News Anchor, Reporter & Producer
** September. 2009 – Present, ***
- Hosted a special discussion for BBC Focus on Africa radio on social media and its impact on democracy at the Radio Theatre, Portland Place,London.
- Hosted Citizen Extra, a daily 3-hour news & current affairs show and watched it grow from a station ‘filler’ to a must-watch program with all the latest updates both locally & internationally.
- Focused on aggressive investigative journalism at Citizen TV, which led to an invitation to attend the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference in November 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Reported on various local and international events live from our Nairobi studios including 2 Kenyan elections & a Kenyan Supreme court annulment, the Zimbabwe power transfer from Mugabe to Mnagangwa, American politics, Brexit, South African President Jacob Zuma’s exit etc.
- Clinched the inaugural Mo Amin award for an investigative piece on doping in Kenya.The story was also recognized by the World Anti-Doping Agency in Kenya as they warned the Kenyan government against being lax in the fight against doping.
- Awarded the CNN Multichoice award in 2012 for a creative piece on maasai morans who took up cricket in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation & the spread of HIV/Aids.
- Represented Citizen TV at the 5th International Media Training Program hosted by the Turkish Radio Television (TRT) in Antalya in December 2017. Sharpened my knowledge of international politics, the spread of terrorism and global media trends.
- Produced news packages for Citizen TV live on location from the 2016 Olympic Games, 2014 World Cup, 2014 Las Vegas Sevens, 2013 World Cross-Country Games just to name a few.
- Pioneered the text-on-video format on the digital desk at Citizen TV and guided a team of digital video journalists who produced these clips on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram platforms.
** September. 2009 – Present, ***
- Hosted a special discussion for BBC Focus on Africa radio on social media and its impact on democracy at the Radio Theatre, Portland Place,London.
- Hosted Citizen Extra, a daily 3-hour news & current affairs show and watched it grow from a station ‘filler’ to a must-watch program with all the latest updates both locally & internationally.
- Focused on aggressive investigative journalism at Citizen TV, which led to an invitation to attend the Africa Investigative Journalism Conference in November 2016 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Reported on various local and international events live from our Nairobi studios including 2 Kenyan elections & a Kenyan Supreme court annulment, the Zimbabwe power transfer from Mugabe to Mnagangwa, American politics, Brexit, South African President Jacob Zuma’s exit etc.
- Clinched the inaugural Mo Amin award for an investigative piece on doping in Kenya.The story was also recognized by the World Anti-Doping Agency in Kenya as they warned the Kenyan government against being lax in the fight against doping.
- Awarded the CNN Multichoice award in 2012 for a creative piece on maasai morans who took up cricket in the fight against Female Genital Mutilation & the spread of HIV/Aids.
- Represented Citizen TV at the 5th International Media Training Program hosted by the Turkish Radio Television (TRT) in Antalya in December 2017. Sharpened my knowledge of international politics, the spread of terrorism and global media trends.
- Produced news packages for Citizen TV live on location from the 2016 Olympic Games, 2014 World Cup, 2014 Las Vegas Sevens, 2013 World Cross-Country Games just to name a few.
- Pioneered the text-on-video format on the digital desk at Citizen TV and guided a team of digital video journalists who produced these clips on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram platforms.
