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PHOTOGRAPHER: George Karugu Maina
George Karugu Maina was awarded an honourable mention (photos catagory) in a youth photography and writing competition, launched by the Thomson Reuters Foundation in partnership with Transparency International (TI) to mark the 20th anniversary of TI, one of one of the world’s leading anti-corruption organisations. We asked young people between the ages of 18 and 30 to depict corruption and how to combat it. The competition was judged by Thomson Reuters Foundation, Transparency International and professional journalists and photographers.
George Karugu Maina, 19, was born into a family of six and lives in Nairobi. He is a first-year student in architecture at the University of Nairobi. Maina earns money from free-lance photography jobs.
