Tag: Kenyan TV stations

Popular Inspector Mwala actor reveals how alcoholism got him fired from lucrative job 

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

Alcoholism is dangerous and has killed many top names after destroying their lives and career.

Muliro, one of the pioneer actors of TV dramedy ‘Inspekta Mwala’, has opened up how his life was ruined by Alcoholism.

“I lost my job as a sports presenter on Radio Citizen’s Viwanjani Michezo na Burudani show because of being alcoholic. My performance at work wasn’t good and my family also fell apart,” he said.

Muliro said his relationship with his wife has been much better after he went to rehab.

“My wife and I are trying to work things out and I’m happy the relationship has improved after rehab. But I regret my past and keep asking myself why am I alone, why did I do this’?” the actor posed.

“If given a chance, I would go back and do my best because I have the potential.”

Mother

The comedian said that he turned to Alcoholism after losing his mother in 2013.

“I was so close to my mother and her death really affected me. I would find myself drinking so much. Life in rehab is lonely and the good thing there is you reflect on what you’ve lost and want for the future,” he said.

 

Cindy Ogana: Popular TV station rejected me because I wasn’t light skinned 

Posted on by Pauline Syombua

With presenters and TV hosts in Kenya currently moving left, right and center looking for greener pastures, Cindy Ogana has shared how her skin colour once eliminated her from a job she was well qualified for.

Speaking on Ebru TV’s ‘Let’s Talk Show’, Ogana, who used to host Hot 96 FM’s breakfast show and the Trend on NTV alongside Larry Madowo, shared that she was rejected because she was natural.

“I was in a reality show on TV where they were looking for a presenter and it did not help that one of the criteria why I wasn’t selected was my skin colour and hair.

“My hair was a topic the judges mentioned but then again remember it was a different time where you could not be a broadcaster when you had dreadlocks. It was seen as unkempt and it was seen as unruly. You had to have a weave and you had to have the skin tone,” she said.

Cindy Ogana

Won’t bleach

She went on to add that the issue made her promise herself that she will never bleach, unlike what many ladies have done.

“I am dark skinned, I have my dreads and I have my big mouth and then I’m also not very keen on the makeup and everything. Leaving that show further cemented my resolve to always be natural, to never bleach myself. Whatever season my womanhood takes me through whether its my menses, my pregnancy I will always be natural and will always keep my natural hair.” She revealed.