Yet Again K24 Poaches Top Citizen TV Journalist

The media war between President Uhuru Kenyatta-owned Mediamax Group and SK Macharia-owned Royal Media Services is far from over. After raiding Citizen TV and making away with some of its top journalists and most of the technical team earlier in the year, K24 is not done yet.

The latest to cross over from Denis Pritt road to Kijabe Street is Peter Opondo. Jackal News reports that Opondo resigned as Citizen TV’s Managing Editor to take up a new and more lucrative position as the General Manager in charge of broadcasting at Mediamax with K24 TV, Kameme FM, Meru FM and Milele FM under his watch.

Opondo re-joined Citizen TV from NTV-Uganda where he was the Managing Editor. He holds a Bachelor of Education in Mathematics and Economics from Moi University and has over the years gained loads of experience from working in media sector.A couple of days ago Citizen TV suffered another major blow when one’s of the hosts in its Breakfast Show, ‘Cheche’, Uduak Amimo left the station for greener pastures.

Ghafla! wishes him all the best as he takes up his new assignment.