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Send a tip
If you have seen something in Kenyan business or public money that should be reported, tell us. You decide how much of yourself to share.
Our promise to sources
We do not publish a source’s identity, or details that would reveal it, without that source’s written consent. We do not share tips with anyone outside the editorial team. If you ask us to go off the record, we stay off the record. If we cannot agree terms with you, we will not use what you told us.
We will resist legal demands to identify a source to the full extent the law allows, and we will tell you if such a demand is made.
What makes a tip usable
The best tips are specific. Who did what, when, and how you know. A document beats a description; a name and a date beat “a senior official recently”. If you have paperwork — a contract, an audit annexe, board minutes, a bank statement — say so, even if you are not ready to send it yet.
You do not need to have the whole story. Many investigations start with one person who noticed one thing that did not add up.
Staying safe
Do not contact us from a work device or a work network. Employers can and do log both. Use a personal email address you control, and consider one created for this purpose. Do not tell colleagues you have contacted a journalist.
If you send documents, be aware that files can carry hidden data — printer dots, author names, revision histories — that could identify you. If in doubt, tell us what you have and we will agree a safe way to hand it over.
What happens next
An editor reads every tip. Not every tip becomes a story, and we cannot reply to all of them, but if you left a way to reach you and we need more, we will get in touch — once, discreetly, and only through the channel you gave us.
If your concern is a mistake in something we have already published, write to the newsroom.