Shix Kapienga among Royal Media staff to be fired

It is not well in the mainstream media industry following Royal Media´s decision to kick out a number of its employees, barely a day after Mediamax´s K24 sent home its entire newsroom.

Early this morning, Tuesday, June 23, the purported largest media house in Kenya sent employees from the radio department parking in a bid to sustain itself amidst the brutal COVID-19 effects.

Royal Media has reportedly issued several of its employees with redundancy letters as more of such are expected to be coming through in a couple of weeks.

Sources reveal a couple of Radio Citizen presenters will be affected among them: Syombua Osiany, John Maloba and Himenigilder Mugeni.

Also read: K24 unveils new faces taking over the newsroom after firing its entire old team (Video)

Shix

Popular radio personality, Shix Kapienga is also among those set to receive retrenchment letters from the SK Macharia-owned media conglomerate.

Born Nancy Wanjiku Karanja, Shix has been hosting Drop Zone on Hot 96 FM that runs from Monday till Thursday, 7 pm-10 pm.

Also read: All grown up! Shix Kapienga leaves many drooling over her younger sister’s never before seen photos

Taking to the gram, the young, bubbly media personality penned:

Good morning ????
“Never regret anything that made you smile” #ThisGhettoGirl

30% pay cut

A redundancy notice that comes barely 3 months since the company announced a 30% pay cut among its employees, following the adverse effects of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Seasoned media personalities the likes of Jeff Koinange, saw their pay cheque amount to something lower than before. Managing Director, Wachira Waruru articulated:

The unprecedented outbreak of the coronavirus in the world and Kenya, in particular, has had serious repercussions on business, including ours. This reality necessitates that we take difficult but necessary measures to see us through this period.

Adding:

Each staff will be issued with their individual letter through their supervisor. This reduction is temporary and will be reversed when things return to normal.