Jacque Maribe was born on an 18th of December 1989 and she is now 32 years old. She was raised by her parents in Buruburu – Nairobi together with her siblings whose information and details are unavailable at the moment. She grew up and attended schools in Nairobi and coupled up with her good performance, she emerged to establish for herself a career that was setting her up for greater things in life. READ FULL STORY
Miss Maribe is an alumnus of State House Girls’, a high school in Nairobi named after the President’s residence within the same region. She cleared from Hugh school and joined the University of Nairobi (UoN) for a course in Journalism. This was her first step in building a career in media.
Jacque Maribe Career Journey
Most Kenyans knew Jacque as a news anchor, though she had done a bit of acting with a local television show in 2005.
Her professional path in journalism kicked off in the year 2009 where she landed a job with the TV station K24 as a political reporter. It was here that her specialization in doing political reports took root. She worked at K24 for 2 years before proceeding to do radio work for a short while. All along doing political reports.
In 2012, she landed a job at Kenya’s most watched local television station – Citizen TV where she stayed for a long while eventually making her a leading anchor reporting prime time news. She did a good job evidenced by the Head of State Commendation she received in 2017.
In 2018 however, she quit from her highly performing career at Royal Media Services due to personal reasons.
Jacque Maribe Personal Life, Husband, Children, Family
She is a mother to a six year old son called Zahari whom she had with Eric Omondi, a famous and popular comedian in Kenya and in the East African region.
Jacque Maribe, Eric Omondi and their Son
She was however engaged to Joe Kuria Irungi – better known as Jowi. The two got engaged in the presence of their close friends including Shix Kapienga.