Jacob Onyango

Education: Communication & Media Technology, Maseno University (2011-2015)

Experience: Editor-in-Chief, The East African Business Times (2015 - 2017)

Awards: TUKO: Best Performing Current Affairs Editor Award (2019), Employee of the Year Award (2020), Best Performing HoD (2020), Best Performing Copy Editor Award (2021), Certificate of Excellence in Newsroom Leadership (2023)

Jacob Otieno Onyango is TUKO's Chief Editor. He is an accredited journalist with over 10 years of experience in digital & print media. Jacob holds a BA degree in Communication & Media Technology from Maseno University, Class of 2015; currently pursuing Executive Masters in Media Leadership and Innovation. Jacob previously served as Act. Editor-in-Chief at The East African Business Times. He has undertaken various media trainings including in ESG Reporting & Accounting Standards by Media Council of Kenya & KPMG. Email: jacob.otieno@tuko.co.ke

700 articles published since 31 Jan 2017

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Governors, senators set to move to court after talks over Division of Revenue Bill 2019 collapsed

Politics

6 years ago

MP who attended Hotel La Mada meeting claims Ruto's men also attended

Politics

6 years ago

DP Ruto furious Jubilee Party Secretary General Raphael Tuju is working closely with Raila

Kenya

6 years ago

Nakuru set to officially become Kenya's 4th city in three months' time

Business and Economy

6 years ago

Unga crisis looms as government delays maize importation

Kenya

6 years ago

KCB grabs top spot as best bank in Kenya, regionally

Kenya

6 years ago

Cytonn Money Market Fund goes digital, transactions to take less than 3 minutes

Business and Economy

6 years ago

Cytonn Asset Managers Limited (CAML), the regulated affiliate of Cytonn Investments, has taken an early lead in the race to a paperless economy by completely digitising its Cytonn Money Market Fund product.

MP Esther Passaris blatantly tells voters she can't fix all their issues

Kenya

6 years ago

Passaris who was a day earlier badly trolled for claiming Kenyan leaders have been settling personal bills for their constituents was once again met with scathing tweets, but this time she decided to fight back.

Kisumu: 7 men sentenced to death for brutal murder of 2 fishermen

People

6 years ago

A court of appeal in Kisumu has upheld death sentence against seven men who had been convicted of brutal murder of two fishermen at Dhogunda Beach in Suba, Homa Bay county.

Kenyans working in finance, energy sectors highest paid, agriculture least paid - ICEA Lion survey

Kenya

6 years ago

Kenyan employees working in the finance and energy sectors are the highest paid, new report on employment trends has revealed. Those in agriculture sector are the least paid according to the survey, and here is why.

KCB ready to buy cash-strapped National Bank at KSh 5.6 billion bargain price

Business and Economy

6 years ago

The tier one lender had on June 19, 2019, put its valuation at one share for every 10 NBK's shares, and this is understood to must have prompted a non-committal NBK board to issue an advisory circular to its stakeholders.

Mombasa: Crocodiles on the loose leave residents of posh Nyali estate terrified

Kenya

6 years ago

Some of the victims claimed the crocodiles believed to must have escaped from their pond at the nearby Mamba Village had pitched tent outside their houses and doors, making it almost difficult for them to exit their homes.

Governor Nyong'o urges Safaricom to build cancer centre, name it after Bob Collymore

Kenya

6 years ago

Kisumu governor Peter Anyang' Nyong'o has appealed to Safaricom to build a cancer centre called Bob Collymore School of Oncology in honour of its late CEO Robert (Bob) William Collymore who succumbed to leukemia on Monday, July 1.

60% of Kenyans think DP Ruto lacks enough support to make him next president - TUKO poll

Politics

6 years ago

Deputy President William Ruto may need to work harder to convince more Kenyans that he is the most suitable candidate to succeed President Uhuru Kenyatta come 2022 if the latest poll by TUKO.co.ke is anything to go by.

Safaricom cuts data bundle prices in the wake of increased competition

Kenya

6 years ago

The telco which offers a wide range of internet packages slashed the charges per Megabyte (MB) and is expected to lower the prices further in the near future in a move to drive data inclusion and also stay ahead of the rivals.

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