Mwanaisha Chidzuga thanks Ruto

Mwanaisha Chidzuga has expressed gratitude for being given a state job. The media celebrity stated that having the highest government position is an honor.

In addition to other responsibilities, Chidzuga will support Isaac Mwaura in informing the public about government efforts and policies through a variety of media platforms. When he changed the Cabinet Secretaries, Principal Secretaries, and Ambassadors, Ruto appointed her to the role.

Following her appointment to the role on Wednesday, Chidzuga expressed her appreciation and sense of immense honor. The well-known media figure posted on her social media pages, “It is an honor to be entrusted with this duty, and I am humbled by the opportunity to serve my country in this manner.”

President William Ruto received a letter of appreciation from Chidzuga shortly after Head of Public Service Felix Koskei announced her appointment, thanking him “for placing his faith in her.”

“Your unwavering commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity in leadership is truly commendable. This appointment represents a significant milestone, not only in my career but also in the broader context of gender equality and women’s empowerment,”

As the government’s spokesperson, Ruto has named former senator Isaac Mwaura, who would be assisted by Gabriel Muthuma.

TV47 Welcomes New Journalists

TV47 has announced the arrival of four new journalists, including former BBC journalist Grace Kuria and Mwanaisha Chidzuga.

Kuria is a seasoned journalist with over 10 years of experience in the media industry. She has worked for several media houses, including BBC, KTN, and Citizen TV.

Chidzuga is a popular news anchor who has worked for K24 TV and Radio Maisha. She is known for her engaging presentation style and her ability to connect with viewers.

The other two new journalists are George Maringa and Fred Indimuli. Maringa is a former Nation Media Group journalist, while Indimuli is a former KTN journalist.

The arrival of these new journalists is part of TV47’s efforts to revamp its newsroom and improve its news coverage. The station is also planning to launch a new news bulletin in the coming weeks.

The announcement of the new journalists has been met with excitement by viewers. Many people are looking forward to seeing what the new team will bring to TV47.

In her Instagram post, Chidzuga expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to return to the news desk. She said, “I am excited to be back on the news desk and I am looking forward to working with the rest of the team to bring you the latest news.”

The new journalists are expected to start their new roles in the coming weeks.

Mungatana serenades his 2nd wife Mwanaisha Chidzuga

Mwanaisha Chidzuga is all loved up and she wants the world to know just how much her family is loves love! She recently shared a video showing off her polygamous husband, Danson Mungatana, the Tana River senator was having dinner with their family when he broke out into song.

This was quite the touching scene as Mwanaisha Chidzuga giggled like a little school girl still in love with her 1st crush and we loved to see it. He sang a French song (or is it Lingala?)

We hope he is as romantic with his 1st wife Cecilia Mwangi.

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“I lost my job, got an accident and contracted COVID-19,” Mwanaisha Chidzuga opens up

It becomes hard to open up when chances are the world will be quick to judge you. A battle majority of celebrities have had but the final decision always lies in your hands.

October 2019, Mwanaisha Chidzuga was shown the door at Mediamax-owned TV station, K24 in a mass firing of over 150 employees.

Also read: K24 was a hobby. I have my main hustle Mwanaisha Chidzugas savage response after being fired from K24

Few weeks later, she bounced back with an option B, her Swahili dishes restaurant, Aryanna Dishes. And mid this year, officially launched her new show dubbed ‘Dada2DadaUncensored’.

She looked like she had all her plans well laid out but what many do not know is that that particular period was one of her most difficult times.

Mwanaishas car crush and battle with COVID-19

Taking to her Instagram, as she turns 38 years of age, the celebrated Swahili news anchor, penned;

“My 37th year has been tough faced challenges I’ve been tested and found myself in situations I thought I would never be in.”

Mwanaisha Chidzuga aging gracefully

“I have Learnt so many lessons and survived so many challenges but I still choose to rise,” her letter continues.

Until she opens up about getting fired, then getting involved in a car accident before becoming a COVID-19 patient.

