Boniface Mwangi

Boniface Mwangi is a photojournalist and human rights activist. Mwangi's photographs of the 2007 to 2008 violence won international awards, and Mwangi is now a 2027 presidential aspirant. Born on 10 July 1983 in Taveta, Taita-Taveta County. Age 43.

Born

10 July 1983, Taveta, Taita-Taveta County

Party

Independent activist

Family

Married to Hellen Njeri Mwangi.

Education

• East African School of JournalismDiploma in Print Journalism
• New York UniversityProgramme in human rights and documentary photography (2011)

Career

• 2008 and 2010CNN Africa Photojournalist of the Year; documented the 2007 to 2008 post-election violence
• 2011Founded Pawa254, a hub for artists and activists
• 2017Ran for Starehe MP (Ukweli Party) and lost
• May 2025Detained in Tanzania while attending an opposition trial; says he was tortured
• August 2025Announced a 2027 presidential bid

Where Mwangi stands

A liberty-first, anti-establishment activist with a strongly redistributive programme. His economic plans are words only, because he has not held office.

• Civil liberties: Liberty-first
• Political style: Anti-establishment
• Land, wealth and taxes: Strong redistribution
• Role of the state in the economy: Leans state-led

• SCorruption: Recover stolen public money and prosecute leaders accused of looting.
• SEducation: Free education, health care and water for all (August 2025).
• SHandouts and ethnic appeals: Says he will campaign door to door and refuse alliances with ethnic power brokers.

Placed mainly from what Mwangi did, not what Mwangi said. See the full record, with every source.

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