Joshua Oigara

Joshua Nyamweya Oigara (born 1975, Kisii, Kenya) is the current Group Chief Executive Officer of the Kenya Commercial Bank Group, the biggest banking group in Kenya by asset base.

Prior to his appointment, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Board of Directors of the Company between January 12, 2012, and January 2013.

In 2015, Joshua Oigara publicly declared his wealth as a net worth of Ksh220 million, made up of total assets of Ksh350 million and loan obligations of Ksh130 million, and a monthly gross salary of Ksh4.9 million.

John Gachora

John Gachora is the Managing Director of NIC bank.

He holds a Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, as well as an MBA from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

He joined NIC from Barclays Africa where he had been Managing Director and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking.

Lulu Hassan

Lulu Hassan is a celebrated Citizen TV Swahili news anchor. She co-hosts the Nipashe Wikendi bulletin with her husband Rashid Abdallah.

When she is not anchoring the news, she is either chasing a human-interest feature or leading the production of award-winning Swahili soap operas under her company Jiffy Pictures. 

In 2019, Lulu aired a feature series titled Prison Diaries, where she helped family members reconcile with their loved ones.

Dorcas Shikobe

She is the captain of the Kenyan women's soccer team, Harambee Starlets. In November 2019, the defender led the national team as they were crowned winners of the 2019 Cecafa Championship in Tanzania.

Starlets dethroned former champions Tanzania's Kilimanjaro Queens 2-0 in the final at the Chamazi Stadium, Dar es Saalam to lift their first-ever regional title without conceding a single goal.

The win came shortly after the team got nominated for the women's national team by the Confederation of African Football (Caf).

Njogu wa Njoroge

Njogu wa Njoroge is a vernacular presenter at Kameme TV.

He has a huge following among the Gikuyu language speakers and started his career as a media personality in 2001, when he auditioned for a football commentator job on KBC.

Njogu has emerged as a shrewd mobiliser who has raised funds for various causes. 

James Mworia

James Mwirigi Mworia is a Kenyan lawyer, accountant, and business executive.

He is the managing director and chief executive officer of Centum Investment Company, the largest publicly traded private capital firm in Eastern Africa.

He has served in that capacity since 2008.

In October 2016, he was appointed Chancellor of Machakos University, a public university in Machakos County, Kenya.

Yvonne Okwara

Citizen TV’s Yvonne Okwara is one who is never shy to speak her thoughts. She is a fearless lady, who will call out a politician or anyone in authority for something that they have done wrong.

She is known for her elaborate Explainer segment, and tough stand on News Gang’s Yvonne’s Take alongside other notable journalists including Linus Kaikai, Joe Ageyo, Jamila Mohammed and Francis Gachuri.

Dennis Okari

Okari is a senior investigative and crime reporter at Nation Media Group.

He is also a prime time news anchor at NTV.

He is famous for bilingual abilities, and eloquence in both English and Swahili languages. 

In July 2019, an exposé by NTVs Dennis Okari, that aired on Sunday night, showed how rogue supermarket officials use chemicals, to increase the shelf life of products, putting at risk the lives of millions of Kenyans.

Wanuri Kahiu

She is a renowned filmmaker who stood tall in the face of adversity with her controversial movie Rafiki (2018), which won her multiple awards in 2019. 

Rafiki, was banned in Kenya by the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) after it was cited for promoting the rights of LGBTQ+ community. 

Wanuri also won the Young Programmer's Choice Award at the Dublin International Film Festival 2019.

She was featured as the Next Time 100 Most Influential People in the world for her daring films.