Citizen TV’s SK Macharia in Troubled Waters Again

Citizen TV is arguably the biggest TV station going by its huge number of viewers. However, the SK Macharia-owned TV station appears to be rocked by turbulence this year. Trouble seems to have started when SK Macharia’s preferred presidential candidate, Raila Odinga, failed to clinch the top seat.

Then what followed appeared like a ‘massacre’ to the TV station after its top journalists and production guys walked out to join its rival, K24. To add insult to injury, RMS lost its suit against CCK for shutting down its radio transmitters in different parts of the country.

This was then followed by yet again another threat from CCK of shutting down Citizen TV transmitters for supposedly operating without a licence. As if all that was not enough, reports recently surfaced of alleged staff mistreatment at Citizen TV.

And now, Standard Chartered Bank has accused SK Macharia of abusing court process in his pursuit of Sh55 million from the bank. Mr. Macharia had sued the bank seeking to recover the amount but his case was dismissed after Attorney General said investigations did not show any criminal action by the bank.
 
He has appealed the ruling and has asked the High Court to quash the AG’s decision.

But in a replying affidavit, Standard Charted bank’s asset manager Paul Wanyoike accuses him of abusing court process by couching a time barred judicial review as a constitutional petition.

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