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Yvonne Okwara returns to Hot 96 where it all started

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Citizen TV anchor Yvonne Okwara is set to make a return to radio on Monday when she co-hosts Hot Drive with Patrick Igunza on Hot 96.

Okwara started her media career at the Royal Media Services (RMS)-owned station 13 years ago. She took to her Instagram page to announce the good news.

“In many ways, my career has come full circle. I started out at Hot96, 13 years ago. I was a rookie. New to radio and to media in general. I kept my head down, learned the ropes, put in the work. I learned. I grew. Now, see God! Delighted to be back to my first love. Join me and @patrickigunza Mon-Fri 3-7pm on #HotDrive @hot96fmkenya hot music, hot talk, Hot vibes. Let’s get you home after your long day! Starting this Monday, 15th Apr,” she wrote.

 

Yvonne Okwara with Patrick Igunza. The two will co-host Hot Drive on Hot 96.

Okwara will replace Annitah Raey, who will now host, Sizzle on Hot, a programme that airs Monday to Friday from 10 pm to 1 am.

“Well well you know am not one to censor anything… And now I get an amazing chance to talk it as it is. No sugar coating… It’s gonna be sizzling hot… See you on Monday ,” she wrote in a post on Instagram.

Okwara has also previously worked at Nation Media Group as a radio talk show producer and later joined NTV where she started the NTV This Morning Show. He later moved to KTN.

According to Okwara, the journalism bug struck her at a tender age. As an eight-year-old, she was a presenter for a Children’s Variety Show at KBC and also did a variety of voice overs.

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