Well, most of the people who have not grown up with dads for one reason or another wish they could have experienced a father’s love; either secretly or have made a well-known expression.
This however, is not the case of the seasoned Citizen TV news anchor, Jeff Koinange. The renowned anchor, does feel a thing in fact he says that he doesn’t regret growing up without his father Fredrick Mbiyu Koinange.
In an interview with a local newspaper, he revealed that he feels nothing having no father around, he has never even felt a gap in his life.
“I don’t regret anything. I’m glad he wasn’t there in a way,” He said. “Also because if he was around, we might have ended up as some really spoilt brats as kids, and I’m glad we didn’t end up that way. So, you know, it’s not my calling, but, I think it’s a good thing he went.”
The news anchor explained that had his father died later in life Jeff would have been very sad. Fredrick Mbiyu
Speaking about his own son, Jamal Koinange, Jeff intimated the struggle he and his wife Shaila went through.
“We really tried to have him, and when we finally did, we said we’d do our best to give him everything we never had, including the both of us, a father and a mother, which I particularly never had,” the former CNN journalist told Yvonne.
Jeff also passed a heartfelt message that he would like his son to always remember.
“Don’t step into anybody’s footsteps, don’t try and be like daddy in any way, no pressure to do what your dad did, do what you want to do. Carve your own path,” he concluded. President Uhuru Kenyatta listening to Citizen TV news anchor Jeff Koinange