Yvonne Okwara- Biography, Age, Husband, Family, Net Worth, Brother.

Yvonne Okwara full name is Yvonne Buliba Okwara Matole and is a Kenyan media personality and was born on 16th March 1983, western region, Kenya. She is a news anchor at Royal Media Services on Citizen Tv. Yvonne is popularly known for her special news segment, the explainer in matters on trending topics. She has hosted national discussions on many topics which includes civic education and historic 2013 elections.

She pursued her Bachelor’s Degree in BSc Microbiology, Zoology, Botany and Chemistry at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT).

At the age of 10, Yvonne Okwara started hosting the KBC’s children variety show. In 2008 she became a Radio Talk Show Producer of QFM where she was also given a chance to do her voice over for money matters in NTV business show.

She was later given a task as a producer at QTV. After a while she moved to KTN in November, 2012 on a contract assignment of five years which ended in 2018 and decided not to renew it. She then joined Citizen TV as a news anchor. In her side hustle, she does voice-overs for TV shows such as Samantha Bridal show that aired on NTV.

Yvonne Okwara
Yvonne Okwara

She used to host the Checkpoint show every Sunday night where she could moderate political analysts in assessment of the biggest stories. Yvonne Okwara later promoted to be the Head of News Anchors at KTN. In March 2014, she was given a chance to moderate the Conference of African Finance Ministers in Abuja Nigeria.

Age

She was born on 16th March 1983, western Kenya

Husband

Yvonne Okwara got married to Andrew Matole Konde, who is a veterinary surgeon by profession. The two wedded on 6th December, 2014 at Crown Plaza Hotel in Nairobi. He had been previously married to Alice Manyole Matole but they parted ways though not officially divorced. They have three children

 Yvonne Okwara and her husband
Yvonne Okwara and her husband

Family

She is the last born of three children to Ms. Esther Ambale Sande. Her father’s details are not in the public domain though will be updated as soon as it will be available.

Yvonne Okwara and her mother
Yvonne Okwara and her mother 

Net Worth

She is most experienced TV anchors, thus she earns more than Kshs. 0.3 million. Her estimated net worth is more than Kshs. 15 Million in 2020.

Brother

Yvonne lost her brother Albert Okwara, aged 50 in 2018. He had disability since he was deaf-blinded before he succumbed to the German measles. The disease brought more complications in his life by causing mental retardation, deafness and blindness.