Ghafla Exclusive: Yet Another Mediamax Journalist Leaves The Company!

Storms over paradise?

When Mediamax came into operation a few years ago, it took over the scene like a tornado, their strategy:-  cripple the market leader Citizen Tv and take over, in a shadily executed move, they went for the jugular, in a much publicized event, they poached each an every journalist who had a reputation behind them.  At that time, my father, a follower of Tom Mboya and Belinda Obura even switched channels, he would no longer clasp the remote tightly in his palm, particularly enthralled by Citizen Tv’s programming. K24 had found a new viewer. 

 Along the way Mediamax lost it, they were  more concerned with being the leaders than what they were offering their new viewers. at the receiving end , Citizen Tv still held on, steadfast and unmoved by the doldrums, what was originally meant to cripple the market leader made it a little stronger- You know, what doesn’t kill you gives a little more fortitude. 

Years later and the company is teetering on the edge of an abyss, Belinda obura and Tom Mboya have since resigned from the station,  -rumor has it that they resigned after differences with the management. “They were not delivering as per the contract..” an insider would reveal. Me thinks that the company is blaming its failure to lure an audience on innocent journalists. A few years ago Tom and Belinda were the biggest thing on the Kenyan television. What happened when they went to K24?  Their allure dwindled to a flicker, masked by the non-performing media entity. 

 If you thought that Belinda and Tom Resigning was big news, you need to take a couple of seats and think again. Their resignation was a harbinger of the blizzard to come. My source revealed to me that a myriad of workers were contemplating on resigning in the weeks to come, he however did not cite the reasons for the resignation saying that we would all get the news in good time.. We shall wait anyways! 

Before the blizzard hits the company, however, Paulo Muchesi, a sports anchor at K24 is leaving the employ of mediamax in favor of BBC where he will be working on a Swahili program dubbed Global News Beat program. This will also see him leave his post at Milele FM where he hosts mbalamwezi – a daily show that runs  from 1a.m -4a.m. 

There you have it. We shall keep you au fait with related information as soon as we get it.