Linus Kaikai
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About
Award-winning Kenyan journalist and Chairman of the Kenya Editors Guild. In 1997, he won the CNN African Television Journalist 1st Prize, before being named Environmental Journalist of the Year in 1998. He posts about current events on his LinusKaikai Twitter account, where he has accrued over 950,000 followers.
Before Fame
He received a master's degree in International Journalism from Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology. He first worked for the Kenyan Television Network.
Trivia
He is one of the few journalists who have been able to interview Nelson Mandela.
Family Life
He and his wife Jacinta Mueni Kaikai have three children.
Associated With
In 2013, he produced the documentary film Kibaki: Across 18 Holes, about former Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki.
