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Former K24 journalist announces bid to run for political office come the next general elections

Posted on by Gloria Katunge

As the next general elections near each passing day, different personalities are coming out to express interest in the local political field.

Media personalities and influencers have neither been spared. Some who showed interest in the competitive industry early enough, others coming out to shock netizens with their announcements.

Also read: Betty Kyallo expresses interest to join politics

Sassy Swahili TV journalist, a victim of mass firing at K24 in June, has announced her bid to vie for political office in the next general elections.

The run for political office

Isabella Kituri, a mother of two and a widow who remarried, is headed the political direction.

The ever-smiling Isabella Kituri

Up and close with fellow Swahili journalist, Mwanaisha Chidzuga, the former news editor at K24 will be vying in her home county, Taita Taveta.

This is after trying her luck at politics, back in 2013 after exiting KTN, but stepped down to support her mom instead who was vying for the MCA seat in Sagana.

“I will join politics in Taita Taveta County, God-willing. As a woman rep or an MCA for ODM, chama cha baba. But I also don’t mind being a diplomat.”

Ex-K24 journalist Isabella Kituri

Her announcement comes 16 years after losing her husband, Kituri, just 3 months after welcoming their bouncing baby boy.

However, she clarified she might not drop her late husband’s name because her current husband does not mind it, plus, her son doesn’t want her to change it.

New found love

The TV beauty tried the dating game 8 years after her loss, coincidentally meeting a man also working in a communication company, thereafter settling.

“For those searching, focus on your work and you will find someone while working. I prayed so hard for someone who will want me for me and not the TV girl. God gave me that person.”

The sassy Isabella Kituri

The media couple were blessed with a baby girl, Anyango Lukundo, who is now 1 year old.

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Widowed at 25! K24 anchor Isabella Kituri narrates the pain of losing her husband just a year into her marriage

Posted on by Martin Oduor

Isabella Kituri’s nightmare became real when her husband died and left her with a three-month-old baby boy. The K24 anchor sunk into depression following the death of her husband.

Sometimes life can be so cruel, Isabella Kituri’s story is one that makes you want to cry. The K24 anchor opened up about her husband’s death in an interview with the Nairobian.

Isabella reveals that her life took a different turn when her husband succumbed to colon cancer in 2015. She was only 25 when her husband died, and they had only been married for a year.

The K24 anchor mourned the death of her husband for eight long years. She says it took her that long to heal because she had so many unanswered questions.

“I mourned for eight years between 2005 and 2013. It was a shock, like a never-ending nightmare. I had been married for just one year,” said Isabella.

Isabella Kituri
Isabella Kituri
Change of attitude

Isabella says got over the pain she was feeling after talking to her pastor. She said she only moved on after she changed her attitude and started feeling sorry for herself.

“I had a meeting with myself. I had to stop behaving as if the world owed me for the loss and pain I suffered. I began to train myself to see the world as a stage of opportunities. I stopped feeling that people around me should give me their shoulder. Instead, I started sharing my experience, empowering others in similar situations,” said Isabella.