these challenges. The same challenges that affect most girls … Continue reading →

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Floods Cause Death in Gatwekera area of Kibera

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Steve Banner

At least three people were believed to have died after a flood swept away a section of Gatwekera village in Kibera due to the on-going heavy rains.  Here is the map of Kibera’s areas affected by the floods of April, … Continue reading →

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WEEK ONE KANGEMI OPEN SCHOOLS MAPPING EXPERIENCE

Posted on September 23, 2018 by Steve Banner

I was assigned to team one alongside two ladies, Clare & Gladwell on on our first field day. we also had Kibera News Network’s Eddie Juma as our camera person joining us for day one field day. Day one was … Continue reading →

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Kibera People Living along the Sewer line face A Pending Demolition

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Steve Banner

Kibera residents living along the sewer line are facing another pending demolition soon by NEMA, a government body dealing with environmental issues. They had actually been evicted before when the construction of the sewer line was being done a few … Continue reading →

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Kibera Wake Up To Demolition by Roads Authority

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Steve Banner

Kibera Residents woke up to an unexpected demolition this morning, just days after  they had been promised that enumeration will be done and persons affected identified for a possible relocation or compensation before any demolition could be done. The government … Continue reading →

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Kibera Road Evictions.. From another Eye

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Steve Banner

As much as everyone embraces, or acts like they are embracing, development. Kibera residents seems to be caught right in the middle. confused on which direction to take, especially when the said development threatens to render you homeless within a … Continue reading →

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The Hands That Shook The Minds Of Kibera People

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Steve Banner

Kibra constituency, regarded as one of the strongest Kenyan opposition strongholds, has always done the best to keep up with Opposition leader Raila Odinga’s moves without any questions whatsoever. Even when the opposition leader changes political parties or makes new … Continue reading →

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Waterborne Disease Scare In Kibera

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Steve Banner

A few days ago, after being heavily rained on. I developed fever and a condition that could have been caused by the weather changes, that is the on going heavy rains across the country, just like the average Kibera person … Continue reading →

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KCPE Kicks off in Kibera a Day after IEBC Declaration Protests

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Steve Banner

Kenya Certificate Of Primary Education examinations kicked off in the main Examination centre schools inh Kibera a day after the IEBC Declaration of Presidential Election protests in Kibera that left a section of Olympic structures up in flames. Candidates at … Continue reading →

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