Jeff Koinange Biography
Jeff Koinange is a Kenyan great negotiator, a skilled motivator, an excellent showman, and a gifted presenter and Talk Show host of Jeff Koinange LIVE #JKL on Citizen TV since February 2017. He was born and brought up in in Nairobi, Kenya as Jeff Mwaura Koinange.
Jeff Koinange also hosts the morning breakfast show, at HOT 96, the English station owned by Royal Media Services, alongside his co-host Professor Hamo. Jeff is the First Black African journalist to be prominently featured on international network television and on CNN.
10 Quick Facts About Jeff Koinange
- Name: Jeff Mwaura Koinange
- Age: 56 years of age as of 2022
- Birthday: January 7
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Height: Average
- Nationality: Kenyan
- Occupation: Journalist and host of Jeff Koinange Live
- Marital Status: Married to Shaila Koinange
- Salary: KSh 2 million per month
- Net worth: $1 Million dollar as of 2022
Jeff Koinange Age
Koinange is 56 years of age as of 2022, he was born on January 7, 1966, in Nairobi, Kenya. He celebrates his birthday on Jan 7 every year and is a member of the zodiac sign Capricorn.
Jeff Koinange Height
Jeff Koinange stands at an average height. However, details regarding his actual height and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We are keeping tabs and will update this information once it is out.
Jeff Koinange Education
Koinange is a proud graduate of Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY, where he studied from 1987 to 1989 and moved out with an associate degree.
He partook in his journalism classes at New York University from 1989 to 1991, where he, upon completion, graduated to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism.
Tertiary/ University
- Date: 1989 – 1991
- Education Institution: New York University
- Qualification: Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism
- Date: 1987 – 1989
- Education Institution: Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY
- Qualification: Associate degree
Jeff Koinange Family
Jeff Koinage is the son of Federick Mbiyu Koinage, who was among the sons of the Gikuyu tribe’s most famous chief, Senior Chief Koinage wa Mbiyu and his mother was the third wife of the chief who married six wives.
Jeff’s mother Hilda Wambui Ngoima was the first child of a rich and progressive farmer, Mwaura wa-Ngoima from Githiga village in Githunguri. Federick first loved Hilda’s sister before the affirmation of the highly sensitive situation in Kenya.
Considering their extraordinary love for one another, Jeff’s dad proceeded to pay the standard share to the Ngoima family however was arrested before he could complete the whole marriage ceremonies. While in prison, Hilda’s sister who was to be his significant other could never again stand by so she fled with another man.
Hilda who knew it all that was going on began keeping in touch with Frederick while he was still in police detainment. From the outset, Fedrick felt clumsy about the letters from Hilda however he composed back to her in any case. In one of his letters, he described what life in the Manyani had been similar to.
Their easygoing letter trade later developed into love and she started visiting Federick at the prison. She later got pregnant and brought forth Jeff Koinage. Sadly, Federick passed on precisely two months after Jeff’s introduction to the world from a cerebrum drain.
The 28-year-elderly person at that point raised Jeff and his three kin Hilda Wanjiru, Phyllis Wangui, and Freddie Koinage without any assistance. Hilda filled in as a headmistress and exacting slave driver in Kiambaa town near Banana Hill in Kiambu County. She was training as a teacher when she and Frederick began their issue.
Notwithstanding being the grandson of the popular Senior Gikuyu Chief Koinage, Jeff is additionally a nephew to Peter Mbiyu Koinange who was ousted in Britain after the State of Emergency was pronounced. Diminish Mbiyu Koinange was the main Kenyan to get a Master’s qualification. He procured a Master’s qualification at Columbia University in New York.
Jeff Koinange Parents
Jeff Koinage is the son of Federick Mbiyu Koinage, one of the sons of the Gikuyu tribe’s most famous chief, Senior Chief Koinage wa Mbiyu and his mother was the third wife of the chief who married six wives.
Jeff Koinange Father
Jeff was born to his father, Fredrick Mbiyu Koinange. His father is the son of the Gikuyu tribe’s most famous chief, Senior Chief Koinage wa Mbiyu.
Jeff Koinange And Uhuru Kenyatta Brothers
Kiambu’s pre-independent era Senior Chief Koinange Wa Mbiyu (died in 1981), who had six wives and 34 children who are the backbone of a formidable lineage that is the Koinanges, like the Standard documents, was Jomo Kenyatta’s brother-in-law and confidant and the first Kenyan to attain university education after a Scottish teacher tipped his father about America having cheap, but good preparatory schools for miros.