All happening in sequence, at a time when she needed peace and love most but life instead chose to feed her with lemons.

“Yes I am a survivor of so many things..road accident early this year, Covid 19 that affected my business and myself getting infected but survived too.”

Celebrated journalist Mwanaisha Chidzuga

Remember, at the time, she had been fired from K24, but her business suffered after she contracted the novel virus that also took a toll on her.

Tragic events she never opened up about until yesterday, as she turned 38. But amidst all the confusion, Mwanaisha had lessons to take home.

“Now I know that I had to go through all that so that I can stand tall today. So BYE Chapter 37. Cheers to Amazing Chapter 38????Inshallah. And yees I am aging gracefully and just right.”

Mwanaisha Chidzuga turns 38

“To myself I need to be more kind and take care of myself more,” she sweetly wraps up.

Birthday wishes and messages of applause flowed in as fans, friends and colleagues wished her nothing but a graceful year.

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

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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10 Kenyan celebrity journalists who took to self-employment after years of working with giant media corporates

Cases of retrenchments and mass firings from local media conglomerates almost became the order of the day especially after Coronavirus hit.

It is no longer a new tale in the media industry, a lesson that majority of journalists have since learnt and taken steps on in the event that they face redundancy or even for those that already have.

Citizen TV studios

Once bitten, twice shy. Media professionals have now opted for second, third sources of income to sustain their families and even for financial security. However, for those that opted out of the circle or were forced out by unforeseen circumstances, self-employment has become the route to take for them. Lets get right through it.

1. Betty Kyallo

The sassy celebrity journalist has hopped several times in the media industry especially after her exit from her first home, KTN in 2018, to join rival station K24 where she exited in May 2020. Since then, Betty has been all about her beauty parlor business, Flair by Betty among other partnerships.

Ms Betty Kyallo

2. Maalika Kazia

Late August 2020, the young beauty called it quits at KTN where she had been for the last 2 years in what she termed a new step into a different chapter. The beauty is now into content creation on her YouTube channel ‘Maalika Kazia’ where she mainly talks about her personal life.

Maalika Kazia

3. Eric Njoka

The former K24 news anchor who teamed up with Karen Knaust for the Weekend Edition, has made his major comeback with his own online talk show Centred set to kick off this Thursday.

Former K24 Editor and producer, Eric Njoka

4. Jacque Maribe

Maribe, after being surrounded with controversies in late 2018 while working at Citizen TV, bounced back in August 2020 with her online political show dubbed Hot Seat that has aired several episodes so far.

Ms Jacque Maribe

5. Janet Mbugua

The mother of 2 quit her plum job on Citizen TV’s Monday Special show as she went into maternity but never returned, where she soon after launched her book My First Time and has since been doing all sorts of gigs including running her enterprise Inua Dada. 

Janet Mbugua

6. Mwanaisha Chidzuga

Mwanaisha was among the team of professionals shown the door at K24 in late 2019 where she dropped her journalism cap to take up full-time catering which was her main profession and has since started her own online talk show The Dada2Dada Uncensored.

Mwanaisha Chidzuga

7. John Allan Namu

The popular investigative journalist resigned from KTN in 2015 after multiple frustrations, to start his own investigative documentary series Africa Uncensored.

John Allan Namu

8. Terryanne Chebet

Terry was fired from Royal Media Services owned TV station Citizen TV in 2016, a move that totally broke her down for months before fully taking up her business empire, Keyara organics, that she had founded in 2014. She however currently holds multiple power positions in different entities.

Terryanne Chebet

9. Asha Mwilu

Asha worked as special projects editor at Citizen TV before announcing her exit in May 2020 before unveiling her own media company dubbed Debunk, on July 1, 2020.

Ms Asha Mwilu

10. Nancy Onyancha and Joab Mwaura

The celebrity couple took up their media organization, Sauti Tajika as option B after being shown the door during K24 TV’s mass retrenchment in June 2020. Nancy however joined Switch TV in early July.

