User:Macharia gakuru

www.kidneyresearchkenya.org Author and founder - kidney Research Kenya

A founder member of the first Kenyan newspaper in UK The Eastern Africa Times Newspapers with David Mbiyu, Joe Ngugi and Paul Wakaba ( 2000–2002)

Proprietor - Publisher Eastern Africa Magazine in the UK Africa Media Center Publishing - Editor - in - Chief - Eastern Africa Magazine - Changed the company to publish books after changes that the internet brought on print media.

Producer - Anchor -Ben Tv Channel 184 January 2003 – February 2008 London, United Kingdom Producer Africa Matters - a programs on Africa-Europe political, social economic issues and how the African Diaspora is contributing to positive image of Africa. Interviewed among others UK PM David Cameron and London Mayor Boris Johnson Media Profile

He is the founder of a community magazine – Eastern Africa Magazine first published in the UK in 2000 and he is also co-founder of the Western Africa Magazine. He has written several books including 'Christian Exploitation, 'Deya and the Miracle Babies,' serialized by Nation Newspapers Kenya, 'Children books 'Prince Olympics visits London,' 'Mumbi who is she,' and three kidney health books -Kidney and High Blood Pressure, Dialysis and Transplant to be published in 2012

He has traveled extensively all over Africa including Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania and many countries in Europe.

Kidney work

TV broadcaster and producer on African TV Channel, Ben TV, Channel 198 on Sky. He is the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) representative in the UK and is also a commentator on both print and visual media including BBC, CNN, Aljazeera among others. On the social front he has been in the fore-front in raising the profile of African in Europe. In 2005 he organized African Open Day supported by several London High Commissions and Embassies in line with Commission for Africa. The Chief Guest was HE Amanya Mushega, then the East Africa Secretary General. His publication The Eastern Africa magazine won the most outstanding Kenyan Publication in the UK in 2004. In 2009, Gakuru was voted by Kenyans as the most outstanding Kenyan journalist and writer in the UK.

Books: 1. Deya and the Miracle Babies - Serialised by Nation Newspapers Kenya http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deya-Miracle-Babies-Macharia-Gakuru/dp/0956178103 http://www.standard.co.uk/news/miracles-and-claims-of-babysnatching--why-is-the-deya-ministry-thriving-in-london-7296711.html http://allafrica.com/stories/200907201345.html 2. Christian-Exploitation http://www.amazon.co.uk/Christian-Exploitation-ebook/dp/B007LED9RE 3. Mumbi Who is she? 4. Prince Olympics Visits London https://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/macharia-gakuru/prince-olympic-visits-london/_/R-400000000000000839146 5. Kidney Failure and High Blood Pressure. https://www.facebook.com/#!/KidneyBooksKidneyFailureDialysisAndTransplant 6. Dialysis My Own Experience. https://www.facebook.com/#!/KidneyBooksKidneyFailureDialysisAndTransplant 7. Transplant and Organ Donation. https://www.facebook.com/#!/KidneyBooksKidneyFailureDialysisAndTransplant