The 6th Kenyan Bloggers Awards was held on May 12th 2017 at Crowne Plaza hotel. The event sought to recognize outstanding blogs in Kenya, those that are updated regularly with great content and also have a great readership. There were 23 categories in which blogs were nominated to, and it started with submission of entries by readers, then judges picked the best 5 out of each caterogy and lastly the list was put out to a vote by the public.
This year there was interesting entries with women scooping 8 out of the 23 wins made that evening. Magunga and Owaah finally got a win after years of trying and falling short. Magunga missed on the creative writing blog and scored the Kenyan blog of the year. The big prize. The blogs by women included potentash.com, wandianjoya.com, mummytales.com, healthkenya.co.ke, lifeinmombasa.com, kaluhiskitchen.com, curveswithstyle.com and safari254.com.
Techweez.com scooped the best technology blog for the second year running. Below is the full list of winners.
1. Best Business Blog
Biznews.co.ke
2. Best Corporate Blog
iHub.co.ke/blog
3. Best County Blog
Lifeinmombasa.com
4. Best Creative Writing Blog
Markmaish.com
5. Best Education Blog
Teachersnoticeboard.co.ke
6. Best Entertainment Blog
Niaje.com
7. Best Environmental/Agriculture Blog
Graduatefarmer.co.ke
8. Best Fashion/Beauty/Hair/Style Blog
Curveswithstyle.com
9. Best Food Blog
Kaluhiskitchen.com
10. Best Governance Blog
Gathara.blogspot.co.ke
11. Best Human Rights Blog
Mzalendo.com/blog
12. Best Lifestyle Blog
Potentash.com
13. Best New Blog
Itsmugambi.com/blog
14. Best Photography Blog
Mutuamatheka.co.ke/blog
15. Best Public Health Blog
Healthkenya.co.ke
16. Best religious or Spirituality Blog
Penstrokes.co.ke
17. Best Social Issues and Active Citizenship Blog
Wandianjoya.com
18. Best Sports Blog
Futaa.com
19. Best Technology Blog
Techweez.com
20. Best Topical Blog
Owaahh.com
21. Best Travel Blog
Safari254.com
22. Best Women and Girls Empowerment Blog
Mummytales.com
23. Kenyan Blog of the Year
Magunga.com
