{"id":146552,"date":"2020-09-15T14:30:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.com\/ke\/?p=146552"},"modified":"2020-09-15T14:30:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T11:30:01","slug":"10-kenyan-celebrity-journalists-who-took-to-self-employment-after-years-of-working-with-giant-media-corporates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/10-kenyan-celebrity-journalists-who-took-to-self-employment-after-years-of-working-with-giant-media-corporates\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Kenyan celebrity journalists who took to self-employment after years of working with giant media corporates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cases of retrenchments and mass firings from local media conglomerates almost became the order of the day especially after Coronavirus hit.<\/p>\n<p>It is no longer a new tale in the media industry, a lesson that majority of journalists have since learnt and taken steps on in the event that they face redundancy or even for those that already have.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_138224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-138224\" style=\"width: 1142px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Sihk9kqTURBXy9mZWQzMzY5NjQ1MTEzNTViZDVlNmE4MzJkY2Q4NmQwOS5qcGVnkpUDAADNBQDNAtCVAs0DBwDDw4KhMAGhMQE.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-138224\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Sihk9kqTURBXy9mZWQzMzY5NjQ1MTEzNTViZDVlNmE4MzJkY2Q4NmQwOS5qcGVnkpUDAADNBQDNAtCVAs0DBwDDw4KhMAGhMQE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1142\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Sihk9kqTURBXy9mZWQzMzY5NjQ1MTEzNTViZDVlNmE4MzJkY2Q4NmQwOS5qcGVnkpUDAADNBQDNAtCVAs0DBwDDw4KhMAGhMQE.jpeg 775w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Sihk9kqTURBXy9mZWQzMzY5NjQ1MTEzNTViZDVlNmE4MzJkY2Q4NmQwOS5qcGVnkpUDAADNBQDNAtCVAs0DBwDDw4KhMAGhMQE-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/06\/Sihk9kqTURBXy9mZWQzMzY5NjQ1MTEzNTViZDVlNmE4MzJkY2Q4NmQwOS5qcGVnkpUDAADNBQDNAtCVAs0DBwDDw4KhMAGhMQE-768x431.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1142px) 100vw, 1142px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-138224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Citizen TV studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once bitten, twice shy. Media professionals have now opted for second, third sources of income to sustain their families and even for financial security. However, for those that opted out of the circle or were forced out by unforeseen circumstances, self-employment has become the route to take for them. Let<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019<\/span>s get right through it.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Betty Kyallo<\/h2>\n<p>The sassy celebrity journalist has hopped several times in the media industry especially after her exit from her first home, KTN in 2018, to join rival station K24 where she exited in May 2020. Since then, Betty has been all about her beauty parlor business, Flair by Betty among other partnerships.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_134758\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-134758\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Betty-featured.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-134758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Betty-featured.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Betty-featured.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Betty-featured-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Betty-featured-926x1024.jpg 926w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Betty-featured-768x849.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-134758\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ms Betty Kyallo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>2. Maalika Kazia<\/h2>\n<p>Late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/popular-top-ktn-news-anchor-calls-it-quits\/\">August 2020, the young beauty called it quits at KTN<\/a> where she had been for the last 2 years in what she termed a new step into a different chapter. The beauty is now into content creation on her YouTube channel \u2018Maalika Kazia\u2019 where she mainly talks about her personal life.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146576\" style=\"width: 1004px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.24.11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-146576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.24.11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1004\" height=\"1185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.24.11.jpg 504w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.24.11-254x300.jpg 254w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maalika Kazia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>3. Eric Njoka<\/h2>\n<p>The former K24 news anchor who teamed up with Karen Knaust for the Weekend Edition, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/eric-njoka-launches-own-media-company-months-after-mass-firing-from-k24\/\">made his major comeback with his own online talk show <em>Centred <\/em><\/a>set to kick off this Thursday.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135697\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135697\" style=\"width: 1054px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-27-at-10.41.03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-135697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-27-at-10.41.03.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1054\" height=\"1191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-27-at-10.41.03.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/Screenshot-2020-05-27-at-10.41.03-265x300.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1054px) 100vw, 1054px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135697\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Former K24 Editor and producer, Eric Njoka<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>4. Jacque Maribe<\/h2>\n<p>Maribe, after being surrounded with controversies in late 2018 while working at Citizen TV, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/jacque-maribes-just-unveiled-political-show-to-give-anne-kigutas-punchline-a-run-for-her-money-video\/\">bounced back in August 2020 with her online political show dubbed <\/a><em>Hot Seat\u00a0<\/em>that has aired several episodes so far.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146574\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146574\" style=\"width: 988px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.15.53.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-146574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.15.53.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.15.53.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.15.53-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146574\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ms Jacque Maribe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>5. Janet Mbugua<\/h2>\n<p>The mother of 2 quit her plum job on Citizen TV<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2019s Monday Special show as she went into maternity but never returned, where she soon after launched her book\u00a0<em>My First Time\u00a0<\/em>and has since been doing all sorts of gigs including running her enterprise\u00a0<em>Inua Dada.