Nation Media Group journalist Rukia Bulle has been announced as the 2024 winner of the Komla Dumor Award.
The Human interest journalist becomes the ninth person to win the award since its inception, in 2015.
She also becomes the third Kenyan journalist to bag the highly coveted award.
The other two are Waihiga Mwaura (2018) and Victoria Rubadiri (2020).
The award is given in honour of journalist Komla Dumor.
The 2024 edition coincides with the 10th death anniversary of the Ghanaian journalist.
The BBC said the judges were impressed by Rukia's ability to take on challenging stories and highlight them.
"The judges were impressed by (Rukia) Bulle’s resilience and ability to handle challenging stories, her focus on highlighting under-represented voices and her strong on-air presence."
The Judges for 2024 included Ehizojie Okharedia (Senior News Editor, BBC World Service), Magnus McGrandle (Senior News Editor, BBC News Channels) and Lydia Namubiru (Editor-in-Chief, The Continent).
Rukia works as a reporter for NTV.
Winners of the Komla Dumor Award will spend three months working with the BBC news teams in London, across television, radio and online.
They are also allowed to further develop their journalism skills through training, workshops and mentoring with leading BBC journalists.
Successful candidates are given an opportunity to travel to a country in Africa to report on a story that they identify and research, and that will become part of the BBC’s content for a global audience.
Applications for the 2024 award closed on March 15, 2024, at 23.59 GMT (2:59 am EAT).
