NTV maestro journalist, Muraya Kariuki, on Tuesday resigned from his flamboyant position as head of news in the station.
The move came as a surprise to a majority of people including journalists based at the Kimathi street-based station.
However, it is not clear whether the newsmaker resigned or was fired by his bosses. An insider source claimed that it was customary for NTV to ask its employees to resign, especially when fired, so as to paint a good picture of the company.
Muraya had worked as the head of news for one year and three months, and as an assignments editor and producer collectively for five years and 10 months.
This occurrence follows a recent resignation of the stations Managing Director, Alex Kobia, who is set to leave the station this coming Thursday.
Kobia will be replaced on an acting capacity by Head of TV, Justus Tharao until a suitable candidate fills the position.
NTV’s transfers also resulted in the appointment of Joseph Warungu, who served at BBC as the head of African News and Current Affairs Department for 20 years. Warungu is to serve as the Consulting Editor at the station.
The newsmaker could not hide his excitement in joining the Kimathi street-based media house as reported by Daily Nation.
"This is an exciting challenge to pick on and there is a real opportunity for NTV to do well.
"NTV is the home of news and current affairs and it's time to reclaim that position of championing both social and political causes, just like the newspaper," he remarked.
On the other hand, The East African Managing Editor Ochieng Rapuro also exited Nation Media for a senior position at the company’s rival, Standard Group.
The unlikely event took place just five months after being reassigned to the regional news publication from Business Daily.
However, according to insider sources, NTV's recent exits have sparked a lot of complaints among the station's reporters.
This is because the exits have resulted in promotions of most of the employees to editors thus leaving interns to handle most of the fieldwork instead of professionals.
This change was made evident in the quality of some stories the station has been producing, which according to the audience feedback, are substandard in nature.