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146575\" style=\"width: 1048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.15.25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-146575\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.15.25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1048\" height=\"1046\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Janet Mbugua<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>6. Mwanaisha Chidzuga<\/h2>\n<p>Mwanaisha was among the team of professionals shown the door at K24 in late 2019 where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/%c2%a8k24-was-a-hobby-i-have-my-main-hustle%c2%a8-mwanaisha-chidzugas-savage-response-after-being-fired-from-k24\/\">she dropped her journalism cap to take up full-time catering which was her main profession<\/a> and has since started her own online talk show <em>The Dada2Dada Uncensored.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146573\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146573\" style=\"width: 1056px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.16.29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-146573\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.16.29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1056\" height=\"1058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.16.29.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.16.29-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.16.29-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1056px) 100vw, 1056px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146573\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mwanaisha Chidzuga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>7. John Allan Namu<\/h2>\n<p>The popular investigative journalist resigned from KTN in 2015 after multiple frustrations, to start his own investigative documentary series <em>Africa Uncensored.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_85560\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-85560\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/John-Allan-Namu.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-85560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/John-Allan-Namu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/John-Allan-Namu.jpg 860w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/John-Allan-Namu-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2018\/10\/John-Allan-Namu-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-85560\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Allan Namu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>8.\u00a0Terryanne Chebet<\/h2>\n<p>Terry was fired from Royal Media Services owned TV station Citizen TV in 2016, a move that totally broke her down for months before fully taking up her business empire, Keyara organics, that she had founded in 2014. She however currently holds multiple power positions in different entities.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_146572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-146572\" style=\"width: 1025px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.18.35.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-146572\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/09\/Screenshot-2020-09-15-at-14.18.35.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1025\" height=\"1116\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-146572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Terryanne Chebet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>9. Asha Mwilu<\/h2>\n<p>Asha worked as special projects editor at Citizen TV before announcing her exit in May 2020 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/boss-moves-asha-mwilu-finally-unveils-next-big-project-days-after-citizen-tv-exit-video\/\">before unveiling her own media company dubbed <\/a><em>Debunk, <\/em>on July 1, 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_135983\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-135983\" style=\"width: 994px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/2c5c0d_825dc5f01a79455589189f95565fd9e1_mv2_d_2000_2718_s_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-135983\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/2c5c0d_825dc5f01a79455589189f95565fd9e1_mv2_d_2000_2718_s_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"994\" height=\"1351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/2c5c0d_825dc5f01a79455589189f95565fd9e1_mv2_d_2000_2718_s_2.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/05\/2c5c0d_825dc5f01a79455589189f95565fd9e1_mv2_d_2000_2718_s_2-221x300.jpg 221w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-135983\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ms Asha Mwilu<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>10. Nancy Onyancha and Joab Mwaura<\/h2>\n<p>The celebrity couple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/fired-k24-tv-couple-re-emerge-with-own-media-company-photo\/\">took up their media organization, <em>Sauti Tajika<\/em> as option B\u00a0after being shown the door<\/a> during K24 TV\u2019s mass retrenchment in June 2020. Nancy however joined Switch TV in early July.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_139764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-139764\" style=\"width: 1080px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/nancy-onyancha-and-Job-mwaura.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-139764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/nancy-onyancha-and-Job-mwaura.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"721\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/nancy-onyancha-and-Job-mwaura.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/nancy-onyancha-and-Job-mwaura-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/nancy-onyancha-and-Job-mwaura-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/nancy-onyancha-and-Job-mwaura-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ghafla.co.ke\/ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2020\/07\/nancy-onyancha-and-Job-mwaura-690x460.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-139764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nancy Onyancha and husband, Joab Mwaura<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cases of retrenchments and mass firings from local media conglomerates almost became the order of the day especially after Coronavirus hit. It is no longer a new tale in the media industry, a lesson that majority of journalists have since learnt and taken steps on in the event that they face redundancy or even for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6063,"featured_media":146578,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[310],"tags":[128092,128,39542,20,309,266,7161,73714,1185,130582,6115],"class_list":["post-146552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-asha-mwilu-news","tag-betty-kyallo-news","tag-eric-njoka-news","tag-ghafla-entertainment-news","tag-jacque-maribe-news","tag-janet-mbugua-news","tag-john-allan-namu-news","tag-maalika-kazia-news","tag-mwanaisha-chidzuga-news","tag-nancy-onyancha-and-joab-mwaura-news","tag-terryanne-chebet-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>10 Kenyan celebrity journalists who took to self-employment after years of working with giant media corporates - Ghafla! 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