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Seasons of blessings!! Yet another top news anchor is pregnant, shares photos of baby shower

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

First it was Lilian Muli. Then Janet Mbugua. And now Smriti Vidyarthi has joined the party.

The NTV news anchor has announced that she’s pregnant joining the flurry of news anchor that have announced they are heavy with a baby in the belly.

She announced on Instagram saying she taking a break from TV because of the pregnancy.

“With one of my favourite peeps @mark_masai Tune in for my last broadcast for a few months…time to take a breather. I’ll be back before you know it! @ntvkenya,” she said in her post.

She shared photos online to announce the pregnancy. She has been married three years now.

Shock on former NTV boss Linus Kaikai as government allegedly blocks him from getting a new job 

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

Former Nation Media Group General Manager Linus Kaikai will have to wait a bit longer to get a new job after resigning.

Word has it that the government has blocked his new appointment as the Chief Operations Officer at Royal Media Services fearing that he might cause more havoc after getting an even more influential position.

Not getting the job

According to Business Today who broke the story, Kaikai’s appointment has been shelved after The State found cleaver ways to stop the appointment.

“State House was furious that Kaikai was getting even a more influential position in a big media house even after he took part in what was clearly a treasonable affair. But they knew SK Macharia would be difficult to convince following the shutdown of Citizen TV and Inooro TV that saw him move to court seeking compensation. So they devised a way of convincing his wife who as vice chair runs the media house’s day to day affairs,” a source who chose not to be named told BT.

It’s also alleged that, State House had a hand in Kaikai’s exit from NMG, after he failed to obey orders not to live stream Raila’s mock inauguration.

 

Linus Kaikai to join Royal Media after he was allegedly fired from Nation Media house!

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

Word making rounds on social media platforms is that Linus Kaikai; who was working as General Manager of Kenyan Television station, NTV was fired.

It all started as a baseless rumor but after a few reports by the Business today site we now have reason to believe he has indeed left his job.

Linus Kaikai exits NTV

According to the site Linus Kaikai earlier today shared a statement that confirmed that he was leaving the Media house. His message read;

“You are all invited to a meeting of the broadcasting staff today Wednesday 28th February 2018 at 3PM in the NTV Newsroom on the 5th Floor. The acting GCEO, the GHRD and myself will address the meeting. Please attend,”

This comes after his after a disagreement he had with Tom Mshindi the Editor-in-Chief at NTV last month over the coverage of NASA leader Riala Odinga’s swearing-in as the ‘People’s President’ at Uhuru Park, Nairobi.

He is rumored to be moving to Royal Media house where he will take over as the Chief Operations Officer.