Behind Kenya's prison walls, a hidden crisis has been unfolding ... teenage boys jailed for relationships the law calls crimes, but courts are increasingly calling consensual.
In a landmark ruling in May 2026, the High Court declared that prosecuting adolescents in close-age relationships violates their constitutional rights.
Tonight, Rose Wangui takes you inside Borstal Institutions and beyond, where young inmates share their stories of arrest, heartbreak and hope ... and examine what this ruling means for Kenya's justice system.
#JailedForLove
In Kenya's North Eastern region, a cartel is luring youth and teenagers with promises of a better life in Europe. The young Kenyans are smuggled out, held in detention camps, abused and tortured.
Watch the full investigation by @ntvkenya here 👇. https://t.co/xG9037uodd
North Eastern Kenyan teens are lured by a cartel, Magafe, with promises of heaven abroad.
They are smuggled out, held in detention camps, abused; ransoms demanded with videos of torture.
Govt is hardly doing much despite having evidence. #TraffickedAndTortured | #MatekaWaUchochole
TONIGHT 7, 9pm
They desired to enjoy motherhood, in all its glory. But, their infertility reality is a battle with stigma, crushed hopes, depression. NTV’s Rose Wangui spoke to mothers whose silent struggles were replaced by the joyful sounds of babies.
#AMumAtLast | #ThamaniYaUzazi. 7, 9pm
Guys, pastoralists in Mandera are seeing bad things because of the drought. It hasn't rained for a year. Livestock are dying in droves. Tonight @ntvkenya I tell you what it looks like to live through a dry spell 7 &9 pm #DroughtAndDyingHerds
In arid areas, children are more than hungry for education; they also yearn for free lunch.
Most children sleep on empty stomachs for days, and the children who go to school mostly depend on one meal.
@Rosiewangui travelled to Marsabit and Isiolo and now reports on the ongoing drought that has hit schools hard...
#EmptyBelliesEmptyClasses
Halfway through childbirth, women have to take a boda-boda for an emergency delivery 70kms away. Funded hospitals are incomplete, abandoned or used to store crops.
@Rosiewangui exposes the healthcare mess in Baringo county. #ClinicallyCorrupt#TibaFisadi TONIGHT 7, 9pm
Halfway through childbirth, women have to take a boda-boda for an emergency delivery 70kms away. Funded hospitals are incomplete, abandoned or used to store crops.
@Rosiewangui exposes the healthcare mess in Baringo county. #ClinicallyCorrupt#TibaFisadi TONIGHT 7, 9pm
Halfway through childbirth, women have to take a boda-boda for an emergency delivery 70kms away. Funded hospitals are incomplete, abandoned or used to store crops. @Rosiewangui exposes the healthcare mess in Baringo county. #ClinicallyCorrupt#TibaFisadi SUNDAY 7, 9pm
Mother's Day is the time to celebrate the important women in our lives. Among these cherished figures are grandmothers, whose love and wisdom bind our families together.
In our special feature #GrandMothers, three people share stories of how their grandmothers played a vital role in shaping their lives.
#GrandMothers with @RosieWangui
My senior Rose Wangui takes a deep dive into the death riddled alcohol dens in Central Kenya and the intrigues in the war against adulterated alcohol there 7&9pm @ntvkenya #UndertheInfluence#Wingulamtindi
Former Treasury CS Henry Rotich speaks exclusively to NTV, 5 days after being acquitted by the courts on the Sh63bn Arror and Kimwarer multipurpose dam scandal.
#RotichOnRecord with @Karanja_Ibrah airs tonight at 7, 9pm.
Pakistani journalist #ArshadSharif, fleeing an angered govt, was shot & killed in Kenya. But, where is the probe? Who killed him? #NTVInvestigates reveals never-before publicised details on #KilledOnTheRun This SUNDAY. 9PM on @ntvkenya
Sustainable Development Goal number 5 - gender equality - received a major setback following the COVID-19 pandemic. However, our resolve to tell real stories about real people, empowering women and girls is intact.
Catch #WomenAndPower every Saturday at 9PM.
Tonight we lift the lid on diminishing family ties and the gaps at the National Registration Bureau where incomplete data makes it impossible to track one's family in the event of Death. Every year thousands are #AbandonedInDeath@ntvkenya 7&9 pm