Kanze Dena formally knowns as Kellen Beatrice Kanze Dena is a Swahili
Kenyan journalist who is the current Spokesperson, Executive Office of
the President, Republic of Kenya and Head of President's Strategic
Communication Unit (PSCU). She was previously a news anchor who
specialized in current affairs, political interviews and
entertainment. Kanze Dena who has previously worked as a news anchor
for other major networks including Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
television network and Citizen TV resigned from Citizen TV in June
2018, after being appointed as the Deputy State House Spokesperson and
Deputy Head, PSCU, a role she held for a six weeks before ascending to
her current role of Spokesperson in the Executive Office of the
President.Dena was borne to Duruma parents, which is part of the
Mijikenda community, and who initially resided in Mazeras in Kwale.
She grew up in various parts of Kenya including Kwale, and Nairobi.
She went to Kianjokoma Primary School, today St. Matthews Mixed
Boarding Primary School in Embu for primary education and Kieni Girls
High School for secondary education (O-Levels) and graduated in 1997.
After her O-levels, she intended to join the premier Kenya Medical
Training College (KMTC) which she tried every year but without
success. She later resorted to studying Journalism and Mass
Communication at Foundation College of Professional Studies.Dena
enrolled for a Journalism communications course at Foundation College
of Professional Studies. She interned for Kenya Broadcasting
Corporation(KBC) radio station as a Swahili news reader. She was later
employed at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation(KBC) TV as a news
anchor alongside her co-anchor Badi Muhsin. After six years at KBC,
she crossed over to Citizen TV where she experienced a meteoric rise
to a sensational news anchor and a household name in the Kenyan media.
At Citizen TV, she excelled and was paired with Lulu Hassan whom she
anchored the news on the Citizen TV's Nipashe Wikendi with for almost
six years. Her work ethic made her develop a formidable bond with her
partner Lulu Hassan and took over the Kenyan Waves as the dynamic duo.
Kenyan journalist who is the current Spokesperson, Executive Office of
the President, Republic of Kenya and Head of President's Strategic
Communication Unit (PSCU). She was previously a news anchor who
specialized in current affairs, political interviews and
entertainment. Kanze Dena who has previously worked as a news anchor
for other major networks including Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
television network and Citizen TV resigned from Citizen TV in June
2018, after being appointed as the Deputy State House Spokesperson and
Deputy Head, PSCU, a role she held for a six weeks before ascending to
her current role of Spokesperson in the Executive Office of the
President.Dena was borne to Duruma parents, which is part of the
Mijikenda community, and who initially resided in Mazeras in Kwale.
She grew up in various parts of Kenya including Kwale, and Nairobi.
She went to Kianjokoma Primary School, today St. Matthews Mixed
Boarding Primary School in Embu for primary education and Kieni Girls
High School for secondary education (O-Levels) and graduated in 1997.
After her O-levels, she intended to join the premier Kenya Medical
Training College (KMTC) which she tried every year but without
success. She later resorted to studying Journalism and Mass
Communication at Foundation College of Professional Studies.Dena
enrolled for a Journalism communications course at Foundation College
of Professional Studies. She interned for Kenya Broadcasting
Corporation(KBC) radio station as a Swahili news reader. She was later
employed at the Kenya Broadcasting Corporation(KBC) TV as a news
anchor alongside her co-anchor Badi Muhsin. After six years at KBC,
she crossed over to Citizen TV where she experienced a meteoric rise
to a sensational news anchor and a household name in the Kenyan media.
At Citizen TV, she excelled and was paired with Lulu Hassan whom she
anchored the news on the Citizen TV's Nipashe Wikendi with for almost
six years. Her work ethic made her develop a formidable bond with her
partner Lulu Hassan and took over the Kenyan Waves as the dynamic duo.
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