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SPECIAL JKL SHOW AT KUDO LAUNCH MAY 21, 2016 WASHINGTON DC METRO
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SPECIAL JKL SHOW AT KUDO LAUNCH MAY 21, 2016 WASHINGTON DC METROJeff Koinange, best known as Mr. Oh My, Oh My or Mr. What a show! Will bevisiting the US and will produce the first ever JKL show outside Kenya. Jeff hasaccepted the invitation to be the special guest during the launch of Kenya UnitedDiaspora Organization (KUDO). In addition, Jeff will have a book signing session forhis book Through My African Eyes.Other invited special guests are Kenya Ambassador to the US, HE. AmbassadorRobinson Githae, Vincent Makori, anchor of Africa 54-Voice of America’s Englishtelevision live news magazine show,Adoga Kiharangwa,KUDO chairman amongmany others.The Kenya United Diaspora Organization (KUDO) will be formally launched on May21, 2016 in the Washington DC Metro Area, at Gaithersburg Marriott WashingtonCenter. All Kenyans from the Diaspora are invited to participate by registering at theKUDO Website.KUDO is a non-political grassroots organization that has been established in an effortto create a more inclusive member directed organization that is responsible to hermembership and caters to Kenya’s best interest. KUDO members are spread across allcontinents with the aim of creating one global voice that positively influencepolicymakers who deal with issues that adversely affect the Diaspora. Also by sharingknowledge and skills and utilizing economies of scale, Kudo plans partnership withothers to bring socio-economic prosperity to her members and their descendants, andto create permanent employment and sustainable economic growth in the Motherland.
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Learn more about KUDO at the website www.kudovoice.comKUDO formal launch would be done in a special event featuring Jeff Koinange, arespectable media personality, with immense experience on issues that affect Kenyansin the diaspora, having himself been part of the diaspora. Jeff Koinange will broadcastthe JKL show as part of the KUDO launch program. Join us as we launch KUDO in aspecial JKL show. Other programs at the launch will include Kenya ID registrationconducted by the Kenya Embassy, entertainments and a sumptuous meal.Jeff Koinange, is one of Africa’s most well-known and experienced televisionjournalists, is known to viewers across Africa from his days as CNN’s Senior AfricaCorrespondent, a post he held for six turbulent years from 2001-7.Jeff won plaudits for his reporting of major events from all across the Africancontinent. These include the violent civil war that led to the overthrow of CharlesTaylor in Liberia- where he secured an exclusive interview with the outgoingpresident- to the subsequent inauguration of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf in Liberia asAfrica’s first female-elected president, and the arrest and deportation of CharlesTaylor.He reported from Sudan on the crisis in Darfur and also from Uganda on the refugeeswho had fled Sudan’s Lord’s Resistance Army. Based in Lagos, he covered Nigeriaextensively, its politics, its economy and its people and traveled extensively tonumerous other African countries reflecting life on the continent to CNN’s globalaudience.Although Jeff was CNN’s Africa Correspondent, his journalistic talents meant hefrequently reported from outside the continent. In 2005, he was part of CNN’sPeabody Award winning team that covered the devastation wreaked on New Orleansby Hurricane Katrina. He also reported from Baghdad on the post-war insurgency,reconstruction and the historic elections in Iraq in 2005.Other significant events Jeff covered during his time with CNN included the USPresident, George W Bush’s Africa tour, the first by a sitting US RepublicanPresident.In 2005 Jeff won a Television EMMY (the only Kenyan Journalist to have ever wonone) for coverage of the devastating famine in the West African nation of Niger. Otherawards included the George Foster PEABODY award for his coverage of thedevastating effects of Hurricane Katrina in 2006, the Vernon Jarrett Bronze Medal inboth 2006 and 2007 for ‘Best Feature’ on ‘Mass Rapes in the Congo’ and ‘Famine inMalawi’ respectively.In 2006, Jeff was awarded the Prix Bayeaux for War Correspondents for his reportingon the civil war in the Congo.He is currently the host of the twice weekly popular and controversial Talk Show, JeffKoinange LIVE #JKL broadcast on Kenya’s Television Network, KTN.Jeff holds a Bachelors Degree from New York University (Class of ’91).
