John Rugoiyo Gichuki

{{Short description|Kenyan teacher and columnist}}

John Rugoiyo Gichuki is a teacher and columnist in Kenya. He won the BBC's African Playwriting competition for 2006 with his play Eternal, Forever,{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4879706.stm |title=African sci-fi wins competition |date=11 April 2006 |work=BBC News |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061222042155/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4879706.stm |archivedate=22 December 2006 |url-status=live }} and the BBC's African Performance playwriting competition in 2004 with his play A Time for Cleansing, a play about incest and refugees in Rwanda.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3614147.stm |title=Kenyan writer wins BBC award |work=BBC News |date=15 April 2004 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070515025622/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3614147.stm |archivedate=15 May 2007 |url-status=live }}