Wachira Waruru is the Group Managing Director of Royal Media Services which owns Citizen TV, Inooro TV and 12 other radio stations.
In September this year, under his supervision, the station’s elite investigative reporters Asha Mwilu and Waihiga Mwaura exposed brazen corruption that cost the Maasai Mara University approximately Ksh190 million.
Vice-Chancellor Mary Walingo was kicked sent on compulsory leave on Wednesday, September 11, soon after the damning exposé on Citizen TV.
David Ndii is Managing Director of Africa Economics. He rose to the national limelight after he caused a stir by posting a controversial document titled “petition for self- determination,” credited to be behind the secession calls.
David Ndii co-founded the Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya’s first independent policy think tank. He advised the NARC administration on the Economic Recovery Strategy (ERS) credited with the post-2003 recovery of the Kenyan economy.
Lady Justice Grace Mumbi Ngugi is a judge of the High Court of Kenya and co-founder of the Albinism Foundation for East Africa.
The foundation comprises people with albinism, parents of children with albinism and professional friends with an interest in the rights of persons living with albinism. Aside from being a renowned author, she is also known for scooping a number of awards.
She was awarded the 2018 CB Madan Award in an annual ceremony organized by the Platform Magazine and Strathmore Law School.
Human Rights Activist, Okiya Omtatah Okoiti, is not a lawyer by profession, but many see him as the country’s public defender number one because he has filed some of the biggest public interest cases that have shaped the economy and political landscape.
His quest for a just society has seen him get into trouble with law enforcers, persevering beatings and lockups. At one point in 2012, he lost four incisors after an attack that was blamed on hired goons.
Kilonzo Junior is the current Senator for Makueni County Government ,an advocate of the High court of Kenya, a certified public secretary and an Associate of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Kenya Branch). He is a member and vice chair of the Wiper Democratic Movement and was elected as the second Senator of Makueni County on the WDM-K ticket in a by-election in July 2013, after the demise of his father Mutula Kilonzo and is currently serving his second term since his election in August 2017.
Esther Muthoni Passaris is a skilled marketing and public relations professional with over 20 years’ experience. As an entrepreneur, she has successfully conceptualised, started and nurtured two businesses, establishing them to grow and become trendsetters in their respective segments, namely Adopt A Light and Shaper Images Ltd.
John Allan Namu is the CEO/Editorial Director of Africa Uncensored. He is a former features editor, reporter and crime investigator at KTN.
In 2015, he won journalist of the year at 2015 annual journalism excellence awards held by Media Council of Kenya.
He briefly worked at NTV as a Features Editor and Reporter.
Namu graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Journalism and Integrated Studies at United States International University.
Jeff Koinange is one of the most celebrated Kenyan journalists. The award-winning Citizen TV anchor is famous for his trademark golden-goose voice and hyper, outgoing personality.
He has been hosting the popular Jeff Koinange Live talk show on Citizen TV since February 2017. He is also a breakfast host alongside comedian Professor Hamo, at Hot 96 FM, an English station owned by Royal Media Services.
Koinange was one of the judges at the East Africa's Got Talent show that premiered in August 2019.
Jackson Biko is a Kenyan writer who used to write for the Business Daily, True Love magazine and The Saturday Nation.
He also edits Msafiri Magazine and Safaricom Foundation’s Msingi Magazine.
Biko is also a multiple award-winning lifestyle writer under the name Bikozulu and a social media influencer.
He writes exclusively for a living and in 2015 he was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 men in Kenya.
Hussein Mohamed is a renown media personality who was a news anchor at Citizen TV for 10 years, before leaving the Royal Media Services-owned broadcaster in October 2019.
He joined Citizen TV in 2008 and saw his career grow as he went on to become a news anchor and a top-rated political show host.
He hosted News Night on Tuesdays and previously together with Janet Mbugua hosted The Big Question on Monday’s 9 p.m.