{"id":136478,"date":"2020-06-04T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=136478"},"modified":"2020-06-04T17:12:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T14:12:00","slug":"willis-raburu-savagely-exposed-after-lying-about-his-humble-beginnings-at-citizen-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/willis-raburu-savagely-exposed-after-lying-about-his-humble-beginnings-at-citizen-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Willis Raburu savagely exposed after lying about his humble beginnings at Citizen TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Kenyan media personality, Willis Raburu unlocked his past with a throwback photo of himself back when he was just starting in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Just like for many the start is not usually a walk in the park, it calls for humility, open-mindedness, patience and most of all hard-work to sharpen your skills and eventually prove your abilities.<\/p>\n<p>The Citizen TV presenter\u00b4s start was nothing different. However, he was not doing so bad because he afforded a striped suit and a tie, even though that was his only pair.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136486\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136486\" style=\"width: 903px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.10.07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136486 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.10.07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"903\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.10.07.jpg 539w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.10.07-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136486\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citizen TV presenter, Willis Raburu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/its-okay-to-be-vulnerable-willis-raburu-speaks-on-his-healing-process\/\">\u201cIt\u00b4s okay to be vulnerable,\u201d Willis Raburu speaks on his healing process<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Raburu shared his journey across all his social media platforms, a time when when tapes were still in the market.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a class=\" xil3i\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/tbt\/\">#TBT<\/a>\u00a0with my only suit and tie at the time I was an intern at\u00a0<a class=\"notranslate\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/citizentvkenya\/\">@citizentvkenya<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136479\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136479\" style=\"width: 606px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-04-at-09.37.25.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136479 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-04-at-09.37.25.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-04-at-09.37.25.jpeg 606w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-04-at-09.37.25-142x300.jpeg 142w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/WhatsApp-Image-2020-06-04-at-09.37.25-485x1024.jpeg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 606px) 100vw, 606px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Willis Raburu\u00b4s tweet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Backlash<\/h2>\n<p>However, this post was not welcomed with open arms from his fans and especially people who knew his background as well as his family status.<\/p>\n<p>There was nothing wrong with his post other than the part where he said that was his only suit.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_136487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136487\" style=\"width: 940px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.12.02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-136487 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.12.02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"1178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.12.02.jpg 431w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.12.02-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-136487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celebrated journalist, Willis Raburu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His comment section had tweeps calling him out for lying about his capacity to own more than one suit.<\/p>\n<p>Reason being, his father had some political background back then and was a quite respected figure in society.<\/p>\n<p>Fans alleged Willis\u00b4 dad was a PC &#8211; that time, Provisional Commissioner &#8211; for several provinces at the time and this was no low status if I recall my History well.<\/p>\n<p>Fans cautioned him to tread carefully because his dad is well known and there is no need to lie about where he comes from.<\/p>\n<p>Others believed he was just taking them for a ride.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.53.48.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136481 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.53.48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.53.48.png 599w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.53.48-300x207.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.56.33-e1591275467365.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136482 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.56.33-e1591275467365.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.56.33-e1591275467365.png 599w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.56.33-e1591275467365-300x275.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.38.20.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136497 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.38.20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.38.20.png 597w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.38.20-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.57.18-e1591277146327.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136483 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.57.18-e1591277146327.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.57.18-e1591277146327.png 598w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-15.57.18-e1591277146327-300x103.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.02.18-e1591275976946.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136484 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.02.18-e1591275976946.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.02.18-e1591275976946.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.02.18-e1591275976946-300x281.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.07.33-e1591277199919.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136485 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.07.33-e1591277199919.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.07.33-e1591277199919.png 594w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.07.33-e1591277199919-300x132.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.40-e1591277269751.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136492 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.40-e1591277269751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.40-e1591277269751.png 600w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.40-e1591277269751-300x121.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.12-e1591277308688.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.12-e1591277308688.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"597\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.12-e1591277308688.png 597w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.17.12-e1591277308688-300x133.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Applause<\/h2>\n<p>A section however, congratulated him for his hard work and resilience that eventually saw him scoop among the top positions in the Kenyan media industry &#8211; taking their hearts off, as a sign of respect.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.16.01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136488 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.16.01-e1591277376485.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.16.01-e1591277376485.png 599w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.16.01-e1591277376485-300x88.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Screenshot-2020-06-04-at-16.15.28.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-136489 size-full\" 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Just like for many the start is not usually a walk in the park, it calls for humility, open-mindedness, patience and most of all hard-work to sharpen your skills and eventually [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6063,"featured_media":136494,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[20,118742,128400,128401],"class_list":["post-136478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-ghafla-entertainment-news","tag-willis-raburu-citizen-tv-news","tag-willis-raburu-intern-news","tag-willis-raburu-pc-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6063"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136503,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136478\/revisions\/136503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}