His brother Frederick Mbiyu Koinange, Jeff’s father, was the first African Kenyan to open a car dealership in 1948, and our first indigenous petrol station, the Koinange Petrol Station in Kariokor in 1966, the year he died. So we could probably conclude to say that Jeff Koinange and his excellency the President of Kenya, Uhuru Mwigai Kenyatta, are far cousins.
Jeff Koinange Wife
Jeff Koinange is married to Shaila Koinange, a Kenyan national of Asian origin who has maintained a low profile away from public media. Jeff Koinange married Shaila Koinange in a private wedding ceremony attended by close friends and family. Koinange and his wife are blessed with one child, a son called Jamal Mbiyu Koinange who was born later in their marriage.
Initially, Jeff was expected to marry Shaila Koinange on Aug 8, 1998, and hed for their honeymoon in South Africa. However, he was forced to cancel his wedding after terrorists bombed the US Embassy in Nairobi on Aug 7.
However, before Shaila, Jeff Koinange was previously engaged to Sonya, a Panamanian lady, in 1988, and was their flight instructor.
After a few years of marriage, in 1994, Jeff and Sonya separated after he caught her in bed with another man. However, Jeff Koinange still holds Sonya dear, since he says she will forever remain special to him for the rest of his life.
Jeff Koinange First Wife
Jeff married his first wife Sonia in 1988. She was a workmate flight instructor. The couple reportedly had a good marriage relationship until 1994, when they divorced. Flight passengers and wife Sonia motivated Jeff to try his luck in journalism. Some sources allege that Jeff left his first wife based on infidelity.
Jeff Koinange Son
Jeff Koinange and his wife Shaila Koinange have been blessed with a young son called Jamal Mbiyu Koinange. Jamal Mbiyu was born late in their marriage.
Jeff Koinange Salary
Jeff receives an estimated salary of KSh 2 million per month. Jeff only works one day a week, on Wednesdays, when he anchors news, followed by his Jeff Koinange Live interview. This makes Jeff arguably the highest-paid practicing journalist in Kenya.
Jeff Koinange Net Worth
Jeff Koinange hjas an estimated net worth of $1 Million dollar as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a journalist. Through his various sources of income, Koinange has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Jeff Koinange Measurements and Facts
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Jeff Koinange.
Facts About Jeff Koinange
- Full Names: Jeff Mwaura Koinange
- Popular As: Jeff Koinange
- Gender: Male
- Occupation / Profession: Journalist
- Education: Kingsborough Community College, New York University
- Nationality: Kenyan
- Race / Ethnicity: Black
- Religion: Not Known
- Sexual Orientation: Straight
Jeff Koinange Birthday
- Age / How Old?: 56 years (2022)
- Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
- Date of Birth: January 7, 1966
- Place of Birth: Nairobi, Kenya
- Birthday: January 7
Jeff Koinange Education
- Highest Qualification: Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism
- Education Institution: New York University
Jeff Koinange Family and Relationship
- Father (Dad): Frederick Mbiyu Koinange
- Mother: Hilda Wambui Ngoima
- Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Freddie Koinange, Hilda Wanjiru, Phylis Wangui
- Marital Status: Married
- Wife/ Spouse: Married to Shaila Koinange
- Girlfriend/ Partner: Ex-girlfriend Yoko Seki
- Children: Son (Jamal Mbiyu Koinange) and daughter (None)
Jeff Koinange Net Worth and Salary
- Net Worth: $1 million dollars
- Salary: Ksh 2 Million
- Source of Income: Journalist
Jeff Koinange KTN
Jeff Koinange has also worked with Standard Group Media’s owned channel, KTN, which was first formed in 1992. KTN was then Kenya’s first independent TV channel, and Jeff was one of his first anchors when he joined the station in 1995 as a part-time news anchor (he was already working as a Reuters correspondent based in Nairobi at this time).
His work at KTN received mixed reviews, where some people were put off by his accent while others accepted him. In 1998, Jeff was appointed Reuters West Africa Bureau Chief and previously served as the Chief Anchor, Africa for Arise Television Ltd located in Johannesburg.
Jeff Koinange Radio Show
In 2017, Royal Media fans were informed that comedian Felix Odiwuor, popularly known as Jalang’o was set to make his debut on Citizen TV sister station, Hot 96 in the first week of May that year.
According to reports, Jalang’o was to host the daily breakfast show, dubbed ‘Hot 96 Breakfast’, alongside Jeff Koinange, where Jalang’o was expected to maintain his comical approach when tackling listener’s problems, whereas Koinange would have a somewhat sober perspective.