Nancy Onyancha and husband, Joab Mwaura

“Congratulations!” Mwanaisha Chidzuga seemingly mocks K24 employees fired through night SMS

Well, well, well, they say pay back hate with hate and love with love. This is exactly what former K24 journalist, Mwanaisha Chidzuga has done to her former colleagues who were recently shown the door.

The prime time news anchor was kicked out in a massive retrenchment by the Mediamax-owned TV station in October 2019, something that not only left them bitter but also embarrassed.

8 months down the line and Mwanaisha has decided it is the ripe hour. A day after K24 swept out its entire newsroom professionals, the celebrated Kiswahili news anchor who doubles up in the catering industry penned a disturbing letter to her colleagues.

Ex-K24 Kiswahili news anchor, Mwanaisha Chidzuga

She painfully recalled how she lost her job at KTN in 2015, an unprecedented move that taught her hard-knocking life lessons.

Only to get a place at K24 same year in November and 4 years later, shown the exit door again.

Also read: ¨K24 was a hobby. I have my main hustle¨ Mwanaisha Chidzuga´s savage response after being fired from K24

Mwanaisha Chidzuga

Her letter

To her former colleagues at K24, Mwanaisha hoped they had learnt their lessons the hard way because well, she lost her job twice in a span of 5 years and she had been whipped enough by life.

To those who have lost jobs POLENI but take the lessons with you so that next time it happens you should be more than ready. My friends dont be too attached to employment or companies and institutions that never asked your input when they were setting up or laying the foundation in the first place.

Mompreneur and journalist, Mwanaisha Chidzuga

Adding:

You were just one to making that dream a reality and to sustain it and make profits or whatever. And when the time came to replace you they never even thought twice or remembered your input but just saving what’s theirs.

Also read: Anne Kiguta’s message of hope to colleagues fired from K24!

Openly remarking:

I know its tough, it hurts, hearts are broken ,but mine is to CONGRATULATE you all. For accepting to live your best lives now while you still have the energy and time to invest in yourself n rebuild wht is rightfully yours. Safari ndefu huanza na hatua moja..Congratulations for your Job Loss.

Mwanaisha Chidzuga

Mwanaisha Chidzuga shows off her incredible post-baby body 3 months after delivering baby number 4 (Photos)

K24 TV presenter Mwanaisha Chidzuga and husband Danson Mungatana welcomed a bouncing baby girl named Amal three months ago.

The Swahili anchor only introduced her daughter to her fans when she was 2 months old. She only posted a photo of the kid’s feet choosing to hide her face.

“2months old baby Amal .Wenzio walikuja na sahani ela mwanangu wewe umekuja na hotpot.Mungu akulinde duniani na akhera inshallah. Kulia juu chini kuna moto,” wrote Chidzuga.

Baby’s face unveiled

Mwanaisha Chidzuga has since unveiled her baby’s face in a series of photos she posted on social media. The mother of four also showed off her body’s bounce back.

See the photos below:

 

Mwanaisha Chidzuga and Danson Mungatana welcome fourth baby

K24 presenter Mwanaisha Chidzuga and her husband Danson Mungatana have faced a lot in their marriage but it seems nothing will tear the two apart. Not even Anti-Jigger Campaign Ambassador ex-model Cecilia Mwangi.

The couple has welcomed their fourth child but decided to keep it away from the public till she was old enough. On Instagram, Chidzuga informed her fans that she was blessed with a baby girl two months ago by posting her legs.

She captioned:

“2months old baby Amal .Wenzio walikuja na sahani ela mwanangu wewe umekuja na hotpot. Mungu akulinde duniani na akhera inshallah. Kulia juu chini kuna moto.”

Storm

Chidzuga and Mungatana, in 2016 were forced to address rumours that Mwangi was a co-wife of the politician. Chidzuga released a statement denying that her hubby was planning to marry the former model.

K24’s Mwanaisha Chidzuga and Lillian Muli joke about their pregnancies (Photos)

TV girls seems to be in a rush to get pregnant this year. First it was Lillian Muli then Janet Mbugua and now K24’s Mwanaisha Chidzuga.

