The Story Of KTN’s Betty Kyallo: Things You Did Not Know About Her
Betty Kyallo is arguably one of the most decorated TV sirens today thanks to her attractive looks and a captivating voice as she presents on KTN every Friday. Her show ‘Friday Briefing’ is quickly gaining fame among listeners as Betty gives guests a chance to present news with her live in studio.
But did you know anything about Betty Kyallo apart from seeing her on screen every Friday evening? Well, do not worry. Ghafla! Kenya brings you the story of Betty Kyallo, her humble beginnings and how she landed at KTN.
Betty Kyallo was born and raised in Rongai in the outskirts of Nairobi. She went to primary school in Lang’ata and later to Kangundo Girls in Machakos county.
As Betty grew up, she always wanted to be a nun because of the fascination she received as she attended church with her parents. Betty dearly admired nuns every time she saw them in church and promised herself that someday she would become one.
Little did she know that this would change thanks to the influence the likes of former TV anchors Catherine Kasavuli and Beatrice Marshall had on her. Betty says she looked up to Kasavuli and wanted to be like her. This completely changed her desire to be a nun. She instead embraced journalism dearly and would stand in front of mirrors trying to be a journalist.
Her passion for journalism landed her in Daystar University where she embraced the profession and in her third year of study, she applied for internship at KTN where she was luckily taken in and her career started blossoming.
It is at KTN that Betty started showing glimpses of greatness. Here, her love for cars also prompted her to start a cars show. However, as fate is, it also at some point landed in trouble as sometime as she sped in Lang’ata, her car veered off the road and crashed into a ditch. Luckily, she escaped with minor injuries and learned her lesson: never to speed again.
Betty also reveals the motivation behind her Friday Briefing show on KTN. She says that she wanted something different from what viewers had seen over years on their screens. She wanted an interactive news session where she would interact with viewers directly in studio.
Betty says that despite enjoying her profession as a journalist, she faces quite a number of challenges among them too high expectations from her bosses and a false perception from the public about TV sirens. Betty says that people think they are paid dearly and this makes them have high expectations on TV personalities.
On matters relationship, Betty admits that she is dating NTV’s Dennis OKari who is also father to her daughter. She says that relationships come with challenges and one of the challenges she faces is that of people hitting on them despite knowing that they are dating. Betty says that men almost always hit on her and she needs to take her time and explain to them. Funny enough, even her guests on TV hit on her after the show. She revealed that women also hit on her man, Dennis Okari, and she is sometimes forced to pick his phone and tell them off.
What is Betty working on?
She says that she is on a mega project inspired by America’s Oprah Winfrey and that she wants to become Kenya’s Oprah Winfrey with the show. All you need to do is religious wait as she finalizes on the show.
Where will it air? Probably KTN. Or the new TV station that Ghafla Kenya exclusively reported the Standard Group wants to put up. Only time will tell.
Betty Kyallo was speaking to Radio Maisha’s duo, Mwende Macharia and Clemmo.
