Former Trade Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) David Osiany turned up for his wife, Syombua Mwele, at the lowest point in her career after she was fired from Radio Citizen, owned by Royal Media Services (RMS).
Speaking ahead of the premier of the second season of Inuka na Syombua, Osiany revealed that he secretly built his wife a studio after she was axed in the wake of the pandemic.
Initially, thinking that she tried to pull a prank on him, he believed it when she showed him her letter of termination.
"I quickly thought: how about I marshall some resources and build this girl her own studios so that she owned her own thing rather than reporting to work for somebody else," Osiany stated.
He assembled a team including employees from his firm, Crestwood Marketing and Communications, and Syombua's friends to set up a studio.
"Calvin listed to me what we needed and the cost of cameras was crazy and I wondered how I was even going to start," he admitted.
Meanwhile, he continued to encourage his wife, who had drawn inspiration from the name of her show from one of her favorite gospel songs.
Osiany bought his wife a ring light and cameras to kickstart her journey back to radio. While she wanted to do it in the house, he reluctantly accepted as the studio construction went on as planned.
Once the studio was done, he invited her to their office where he presented her keys to the studio.
"One day he called me to the office but he detoured from his office and I wondered why. Then I saw Inuka Media; I immediately lay prostrate and said a word of prayer," Syombua stated.
The media personality then formally launched the gospel show which airs live every morning from 5 - 6.30 am on her Facebook account. It includes prayer, a sermon, and inspirational music.
Syombua was among the journalists who were laid off by the Royal Media Services (RMS) in staff reduction plans during the pandemic.
She joined Musyi FM in 2007 after graduating from the Kenya Insitute of Mass Communication (KIMC). In 2011, she won the Groove Awards.
Syombua later joined Radio Citizen where she served for 13 years until her dismissal in 2020
