Yvonne Okwara biography, age, family, tribe, education, career, husband, children, salary, house, cars, net worth

Yvonne Okwara is one of the most celebrated news anchors in Kenya. She started her career over a decade ago and has grown to fame since then. Besides, she is famous for airing the News Gang Shows alongside Linus Kaikai, Francis Gachuri, Joe Ageyo, and Jamila Mohamed on every Thursdays. See below for Yvonne Okwara biography.

Yvonne Okwara, one of the most celebrated media personalities in Kenya SRC: @The East African Feed
Yvonne Okwara, one of the most celebrated media personalities in Kenya SRC: @The East African Feed

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The media personality is known for working in different stations such as KBC, QTV, NTV, KTN, and currently, Citizen TV. Moreover, she has become a role model to many young people in Kenya.

Top facts about the female news anchor

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Yvonne Okwara biography SRC: @Citizen TV
One of the best news anchors in Kenya SRC: @Citizen TV

The media personality, Yvonne Okwara profile

Yvonne Okwara real name:         Yvonne Buliba Okwara Matole

Place of birth:                               Western Kenya

Date of birth:                                 March 16, 1983

Gender:                                         female

Zodiac sign:                                  Pisces

Yvonne Okwara parents:             Esther Ambale Sande, Father (Not known)

Siblings:                                       2

Husband:                                     Andrew Matole Konde

Occupation:                                 Journalist, News anchor, and TV host

Instagram account:                     @yvonneokwara

Twitter account:                         @YvonneOkwara

Yvonne Okwara biography

The media personality was born as Yvonne Buliba Okwara Matole in Western Kenya. She is the last born among the three kids in her family. Unfortunately, Yvonne Okwara’s brother, Albert Okwara, succumbed to German measles in 2018 at the age of 50 years.

Yvonne Okwara biography SRC: @Ralingo
Yvonne Buliba SRC: @Ralingo

Yvonne Okwara age

How old is Yvonne Okwara? The news anchor was born in 1983. She is 41 years old as of 2024. Yvonne Okwara’s birthday is on March 16 of every year.

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Yvonne OKwara tribe

What is Yvonne Okwara’s tribe? The celebrated media personality is not a Luo as many people think. Neither is she a Kisii as some claim. Yvonne disclosed it all after she spoke Luhya in one of her live TV Shows, thus giving way to her original tribe. Moreover, she was born in the Western part of Kenya.

Mrs. Matole Konde SRC: @TUKO, @Twitter
Mrs. Matole Konde SRC: @TUKO, @Twitter

Yvonne Okwara family

The journalist is among the few celebrities who never shy away from sharing information about their family members. Yvonne Okwara’s mother gave birth to three children with Yvonne being the last-born.

Yvonne with her mother Esther SRC: @Classic 105, @The East African Feed
Yvonne with her mother Esther SRC: @Classic 105, @The East African Feed

In her social media platform, the news anchor shared that his brother Albert Okwara, died in 2018 after living with a deaf-blind disability, well known as German measles, for 50 years. However, more about Yvonne Okwara’s father is not yet disclosed.

Her education background

Yvonne attended Cathedral Primary School for her primary level education after which she joined Kianda High School. She then joined Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), and pursued a Degree in Microbiology. However, she later ventured into journalism.

Her career

She first started hosting Children Variety Show at KBC after which she became a radio talk show producer at QFM in 2008. Again, she got herself a job at NTV, but moved to KTN in 2012.

Yvonne while airing news in one of the TV stations SRC: @whownskenya
Yvonne while airing news in one of the TV stations SRC: @whownskenya

In 2018, she decided not to renew her contract with KTN and instead thought of trying her luck somewhere else. Surprisingly, she secured a job as a prime-time news anchor at Citizen TV. Since then, Yvonne has grown to fame unlike before.

Yvonne at Citizen TV SRC: @Swala Nyeti
Yvonne at Citizen TV SRC: @Swala Nyeti

The female news anchor, Yvonne Okwara husband

Is Yvonne Okwara married? The long time asked question is now answered. Yvonne tied a knot with the love of her life, Andrew Matole Konde, on December 6, 2014 at Crown Plaza Hotel. The two lovebirds were announced as husband and wife, and have been staying together since then.

The news anchor with her husband and other invited guests during the wedding SRC: @KahawaTungu
The news anchor with her husband and other invited guests during the wedding SRC: @KahawaTungu

Andrew is a Veterinary Surgeon who pockets a good amount of money every month. Surprisingly, he married Yvonne when he was 47, thus the age gap of 16 years between the two. However, Yvonne Okwara’s wedding was attended by relatives and invitees only. Do you know that Yvonne is also a fitness fanatic?

The journalist while at the gym SRC: @LitKenya
The journalist while at the gym SRC: @LitKenya

Yvonne Okwara child

Does Yvonne OKwara have any child? Ever since their marriage, Yvonne and her husband have not been blessed with a baby. However, the two seem happy and satisfied. Besides, Andrew Matole’s first wife, Alice Matole, has three children with Andrew.

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Yvonne Okwara salary

The female news anchor is among the highest paid journalists in Kenya. She pockets over Ksh. 400, 000 per month. Besides, her monthly allowances add up her salary to over Ksh. 500,000.

Yvonne Okwara house

Her huge salary is evident enough of what life is to her. She owns a palatial mansion that is worth millions of money. Besides, she once shared a photo of a home surrounded with a beautiful garden and captioned it as their ‘retirement’ home. Who knows if the couple is looking forward to spend their lives there after they retire?

The news anchor at her new house with her friend SRC: @Twitter
The news anchor at her new house with her friend SRC: @Twitter

Yvonne Okwara cars

Yvonne is among the media personalities with the most expensive cars. Her car collection includes a Toyota Prado TX that is estimated to millions of money. Moreover, most Members of Parliament in Kenya are known to own this type of luxurious car.

Yvonne Okwara net worth

Buliba is among the richest journalists in Kenya. She is a senior editor in charge of research in Citizen TV. Furthermore, she is also running a number of businesses that generate her a lot of money. Hee net worth is estimated at $12 million as of 2023.

One of the richest journalists in Kenya SRC: @Tuko
One of the richest journalists in Kenya SRC: @Tuko

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