The BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards 2014 nominees

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The Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) has today unveiled the nominees for the 2014 BAKE Kenyan Blog Awards. The Awards reward bloggers that post on a regular basis, have great and useful content presented in a creative and innovative format.
The nominees were selected by a panel of judges comprising of bloggers and media personalities. This year the judges were: Grace Makosewe, Philip Mwaniki, Naomi “Shiko Mombasa” Wanjiru and Joel Macharia

The release of the nominees list begins the voting phase of the awards. Voting will run from 3rd March 2014 and end on April 30th 2014. You can vote for your favourite blogs through www.blogawards.co.ke/vote

Here is a list of the nominees in the various categories.

Best Technology Blog
1. http://www.moseskemibaro.com/
2.http://emmanuelchenze.com/
3. http://techtrendske.wordpress.com/
4. http://techmoran.com/
5. http://www.kvrop.com/

Best Photography Blog
1. http://stevekitots.wordpress.com/
2. benkiruthi.com/blog3
3. http://mutuamatheka.co.ke/blog/
4. http://allangichigi.com/star/
5. http://www.gallerymichaelkhateli.blogspot.com

Best Creative Writing Blog
1. http://www.bikozulu.co.ke
2. http://www.mydeardoris.wordress.com
3. http://mkatenusu.wordpress.com/
4. http://www.donotfeedthebloggers.com
5. http://michaelngigi.wordpress.com

Best Business Blog
1. http://www.bankelele.co.ke/
2. http://sokodirectory.com/
3. http://www.kenyamanual.co.ke/
4. http://simplytakeaction.com/business/
5. http://inspiringgreatness001.wordpress.com

Best Food Blog
1. http://leotunapika.wordpress.com
2. http://healthylivingkenya.wordpress.com
3. http://happymealskenya.blogspot.com/
4. http://www.pikachakula.com
5. http://www.yummy.co.ke/

Best Environmental/Agricultural Blog
1. http://emmiekio.blogspot.com
2. http://rockesci.co.ke
3. http://www.panaac.org/blog
4. http://youngagrochampions.blogspot.com
5. http://www.farmingafrika.com

Best Fashion/Beauty/Hair/Style Blog
1. http://www.thisisess.com
2. http://www.kurlykichana.com
3. http://luciamusau.com/
4. http://www.ourstylekenya.com
5. http://nanciemwai.com/

Best Politics Blog
1. http://www.anjeru.com
2. http://kenopalo.com/
3. http://www.brainstorm.co.ke/
4. http://www.shitemi.com

Best New Blog
1. http://confessionsofayoungmummy.wordpress.com
2. http://www.magunga.com
3. http://www.tdsblog.com
4. http://kenyansnapshot.wordpress.com
5. http://www.wendywahito.com

Best Corporate Blog
1. http://crownpaints.co.ke/blog
2. http://www.olivia.co.ke/blog
3. http://storymojaafrica.wordpress.com
4. http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog
5. http://blog.batakenya.com

Best Topical Blog
1. http://www.mummytales.com
2. http://blog.inkedbiker.co.ke
3. http://blog.gigwapi.com
4. http://www.lizlenjo.com
5. http://datascience.co.ke

Best Sports Blog
1. http://futbolchiqa.wordpress.com
2. http://www.michezoafrika.com
3. http://www.superfoota.co.ke
4. http://www.ilfabiano.wordpress.com
5. http://www.futaa.com

Best Entertainment/Lifestyle Blog
1. http://www.ghafla.com
2. http://www.niaje.com
3. http://www.afritorial.com
4. http://owaahh.wordpress.com
5. http://actors.co.ke

Best Travel Blog
1. http://www.kenyatalii.com
2. http://www.safari254.com
3. http://www.hazelvint.com
4. http://ecotourismdemystified.com

Best Health Blog
1. http://fitnessmovementke.tumblr.com
2. http://wambuiwaithaka.com
3. http://strengtheninghealthsystems.wordpress.com
4. http://sitawa.blogspot.com

Best County Blog
1. http://uasingishudecides.wordpress.com
2. http://www.nairobicityguide.net
3. http://county-411.com/baringonews
4. http://www.mombasahub.net
5. http://www.amazingkisumu.co.ke/blogs

Kenyan Blog of the Year
1. http://mutuamatheka.co.ke/blog
2. http://mydeardoris.wordpress.com
3. http://bikozulu.co.ke
4. http://pikachakula.com
5. http://nanciemwai.com

    1. The nominees are selected by a panel of judges. We will be officially revealing their bios soon. This year we had four judges namely: Grace Makosewe, Philip Mwaniki, Naomi ‘Shiko Mombasa’ Wanjiru and Joel Macharia

  1. Just as Ben,
    How do you decide the nominees, because I didnt expect wordpress hosted blogs to feature,
    i.e yourblogname.wordpress.com they have limited functionalities.

    1. A panel of judges comprising bloggers and media personalities decide on the nominees. As for the issue on yourblogname.wordpress.com sites they still count as blogs regardless of the domain names. It would be unfair to lock out anyone simply because of that

      1. Blogname.wordpress.com have limited functionalities, no plugins, no special themes, and end to nominees stage leaving self hosted wordpress blogs?

        This truely undermines BAKE Credibility.

        1. The blog awards is all about content. We cannot lock out based on the domain yet people have great and credible content. And the decision of who makes it through is up to the judges. If they are impressed with a blogname.wordpress.com blog then that is their choice. We do not control the decision and would hate to lock out anyone simply because they are not running a self hosted blog

        2. Kelly maybe find out what BAKE is trying to promote in the first place before deciding that they are not ‘credible’
          The awards are about content not prowess of IT functionalities, plugins and modules. There are many people with beautiful high-tech websites who do nothing to promote Kenyan content. So don’t belittle bloggers who use whatever means they have to pass their message across.
          Maybe you are looking for some Web design awards?
          You are the kind who employs someone because they typed their application letter and deny them a job because it is handwritten…smh

  2. You might wish to consider developing a criteria and asking for bloggers across the country to submit entries. In as much as that might be tedious, it is better than relying on 4 individuals to determine who gets into the nomination list and who doesn’t. Otherwise,I’m looking forward to the announcement of the winners.

    1. We do have the submissions bit. The public submits blogs and it’s from the submitted blogs that 5 nominees are selected from each category by the judges

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