However, the following year, 2018, Jalang’o officially announced his exit from Hot 96 FM Breakfast Show, after 1 year and 4 months of service to the station and before he left he wrote to post on Instagram some words of gratitude to his co-host Jeff Koinange and all Citizen staffs:
Jeff Koinange left Hot 96 for Milele FM where he will be co-hosting the breakfast show with former Radio Maisha host, Alex Mwakideu.
In place of him was Churchill Show stand-up comedian Herman Kago, famously known as Professor Hamo who was tipped for the job by many listeners, and deservedly landed the prime radio job. The shocking thing is that he beat his fellow comedians Sleepy David and Oga Obinna, who co-hosted the show with Jeff on a trial basis following Jalang’o’s shock exit.
According to listeners, Hamo was the right man for the job because of their undeniable chemistry and Hamo’s humourous attitude, which left Koinange in stitches. The duo uses the Hashtag #JeffAndHamoOnHot.
Jeff Koinange Through My African Eyes
Through My African Eyes is a concise narrative covering a portion of the significant players in 20th-century African politics. The book is rich with insights into the individual and intellectual underpinnings of numerous verifiable occasions in Africa.
The book portrayed the narratives of some really interesting Africans from warlords, warriors, unfortunate casualties, and government officials to loan insight into Jeff’s praised journalistic style. Through his eyes, we are made to comprehend the job of columnists as binders of our social texture.
Through My African Eyes is exceptionally informative and very amusing, utilizing an advanced snappy exact narrative style. He can depict complex worldwide geopolitical issues with the incisive investigation. The book surf’s one through the involvement in speed and verifiable exactness. We see the visual the words bestow, instead of being stuck in composition.
The best part is being ready to walk the excursion informed by to a great extent Kenyan viewpoint. Jeff outlines unmistakably how one-sided reportage can splinter any public and advance its disintegration by pandering to individuals’ most reduced instincts.
The narrative draws out lesser-known parts of his life. Jeff’s unblinking examination of his granddad’s life is truly illuminating and fills in as a symbolic extension between the beginning and the end of colonialism.
Jeff Koinange is the primary African ever to win a Television Emmy and a George Foster Peabody. He justified the Vernon Jarrett Award just as the esteemed! ‘Prix Bayeux’ for reportage that arrested worldwide emergencies.
Jeff Koinange Cars
Jeff Koinange owns several cars, including a Mercedes-Benz G-wagon costing over 10 million shillings. Jeff’s G-wagon car is a left-hand drive, which is against the road laws of Kenya.
In his Twitter account, lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi said, ‘Jeff’s car is a left-hand drive…I thought we have a legal prohibition against such imports…or is Jeff’s a special case?’ he received many responses from Kenyans.
Besides, his’ car number plate is unknown. This has raised questions among Kenyans after seeing him ride the car without a number plate several times.
Jeff Koinange Involved In An Accident
In 2019, an incident was reported of a Mercedes Benz G-Wagon involved in a nasty accident in the Northern Bypass. Kenyans speculated that it was Citizen TV’s Journalist Jeff Koinange who was involved in the accident because the machine looked exactly like his.
Jeff, on the other hand, denied claims of him being involved in the accident as he was together with Rashid Abdalla and Professor Hamo on their way to Baringo to give an early Christmas to the Baringo Dancing trio who went viral on social media.
It was then later confirmed that the vehicle belonged to the famous radio and TV presenter Shaffie Weru and that no injuries were spotted and reported but the damage on the car was clearly evident.
Jeff Koinange Exclusives
Jeff’s reportage has impacted major events from all across the African continent and led to global action. His reflection of life on the continent to CNN’s global audience is unprecedented. Although Jeff was CNN’s Africa correspondent, his journalistic reach was as influential beyond the continent.
- In 2005, he was part of CNN’s Peabody Award-winning team that covered the devastation wreaked on New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina.
- At the height of a violent civil war that led to the overthrow of Charles Taylor in Liberia- he secured an exclusive interview with the outgoing President.
- The inauguration of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Liberia as Africa’s first female elected president.
- The arrest and deportation of Charles Taylor.
- The State of Sudan and the crisis in Darfur with Anderson Cooper
- Uganda on the refugees of Sudan’s Lords Resistance Army.
- Nigeria extensively, its politics, it’s economy and its people and traveled extensively to numerous locations.
- Malian drought
- Bukavu and the victims of rape
- Mozambican floods-baby Rosita born in a tree.
- Niger delta and the Filipino hostages
- Nigerian Tycoon’s and Presidents
- Hurricane Katrina.
