Finally something good has happened to KTN’s Joy Doreen Biira after a series of misfortunes. The KTN journalist has taken over Edith Kimani’s job at Deutsche Welle (DW).
Sometimes in November last year, Joy Doreen Birra was arrested by Uganda police for what they termed as abetting terrorism.
A month later, his Mercedes Benz was stolen at the parking lot at Standard Group headquarters on Mombasa road.
The car was later recovered and surprisingly Biira’s colleague at KTN, Aaron Ochieng, had a hand in the theft of the German machine.
After all those setbacks, something good has finally happened to Biira; the KTN anchor has replaced Edith Kimani has the host of ‘eco@africa’ on DW TV. Kimani has been moved to Berlin as a fulltime anchor leaving a gap that was filled by Biira.
“On this week’s show, we introduce our amazing new host Joy Doreen Biira, who is taking over for Edith Kimani as she begins a new role as an anchor for DW News. Birra, a Ugandan broadcast journalist currently working with Kenya Television Network (KTN) in Nairobi, will bring you the same mix of pressing environmental issues and exciting solutions from Africa and Europe alongside our host in Nigeria, Nneota Egbe,” DW made the announcement on their website.
“#EcoAfrica show or Eco@Africa, which I’m happy and honoured to now be a part of – Tune in to #ktnnews tonight and every Saturday 2030hrs or 8:30pm and watch stories of people doing all they can to sustain our environment worldwide,” Joy Doreen Biira announced her new role on social media.