Top 100 Kenyans 2020

Victoria Rubadiri

Victoria Rubadiri is Citizen TV News Anchor whose career in media started in the US working as an intern for an international TV station. 

Upon moving back to Kenya, she joined Capital FM where she doubled up as a business journalist and a news anchor in 2012. Later on, she joined Nation Media Group (NMG) and then switched to Royal Media Service (RMS) in 2018. 

Abdikadir Ismail

Abdikadir Ismail is the Principal of Mwangaza Muslim Mixed Day Secondary School, Kenya. Ismail's drive and determination as a teacher has seen him stand out from his peers and rise through the ranks.

After university, Abdikadir was posted in Baragoi, a hardship area prone to cattle rustling in Samburu County.  

Akelo Misori

Akelo Misori is the current Secretary-General for the Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET). 

He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Religious studies from Kenyatta University in 2002, and a Diploma in Education from Siriba Teachers College (now Maseno University).

Yasmin Said

The lead protagonist in Citizen TV's drama series Maria, Yasmin Said acts as an assuming rough around the edges girl from the slums who was taken to live with a wealthy family.

Benson Edagwa

Benson Edagwa, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha.

His long list of honors reads like a Christmas shopping list: 

Jamila Mohamed

She is the Managing Editor at Citizen TV. She previously managed the Programming and Content Development division at Nation Media Group and also served as News Editor, News Anchor/Reporter at NTV. 

Also served as Managing Editor QTV Kenya in 2015. 

Jamila graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Nairobi (UoN)

She also holds a Master’s degree in International Conflict Management from the UoN.