Sauti Sessions

Thank you to Melissa Kioko and Wanjiru Karanja for your honesty, your expertise, and your willingness to go where the conversation needed to go. Mental health in Kenya deserves accountability. #mentalhealthawareness

Our last episode brought together some of the most thoughtful voices for an honest and overdue reflection on what our healthcare system actually offers when it comes to mental health, and what it doesn’t.

@mainamind closed the show with moving words on self love, reminding the room that healing begins with how we speak to ourselves when no one is watching. #sautisessions #mentalhealthawareness @CiruMuriuki @Ian_Wafula

“When the conversation landed in Kenya, it became something else entirely. In the confusion, the young people who needed those services most were left behind.” Dr Mercy Korir

“In its original context, the age of consent meant a teenager could access mental health and reproductive health services independently.”

“You cannot legislate what people don’t understand.” Senator Sylvia Kasanga on educating the Parliament about mental health and how to make the government care. @CiruMuriuki @SylviaKasanga @DrMercyKorir @Ian_Wafula

“The problem isn’t that Kenya doesn’t know mental health matters. The problem is that the people holding the budget don’t care that it does.” Melissa Kioko

“ Our culture gives us a hundred ways to cope but no permission to hurt.” Wanjiru Karanja #mentalhealthawareness #sautisessions

Happening now….Art, Music and Dialogues. Live: youtube.com/live/cf4-Q8_e1… @SautiSessions

And we are live! 🎊 Kinoti started us off with a lovely acoustic set. #Sautisessions #Mentalhealthawareness Tune in virtually via youtube.com/live/cf4-Q8_e1… @Ian_Wafula @CiruMuriuki @_kinoti__

See you later today, doors open at 5.30PM and the show starts at 6.30 PM Use code SAUTI07 for KES 250 OFF your ride to and from @BarazaLab Industrial Area - courtesy of Little Cab #sautisessions

What happens when affordability stands in the way of care? Join us on 7th May 2026 at Baraza Media Lab, Industrial Area as we unpack whether SHA is delivering universal healthcare for all. luma.com/5jram26o

As we mark Mental Health Awareness Month in May, we explore an urgent conversation on healthcare, dignity, and the cost of being well.This episode asks a bigger question: can we talk about wellness when access to healthcare itself is unequal? @Ian_Wafula @CiruMuriuki

Human. Bold. Transformative. Unfiltered. Urgent. Join us live every first Thursday of the month at 6:30pm on our YouTube channel Sauti Sessions. #Sautisessions

What a come back this was! Surviving Kenya: Inside the hustle economy. Sometimes the hustle is not only about survival, but about finding your own direction, even when it doesn't make sense to everyone else. #Sautisessions @CiruMuriuki @Ian_Wafula

@eddiebutita on what it means to survive in the creative economy and a couple of faces at the live show 🎊

Brandy Maina with the closing performance of the night 🎊

@eddiebutita on navigating the lifecycle of the creative economy in Kenya.

“As long as it aligns with where the money is, go there, you will morph into it” @Nyandia_G

“To be able to achieve the life you want, you now need to work more than one job” @barrackbukusi