Jeff Koinange
Koinange was born in Kenya and worked with Kenya's first independent television channel KTN (Kenya Television Network). He attended Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, NY between 1987–1989 and graduated with an Associate's degree. He also received a Bachelor of Arts degree in broadcast journalism from New York University. Seven months after leaving CNN, Koinange was hired as a news anchor by a new Kenyan TV station, K24, which started doing test runs in Nairobi in December 2007. He was the host of Capital Talk Show. Koinange is the son of Mbiu Koinange, brother to first president of Kenya and therefore cousin to the current president Uhuru Kenyatta.
Included among the more significant stories Koinange has covered for CNN in Africa were the crisis in Darfur, the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone and the famine in Niger, for which Koinange won an Emmy award.
Most recently, in early 2007, Koinange was reprimanded by the government of Nigeria for his coverage of the Movement for the Emanicipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). In his report, Koinange accompanied masked MEND guerillas to a camp where they were holding a number of Filipino hostages. The Nigerian government said that the report was "staged", a charge CNN denies.
On May 29, 2007, CNN announced that Koinange was no longer employed by the network. He had apparently been caught up with a sex scandal that CNN did not want to become associated with.
Most recently, in early 2007, Koinange was reprimanded by the government of Nigeria for his coverage of the Movement for the Emanicipation of the Niger Delta (MEND). In his report, Koinange accompanied masked MEND guerillas to a camp where they were holding a number of Filipino hostages. The Nigerian government said that the report was "staged", a charge CNN denies.
On May 29, 2007, CNN announced that Koinange was no longer employed by the network. He had apparently been caught up with a sex scandal that CNN did not want to become associated with.