Lillian Muli and Janet Mbugua are expecting their second babies while Mwanaisha Chidzuga is expecting her fourth. The K4 anchor is married to former cabinet minister Danson Mungatana and they have three beautiful girls.

Lillian Muli shows her baby bump
Milk date

Mwanaisha Chidzuga flaunted her baby bump on social media and everyone was impressed. Lillian Muli was among the people who commented on her post and she said they was missing her dearly. (Lillian and Chidzuga both worked at KTN).

Chidzuga promises to take Lillian out on a date to catch up. She jokingly says that they will only drink water and milk during their date.

Mwanaisha Chidzuga flaunts her baby bump

 

 

Mwanaisha Chidzuga embroiled in a vicious fight with KOT in a bid to defend her husband’s reputation

Mwanaisha Chidzuga caught a major one after KOT discussed her husband. The K24 anchor faced off with tweeps who dragged Danson Mungatana’s name through the mud.

The drama started when ODM blogger Disembe Dikembe said that Mungatana had become desperate to get any job. The former assistant minister is seeking a clerical job at Tana River county assembly.

Danson Mungatana and Mwanaisha Chidzuga

Mungatana had previously applied for the position of Chief Legal officer in Meru County. Chidzuga’s husband sought these jobs after losing Tana River governor seat.

Only Raila can save Mungatana

Disembe said only Raila can save Mungatana’s dying political career. His tweets rubbed Mwanaisha Chidzuga the wrong way and she decided to respond.

 

“At this point in time, the only human being who can rescue the political career of Danson Mungatana from oblivion is RAILA ODINGA. He is the man with God’s heart to forgive and help, again and again. Long live Baba,” Dikembe tweeted.

 

“Hey fool idleness is a disease we are hiring at our company I know njaanuary is real and any hit or like will earn u something to survive. Wacha kujiwaste kwa umbea na kusambaza uvumi njoo nikupe kazi hata kama in kukuna Nazi au kuchonga viazi,” Mwanaisha Chidzuga responded to Dikembe’s tweets.

The drama continued as KOT joined the conversation. Tweeps fired at Mwanaisha Chidzuga and she fired back at critics as well.

Beautiful: Former Garsen MP Danson Mungatana spending some quality ‘daddy-daughter’ moments!

KTN news anchor Mwanaisha Chidzuga has left many excited to see her daughter having a good time with her daddy after sharing a few photos of Danson Mungatana having fun with their youngest daughter.

Also read: 6 couples that have proven celebrity marriages can work!

This being one of the rare moments she shares on her social media pages we now have every reason to believe that her husband has a good relationship with their children despite being the second wife as revealed by several news outlets in the country.

In the pictures, Danson Mungata is seen holding on to his daughter as she makes herself comfortable on what looks like a crafted wild beast. Mwanaisha on the other hand shared the photos through her Instagram where she captioned saying:

#Fatheranddaughtermoments

Checkout the photos below;

Danson Mungatana having fun with their youngest daughter
Danson Mungatana having fun with their youngest daughter
Danson Mungatana with his youngest daughter
Danson Mungatana with his youngest daughter
Danson Mungatana with his youngest daughter

Mwanaisha Chidzuga’s husband and mother lose Governor and Women Rep seats in Coast

It’s a double loss for K24 anchor Mwanaisha Chidzuga whose husband Danson Mungatana and mother Zainab Chidzuga lost elections in their respective counties.

Danson Mungatana, who was eyeing Tana River governor seat on Kenya Patriots Party (KPP), lost to ODM candidate Dhadho Gaddae Godhana.

Mwanaisha Chidzuga with her husband Danson Mungatana

IEBC interim results shows Mungatana is a distant fourth trailing Godhana with over 13,700 votes in 304 out of 307 polling stations; Dhadho Gaddae Godhana (ODM) 25,663 (29.58%), Danson Buya Mungatana (KPP) 11,209  (12.92%).

