[2] In addition to journal and magazine articles, Ikonya has published books of poetry and a novel, Kenya, Will You Marry Me?

[2] She also translated a book of poetry by Chinese poet Jidi Majia into the Kiswahili language.

[1] At a 2008 protest against Kenya's then-president Mwai Kibaki, she said, "Every day something is happening that is just showing insensitivity on the part of the leaders so there is general discontent.

"[5] In 2009, she learned of British journalist Michela Wrong's book It's Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle-Blower, which was available internationally but censored in Kenya.

Ikonya and other members of Kenyan PEN acquired copies and brought them back to Kenya for more widespread distribution.