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Larry Madowo

@LarryMadowo

3 months

This is not how I hoped to join TikTok but I have to inform people wherever they are

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BREAKING: Botswana filled their biggest stadium to welcome back sprinter Letsile Tebogo and their #Olympics team

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What you don’t see see on TV

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Ethiopian Airlines kicked out a passenger on my flight because a minister took her seat. They didn’t apologize and they eventually forcefully offloaded her screaming. The minister did nothing. Disgraceful

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Unmarked car, no uniform, hidden identity, but armed. Who are they? 📸 @festolang

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Queen Elizabeth was not universally loved in Africa. My CNN live report on colonialism, fairytales and the Africans who refuse to mourn her death

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MY instant reaction: President William Ruto could have withdrawn the Finance Bill a few days ago and saved lives. But he was obstinate, and I watched police shoot protesters dead for no reason at all

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RECEIPTS: Ethiopian Airlines called me a liar, so I tracked down the passenger in my viral video who was offloaded for a minister. ET called police on Aisha and her husband, forced them to delete their videos & left them stranded in Addis for 24hrs. They’ve received no apology

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My squad

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BREAKING: Auma Obama is tear-gassed by Kenya police live on CNN as she joins peaceful protests against over-taxation

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All he had was a bottle of water 📸 @festolang

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I saw police shoot dead unarmed young men in front of Kenya's parliament. My final thoughts on a deadly day of protests

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Did you witness what happened in Githurai overnight? Please send us your original videos so we can investigate @goodwinallegra

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Police arrest paramedics in Nairobi live on CNN despite identifying themselves. We saw police beat some of them up

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Police fired teargas directly at me and my crew. Repeatedly

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A year older today. Grateful 🙏🏾

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I'm obsessed with this video of South Korean boy band BTS performing at #UNGA in New York. Perfect way to close out our CNN show today 🕺

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Me heading home and discovering that I’ve turned into a meme

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Here to bear witness 📸 @festolang

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“Wamenipiga risasi for nothing”

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This is the face of courage. I didn’t her name

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‘Karibuni nyumbani, leo ni ile siku ya kureject,’ - Captain Mwangi when we landed in Nairobi

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We, the people of Kenya

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I dozed off on a friend’s couch in Haiti. When I woke up, they had covered me with this ❤️

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Pale Uhuru Park na @Edith_kimani

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An African student who was imprisoned in Moscow has been killed during battle in Ukraine fighting for Russia. The Zambian foreign ministry says it has urgent questions for Moscow about how the 23yo nuclear engineering student ended up fighting for Russia.

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BREAKING: At least 12 prominent social media users have been "abducted in the middle of the night" ahead of protests in Kenya against over-taxation, Amnesty International tells CNN.

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This man lying dead outside the Kenyan Parliament is David Chege. He was shot in the head. He was a Sunday school teacher. He is being buried today but nobody has been held accountable for killing him. No regret, no suspension, no probe, no nothing 📸 @festolang

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2 years

Some people don’t like it when Africans tell their own (his)stories. What in the Berlin Conference is this? 🚮

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EXCLUSIVE: CNN watched as Kenyan security forces shot dead at least 3 protesters outside the Kenyan parliament on Tuesday. I saw Ericsson Kyalo Mutisya, 25 dancing in white overalls. Shots rang out shortly after that and I saw his body. He wasn't the only one

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Concert to honour those killed in recent protests in Kenya. Crowd gathered peacefully and left without any incident. No police to teargas them

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Nimepanda basi ya usiku kutoka Amsterdam narudi Kanairo. Nilichelewa kiasi lakini @KenyaAirways wamecheza kama wao

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BREAKING: Kenyan President William Ruto fires his entire cabinet after weeks of protests. Only the deputy president and Prime Cabinet Secretary remain. Decision taken after "reflection, listening to Kenyans, and after holistic appraisal of my cabinet," he says

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“Kenya is not IMF’s lab rat” “I was in my healing era”

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Ndo kudonjo

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Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says they have agreed to dialogue with President William Ruto’s government following weeks of Gen Z-driven protests. Many Kenyan youth say neither Ruto nor Raila speaks for them and they will not be a part of the dialogue

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I'm still here, and will be live on CNN for a few more hours tonight

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Uganda House in Nairobi is on fire

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Military on the streets of Nairobi

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A young man was critical of a Kenyan governor online. Bruce John Chawa was abducted, tortured, sodomized, and video of his gang rape shared on social media. Sexually assaulted and humiliated for criticizing the governor of Mombasa. What savage society is this?

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In the protests, Kenyans have reclaimed the flag. It has become the symbol of their struggle 📸 @tobiko_abraham

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I was tear-gassed repeatedly while live on CNN. We've watched Kenyan police deploy teargas against mostly peaceful protesters all day

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BREAKING: Kenyan president William Ruto removes budgets for offices of First Lady, Second Lady and dissolves 47 state agencies after 3 weeks of anti-government protests. Ruto has also suspended non-essential travel for govt workers + buying new cars and cut advisers by half

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"Why is Ruto killing us?" "Why kill someone over glass that can be bought again?" President Ruto failed to read the room. And his MPs passed the Finance Bill while Kenyans were literally outside Parliament asking them to reject it

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Auma Obama and her daughter Akinyi Obama-Manners teargassed while live on CNN 📸 @festolang

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CNN US breaking news: protesters breach Kenya parliament. CNN has seen at least 2 bodies after police used live rounds on demonstrators

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“Treasonous criminals” and “digital wankers” standing on business while Harvard and Oxford PhDs ridicule them. Kenyan youth have taught a master class on how to be active citizens

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I bumped into the badass Shakira Wafula after my video of her courage went viral

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“Are Kenyans still protesting,” four different people asked me at the Lagos airport. “Tell them to keep going, they’re inspiring us in Nigeria,” an older man told me

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In-depth reporting of #NigeriaFloods . Literally. Tomorrow on CNN

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"Beba hiyo maombi peleka kwa streets," Kenyan mom calls out church for being silent on Gen Z protests. "We're not winning this on our knees, we'll be on our knees in the streets!"