Mwanaisha’s mother, who contested for Kwale Women Representative seat on a Jubilee ticket, is trailing ODM’s Zuleikha Juma Hassan with over 32, 600 votes in 588 out of 612 polling stations.

Mwanaisha Chidzuga with her mother Zainab Chidzuga

Zuleikha Juma Hassan is leading with 83,510 votes which represents 47.36% of the votes cast while Zainab Kalekye Chidzuga is second with 50, 822 (28.82%).

 

Mwanaisha Chidzuga and Gidi Gidi give Dennis Itumbi a dressing-down over shocking IEBC voter registration anomaly

IEBC announced that voters could verify their registration details by sending their ID number to 70000. Kenyans tried sending random numbers like 0, 3 etc and they were shocked to find that those numbers had been registered.

There was uproar on social media on Thursday June 29th after netizens discovered shocking anomalies in IEBC voter registration. Kenyans shared screenshots of the results they got after sending random single or two digit numbers to 70000.

IEBC rectified the anomaly as claims of rigging started amounting on social media. Jubilee blogger Dennis Itumbi sent random number to 70000 later after IEBC had rectified the error, his intention was to discredit the anomaly ever existed.

“Checking basic Facts and calling out the liars. Just sent 0 to the IEBC Verification portal. ..the response attached,” Dennis Itumbi posted on IG.

His post drew criticisms from IG users who blasted him for blind loyalty and defending what had been proved to be true. K24 anchor Mwanaisha Chidzuga and Radio Jambo presenter Gidi Gidi also gave Itumbi a dressing-down.

“No Itumbi they just brought it down I myself thought it was a hoax then sent the sms with 0 then 66 then 11 and got the sms with voters names polling station etc I can forward them to u..So kindly we are not just lying or spreading rumours as u claim bt geniune concerns.IEBC and the government should now address the issues raised by kenyans to avoid doubt or politicians using this as ammunition to discredit the whole process..Good PR also includes accepting there was a challenge but plans or processes are underway to sort it out.Dont take. Dont take the trust and faith that Kenyans have for granted one day itaisha so pls can IEBC clean the register as promised retain their credibility and trust of Kenyans that they can deliver fair elections Its nt abt Jubilee or Nasa or independent issues this is abt KENYA and whoever wins the election let it be seen by all Kenyans that he won fairly…” Mwanaisha Chidzuga wrote.

“It doesn’t help to lie Itumbi let IEBC accept the mistakes n correct it. We all love this country and it doesn’t argue well when u or jubilee as one of the players in the elections is always seen as the only side supporting IEBC even when they do something wrong,” wrote Gidi Gidi.

 

Mwanaishi Chidzuga slams Uchumi for food ‘poisoning’

Ex KTN’s Swahili news anchor Mwanaisha Chidzuga is one unhappy woman with Uchumi supermarket’s bakery after they sold her a bitter cake for her daughter’s birthday.

Through her social media pages the lady wrote a lengthy message as she called out the Uchumi supermarket located at Capital Centre for being careless.

According to her, instead of the cake being sweet – it turned out being bitter and has now caused a severe soar throat on her daughter who is also suffering from stomach upsets.

She wrote saying;

“Attention ladies and gentlemen I got this cake for my daughter’s birthday yesterday paid all the costs at Uchumi supermarket Capital Centre…took the cake to school for my daughter and she was happy coz of the decorations and the red velvet cake is what she had asked for…I am saying this with a lot of sadness because Uchumi Super Market bakery in their wisdom or lack of it decided to mess up with the taste. The cake instead of being sweet it was very bitter actually it tasted like quinine .I wonder what they were trying to do with the cake. For God’s sake don’t u guys taste the cake and the icing sugar before presenting it? What if the mixture turned out to be something poisonous kwani mnataka kuniulia watoto? Kama hamtaki kuuza au kupeana service nzuri si mfunge basi badala ya kutufanyia”

She concluded by saying;

“Now I hv to sort my daughters feelings and also treat a sore throat and stomach upsets she got from eating the cake.#ShameOn Uchumi”