Capital Talk Making an Impact

By John Cheruiyot
Jeff Koinange and his popular program ‘Capital Talk’ aired daily in K24 has transformed the electronic media scene. His incisive questions, spontaneous smiles, and ability to make his interviewees at ease is making an impact throughout the nation. The bench as Jeff puts is not a one sided affair, having both sides of the coin has boosted the credibility of Capital Talk.

Interviewing both the mighty and the small, bureaucrats and technocrats, revolutionaries and reactionaries, the religious and irreligious, the extremists and the loyalists, professionals and armatures, the old and the young, male and female is indeed a new thing in television interviewing. The strategy of getting the best from both sides of the coin is helping Kenyans make informed choices. As a country we have suffered from seeing things from one view point and ignoring the other side. What Jeff is doing is commendable. This is patriotic and nationalistic.
Jeff Koinange in his youthful days in CNN saw him travel widely throughout the world and particularly in the continent of Africa. He met the Niger Delta rebels in their jungle gear and terrain. The world got first hand information from the real players. Jeff Koinange then wore dreadlocks something akin to Dedan Kimathi’s.

Today in his middle age he is full of wisdom, patience, intellect. His ability to open up his guests is a real gift and talent. He does not intimidate nor ridicule. He thus wins the full confidence of his guests who speak their minds to the fullest. They share their very innermost feelings, emotions, aspirations, interests and insights.

Capital talk is a powerful tool of transforming the nation. The guests interviewed are no ordinary mortals; they are the icons and symbols of our society. Their insights are life changing.
The efforts of Jeff Koinange through his Capital Talk is therefore making a tremendous impact that can influence the future of Kenya as he fervently puts it. K24 is championing an emerging media that is not keen to feed Kenyans on politics only, but is concerned about how their content can contribute to Kenyans’ wellbeing now and in the future.