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At least 2 bodies are lying on the ground after we heard police using live rounds outside Parliament

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“You’ll not kill me! The revolution has started!”

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Kenyans have made it clear that whoever is appointed to cabinet - or any state job - works for the people, not the president. Many operated with impunity and/or contempt. No more. Madharau na kiburi inaisha

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BREAKING: Kenyan police targeted me directly today. I was hit by a fragment after officers aimed at me and my CNN team at least twice while covering protests in Nairobi

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"I'm here on the streets because I'm mad. Either I find these medicines or I die. I have nothing to lose" Keziah Mumbi has endometriosis, her brother has asthma. The protests in Kenya are a matter of life and death for them

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Anguka nayo

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New York City reunion with my TV ex-wife @VickyRubadiri 🙌🏾

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Flying back to Nairobi - for 1 day only - to cover tomorrow’s protests

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What you don’t see on TV 😉

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"I'll be here everyday. Scared, maybe arrested, maybe killed, but let's do it!" "Are you killing us or protecting us?" I have centred the voices of the young protesters in Kenya throughout, not politicians

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Tanzanians just scan their passports at these smart gates and enter the country. They don’t line up to give biometrics and get passports stamped

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🇰🇪 I’m trying to track the people who filmed these videos. Not a version on social media - the original. My DMs are open. Please share

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"My wife thinks I'm a loser." This jobless 24-year-old told us why he's protesting in Kenya

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Naenda hivi Europe nakam

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Why would police block out their number plate?

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Ndio kufika

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I just know someone in Siaya has named their baby Gen Z Otieno

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“Shika hiyo, utawin one day,” Faith Kipyegon casually told me 🤣🤣🤣 Who knew the goat 🐐 is this savage?

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Kenyan police arrested dozens of protesters in Nairobi. Many had flags or water bottles. They charged them all with being “drunk and disorderly” at 3.53pm. We were there and this offense is 100% made up

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BREAKING: Faith Kipyegon’s silver medal reinstated in 5000m after appeal, Athletics Kenya says

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This makes no sense

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RECEIPTS: A CNN review found that Kenyan police violated their own rules for the use of force in protests outside Parliament. Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei personally led the operation. It was the deadliest day for a single demonstration. Who killed these protesters?

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Ndio kufika. KLM lost my bags so they didn’t get loaded to Nairobi but we move!

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Naenda hivi nakam

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Still smelling of Thursday’s teargas even after 2 days in Italy 😂

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Mlisema huu mwaka ni mwaka wa kuforci?

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My friend Yoeal Haile, an American tourist, is still being held at Upper Hill/Capitol Hill police station in Nairobi without charge for the 3rd day now. That’s longer than the law allows. Kenyan police have refused to release him, allow bail or charge him in court

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“Sina kakitu, nimewekwa” 😂

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BREAKING: Kenya’s president William Ruto rejects and withdraws his own Finance Bill after nationwide protests against over-taxation. “Members of the public insist on the need for us to make more concessions. The people have spoken"

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Kenyans have achieved extraordinary things with their protests. President William Ruto has been forced to fire his cabinet and drop an unpopular bill but they're not done. "We want action, not dialogue," one tells me.

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🇰🇪 What in the Moi era is going on?

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May “the God of Larry Madowo” bless you in 2024

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Police in Nairobi arrest peaceful protesters. They sing national anthem inside the police truck

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BREAKING: William Ruto elected 5th president of Kenya with 50.49% of the vote, the country’s electoral commission announces. The deputy president won in his 1st run, beating former prime minister Raila Odinga who ran for the 5th time. Odinga got 48.5% of the vote

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I am unbwogable!

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"You can't fire live bullets and there are kids around!" Kenyan police followed protesters to a residential area in Pipeline with nowhere to escape. We watched as they used teargas and flash-bangs with people trapped in homes

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I had lunch with Kenyan police in Haiti

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Amkeni, wananiiba!

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@has_cum_again_ Larry Ademadowo is Nigerian please. Excuse you

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Even though she was wearing a gas mask and helmet, a Luo man told @ArvanitidisCNN she's the most beautiful woman he's ever seen and asked for her number. I taught her about character development. My brothers are undefeated 😂

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"Professional" police officers doing "their best" according to Kenyan officials

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How it started: How it’s going:

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My in-person graduation from @Columbia was delayed by 2 years but it was still special. I came back to New York to confirm that my master’s in Business & Economics Journalism was real. It is & they haven’t changed their minds

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Some personal news: I’m heading to CNN to cover a tiny continent with just 55 countries

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Protesters overwhelm police and make it outside Parliament in Nairobi

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DEVELOPING: Several decomposing bodies found in Nairobi's Kware, Mukuru kwa Njenga in sacks. It is not clear who they are and when they were dumped there. CNN has asked police for a response but we haven't had any answers to any questions in the last few weeks

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Faith Kipyegon, Beatrice Chebet and Sifan Hassan are giving me life!

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This is not my first rodeo

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BREAKING: Beatrice Chebet wins Kenya's second Gold in women's 10,000m. It's her first #Olympics and she's already won 2 golds! Does her back hurt from carrying the whole country?

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JUST IN: The MPs under investigation for drug trafficking are Hassan Joho, Harun Mwau, William Kabogo & Mbuvi Sonko, Saitoti reveals

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