Kingwa is a lifelong lover of learning, she has been a recipient of numerous media, leadership and entrepreneurship residencies, fellowships, and accelerator programs. Starting out as a fiction writer (her first book won the country’s three main awards), she has worked as a contributor, reporter, and editor in publications including Expression Today (ET), The Nation, The People Daily, The Standard, UP! Nairobi, The Guardian, Pambazuka, and The Elephant, among others.
Ms Kamencu’s approach to change is informed by the recognition of the necessity of enabling changemakers to have a loud voice and presence in the space. Known more on the national scene as a political player, she got into party politics as a student, sitting in the National Executive Committee (NEC) of Ford Kenya Party, and later running for the Kenyan presidency in the 2013.Her current projects explore the use of media and popular culture as levers to transform the socio-economic culture from one of violence and trauma, to one of nurturing and power.