- Reports from Baghdad on the post-war insurgency, reconstruction and the historic elections in Iraq in 2005.
Jeff Koinange Significant Events
- USA President, George W Bush’s Africa tour, the first by a sitting US Republican President;
- The ten-year anniversary of the Genocide that killed up to ,a million people in a hundred days of savage slaughter in Rwanda;
- Africa’s preparation and anticipation of the FIFA World Cup’s debut on the African continent in 2010;
- Elections and politics in Zimbabwe, Congo, Sierra Leone and Somalia;
- Troop deployments to counter the War on Terror in Djibouti on the Horn of Africa;
- The attempted coup and evacuation of French and American civilians in the Ivory Coast as well as the ensuing peace talks;
- The World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa.
Jeff Koinange Awards and Achievements
- 2005: Jeff was awarded a Television Emmy for coverage of the devastating famine in the West African nation of Niger. The Primetime Emmy Award is a symbol of peer recognition from over 16,000 Television Academy members. An Emmy Award recognizes excellence in the television industry. Academy Award (for the film), Tony Award (for theatre), Grammy Award (for music).
- 2006: The remarkable journalist was awarded The George Foster PEABODY Award for his coverage of the devastating effects of Hurricane Katrina. The George Foster Peabody Award (Peabody Award) recognizes distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. The Peabody Awards judging process is unusually rigorous. Judges seek “Excellence On Its Own Terms.”
- 2006: Jeff was awarded the Vernon Jarrett Bronze Medal for ‘Best Feature’ on ‘Mass Rapes in the Congo’. The Vernon Jarrett Institute awards the medal, for journalistic excellence, annually to exceptional journalists. It honors the outstanding coverage of people of African descent and the issues that impact their lives.
- 2006: The best-selling author was awarded The Prix Bayeaux for War Correspondents for humanely reporting on the civil war in the Congo.
- Since 1994: the city of Bayeux, associated with Calvados General Council organizes this award to pay tribute to journalists who are working in hazardous conditions to allow access to free information.
- 2006: Finalist of the Diageo Awards for Business Reporting in Africa.
- 2007: Finalist of the Diageo Awards for Business Reporting in Africa.
- 2007: He was awarded the Vernon Jarrett Bronze Medal for ‘Famine in Malawi’.
- 2008: Due to his journalistic prowess, Jeff was awarded the Moran of the Order of The Burning Spear (MBS).The MBS Award is the highest honor accorded a Kenyan civilian by the President of Kenya for contribution to journalism in Kenya, Africa and internationally.
Frequently Asked Questions About Jeff Koinange
Jeff Koinange is a well-known news anchor for Citizen TV where he cohosts with Victoria Rubadiri. He anchors the Jeff Koinange Live on Citizen TV. Prior to joining Citizen TV, he worked as a correspondent for CNN and CNN International.
Jeff is a Kenyan national born on January 7, 1966, in Nairobi, Kenya.
Jeff Koinange has not shared his height with the public. His height will be listed once we have it from a credible source.
Yes, Jeff Koinange is married to Shaila Koinange a Kenyan of Asian origin who has maintained a low profile away from public media. Koinange and his wife are blessed with one child, a son called Jamal Mbiyu Koinange who was born later in their marriage
Jeff was previously engaged to Sonya, a Panamanian lady, in 1988, and was their flight instructor. After a few years of marriage, in 1994, Jeff and Sonya separated after he caught her in bed with another man.
Jeff Koinange has an estimated Net Worth of $1 Million.
Jeff Koinange receives a monthly salary of Ksh 2 Million as a Citizen news anchor.
Because of security reasons, Jeff Koinange has not shared his precise location of residence. We will immediately update this information if we get the location and images of his house.
Jeff Koinange is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.
Koinange is pursuing his career in journalism. He co-anchors Kenya’s most-watched Prime-time news broadcast Sunday Live on Citizen TV and Citizen Weekend primetime news bulletin on Saturday.
Jeff Koinang Contacts
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- Website
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More about Kenya
Kenya is a land of contrast – highlands and plains; wet and dry; rural and urban and people of all races. This offers many opportunities to citizens, foreigners, and visitors alike.
Here is more information about Kenya …
- About Kenya
- Tourism in Kenya
- Nairobi Kenya
- Towns in Kenya
- Health in Kenya
- Hotels in Kenya
- Kenya Safari Guide
- Farming in Kenya
- Government of Kenya
- Counties in Kenya
- Constituencies in Kenya
- Secondary Schools in Kenya
- Colleges in Kenya
- Universities in Kenya
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Welcome to Kenya. Welcome to Opportunity.