Citizen TV News anchor Jeff Koinange, was all smiles while in the streets of New York on the morning of Saturday, October 16, after spotting his slogan in a popular restaurant chain.
In a statement, the news anchor noted that he was going about his business in the robust city when he stumbled upon the restaurant's signage with the slogan 'Oh my!'.
The signpost belonged to a popular restaurant chain known as Birch Coffee, which has stores scattered across New York City, selling products valued at Ksh1,700 (US$17) per piece.
For years, Jeff Koinange, who hosts the popular JKLive show on Citizen TV on Wednesday nights, has been associated with the slogan which he uses to open his broadcast.
He even poked fun at the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General, Francis Atwoli, who is in the process of patenting his own trademark, 'Alaa'.
"So there I was minding my own business in the streets of New York City, when I just happened to run into this sign... Somebody say 'OH MY'! Where's Atwoli? You simply can't make this stuff up," stated Koinange.
The surprise came just hours after the celebrated news anchor and his team, including producer Monica Kiragu, headed to the White House alongside President Uhuru Kenyatta for a meeting with the US President Joe Biden.
Koinange and his entourage flew to the United States to cover President Uhuru Kenyatta's trip, where he chaired an event at the United Nations office before meeting Biden.
Atwoli, on the other hand, wrote to the Kenya Industrial Property Institute (KIPI) seeking ownership rights for the word 'alaa.'
In his application, Atwoli wants to have exclusive use of the word which he uttered during an interview on a local TV show in February 2021.
If the application goes through, one will need to get permission from the COTU boss to use the word for branding purposes.
The word 'Alaa' went viral for the better part of 2021 after Atwoli's exclamation during JKLive TV show hosted by Koinange.
On the show, the COTU boss kept evading the question on the political aspirations of the Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga in the forthcoming 2022 General Elections.
