Jane Chemutai Goin
Jane Chemutai Goin is a Kenyan news journalist of from Nandi County. Currently she is a television reporter at Citizen TV Kenya. Her areas of interest include politics and current affairs. Life and career. Chemutai Goin has been in the media industry for the last eight years. She exhibits key elements of storytelling which include reporting, producing feature stories and written communication for research. She started as an intern at Kenya Television Network (KTN) and was able to advance and equip herself with the necessary skills thus shaping her career as she took political reporting as her  niche. Chemutai then joined Capital FM as a reporter. After a while, she landed a job at Media Max to work as a political reporter on K24 TV. Reports on Coronavirus (COVID-19). Since Kenya recorded its first coronavirus case, Chemutai has been vocal in doing stories on COVID-19 and the impact it has created in the country. On 21 April 2020 Chemutai did a news story in Kiswahili informing the public that the police was on a manhunt in arresting people who had escaped from quarantine at the Kenya Medical Training Institute in Nairobi. This story also featured how Kenyans  had ignored laws set in place by the government to curb the spread of coronavirus. On 13 May 2020 she did a story on how the Kenyan government established a mobile laboratory testing facility to address the Namanga Border post after it was identified as a high risk area in the transmission of the coronavirus. On 10 May 2020 Chemutai did another story to create awareness on the government's collaboration with other East African states in fighting COVID −19 and flattening the curve by reducing the number of transmissions. Other reports During the 2017 Kenyan general elections, Chemutai reported  on the events that occurred in different regions across the country. Other than being a news reporter on Citizen television, Chemutai is also a writer in the station's website (Citizen Digital). Her contributions to the website are based on political and health news. Some of the political news she's written include: Some of her articles on health include: Awards. Presidential Awards On 1 June 2020 (Madaraka Day), Chemutai was among the journalists given a state commendation in helping the country and creating awareness regarding the coronavirus disease. The award, known as "Uzalendo Award" was given by President Uhuru  Kenyatta while addressing the nation. He acknowledged Chemutai among the ten journalists who had spearheaded and exhibited great efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.