Stephen Letoo biography,education,wives,salary

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Stephen Letoo is a senior political reporter, presenter and analyst at Citizen TV Kenya owned  by Royal Media Service. He has all-encompassing understanding in political news and coverage, he has worked in the same field most of his career. Due to his strong opinions on politics he has been labeled by public as partisan journalist at times, but he says it comes with the position.

Letoo once said “in politics, all of these charges of being pro-government or anti-government development. Disappointingly, it is how our watchers judge us. Public associate me with NASA while they associated my colleague Jackie Maribe as being pro-Jubilee.”

Stephen Letoo is also known to be an advocate of polygamous marriage. Due to his culture in Maasai community which is known for being polygamous. He once shared a photo on social media with his two wives all dressed in Maasai attires, which attracted mixed feelings among Kenyans. Stephen Letoo is the current chairman of the ‘men conference.’

EARLY LIFE 

Stephen Letoo was born on 27th June 1991 at Kilgoris, Narok County. He is the son of former Narok county Chief.

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

Stephine letoo was transferred to a primary school in Kisii for safety measures due to cattle rustling. Later on, he joined Kabianga High school, Kericho County for his secondary school education. After high school education he joined University of Nairobi to pursue degree in journalism.

CAREER

Letoo’s dream when young was to become a news reporter. He loved the way news was being presented in state broadcaster KBC.

Letoo once said, when he was a young boy he could see many people visit his home to watch television, the father was chief and owned the only television in the village. Letoo admired Kanze Dena’s work on the screen so much that in high school he started a weekly meeting newsletter titled “kabianga 100”, which later on strangely was the platform that helped him land his first job at kiss 100.

In 2013, he was poached by Kiss TV to cover the general election which he gave his best and managed to get noticed by the former employer. Stephine Letoo rose to fame when political campaigns were at a fever pitch.

He acknowledges that his former classmate spoke highly of him to one of the bosses which got him an opportunity to work at royal media house. His former class mate was a news director at the time and organized for him to do his internship at royal media service before completing his studies at the University of Nairobi. After months of joining the Royal Media services he perfected his craft.

He noted that he would arrive early enough to handle morning tasks before other journalists arrive. They would look for someone to do the assignment and since others were not in the office, he would be the one selected. Due to his hard work, the bosses in the media industry noticed him and he became a sought-after journalist during his third year. Three years later he was approached by the CITIZEN TV and got hired at the Royal Media Services.

Stephine Letoo as a political journalist was once attacked by the GSU plainclothes agents at Jomo Kenyatta International airport. In an interview he revealed that finding information is not an easy task and that sometimes they are torn between what to report and what not to.

PERSONAL LIFE

Stephine Letoo is the son of  former Narok County chief and he is  known to be an advocate of polygamous marriage. Due to his culture in Maasai community which is known for being polygamous. He is married to two wives .He has a child by the name Santino Leylan Letoo.

Stephine is the son of the former Narok County chief. Unfortunately, the father died in the year 2008 just when he was about to sit for Kenya certificate of Secondary Education. They was strong conflict from community leaders who wanted him to be a teacher and not a journalist as a first born,  he was to take the responsibility for his younger siblings after the father’s death.

AWARDS

In 2019 he won Maa Male personality of the year.

SALARY

Stephen earns an approximate of 800,000 per month because of his senior reporter rank.

FAMILY

Stephen introduced his beautiful wife on his instagram page and their new born baby in 2019. His wife’s name is Winne Nadupoi. Together they have a baby boy by the name Santino Leyian Letoo.

The caption on the instagram read,”babies are like little suns that, in magical way, bring warmth,happiness and light into our lives. A baby is God’s opinion that life should go on. They are the bridge to heaven. God dropped us baby Santino Leylan Letoo@santinoleylan as a special gift, I give him to the world, as a sign of peace @winnienadupoi”.