Before joining the international media house, BBC, Ferdinand Omondi worked for a number of local media houses including Citizen TV.
Before his foray into journalism, Omondi starred in Tahidi High portraying Mule - a mischievous yet charming student in the show.
In a recent YouTube interview on Jikoni time with Obayi in the segment ''On My Couch", the journalist opened up on his rise through the media industry and his reign at the popular show.
He noted that he enjoyed acting in the show but when he landed a spot as a reporter at Citizen TV some conflicting aspects made him chose between the two.
"When I was confirmed at Citizen TV as a reporter, I was still acting at Tahidi High and there was a clash between Mule the character and myself as the media personality," he told the host Patrick Obayi.
He added that in addition to the public perception, there was also a conflict of the schedules as days he was meant to shoot the show he was also expected to report for the station and his editors made him choose between the two.
"I did not want to leave Tahidi High but there was an ultimatum and I had to quit the show," he stated.
Omondi noted that he wanted to leave the show on a high as he had been nominated for an award the years Chaguo La Teeniz Awards but that did not materialize.
"When I left the pay was increased to Ksh10,000 an episode from the Ksh3,000 which we used to earn when I was at the show," he observed.
Omondi went on to be a reporter at Citizen TV for three years before he was laid off in a restructuring at the station.
He thereafter moved to NTV where he was the designated Coast Region reporter for the media house. He was later poached by KTN in the same capacity.
The journalist later applied for a job at BBC where he was successful, initially serving as the Coast correspondent before he was moved to the Nairobi Bureau.
"At BBC, I wanted to be forgotten by the masses for a while, especially with the media celebrity culture in the country," he stated.
