PROF. TOM MBOYA OLALI

My interview at Spice FM, during the 2022 World Kiswahili Day

2013 Winner, The Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature (Kiswahili Adult Category)...Watu wa Gehenna

2016 1st Runner Up Wahome Mutahi Prize for Literature (Kiswahili Adult Category)...Mashetani wa Alepo

The Jomo Kenyatta Literature Prize happened in Nairobi on Saturday evening at the Intercontinental Hotel. This is one of the most respected awards in the country. They started in 1974 then took a break and restarted in 1990 and are sponsored by Text Book Centre.

Prizes are given for three categories – Adult, Youth and Children – in English and Swahili. The prize winners in each of the prizes make Kshs150,000 for the adult category and Kshs75,000 for the other two. Here is the full list of winners;

Adult – Prize money Kshs150,000 each