Bonnie Musambi Leaving KBC After 14 Years

Media personality Bonnie Musambi at KBC studios in Nairobi, Kenya.
Media personality Bonnie Musambi at KBC studios in Nairobi, Kenya.
Courtesy Bonnie Musambi

Media personality Bonnie Musambi announced that he will be leaving the state broadcaster, Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC), in January 2022.

Musambi, who hosts the Zinga show on KBC Radio Taifa stated that he is ready to leave the government-owned media house for greener pastures. He made the announcement on Saturday, December 11.

Sources who spoke to Kenyans.co.ke revealed that Musambi is eyeing a political seat in the 2022 General Election

The source further stated that the media personality is looking to vie for a parliamentary seat in Kitui County.

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Bonnie Musambi, a news anchor, radio host and journalist attached to KBC.
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Notably, Musambi will also be putting his media skills to greater use at Sang'u FM, a radio station he opened with his wife, Betty Musambi.

The duo plans on build up Sang'u FM, which is also available on online platforms.

The revered journalist hosts the morning radio show dubbed Zinga La Asubuhi alongside Cynthia Anyango and also reads prime-time news on KBC Channel 1 TV.

Sang'u FM was operating online from June 2020 but it was later licensed by the Communications Authority of Kenya to start broadcasting on the FM frequencies.

Musambi will be joining other media personalities who have announced their interest in vying for political positions in 2022. Apart from the KBC radio presenter, others who have expressed interest include Jacque Maribe, Felix Odiwuor alias Jalang'o and Alex Mwakideu.

Other media personalities have also sought to set the record straight about their future in politics.

In an exclusive interview with Kenyans.co.ke in December 2019, Citizen TV news anchor Jeff Koinange disclosed that he would not want to be an elected leader, despite numerous reports that he might be interested in vying for a political seat.

"Who is going to vote for me? I drive down Uhuru Highway and I put my windows down and the guys who sell the newspaper say, 'Hi Jeff, why don't you vie for a seat sometime?'

"Then one of the men in the group will say, who is going to vote for him? Who is going to read the news for us?" Jeff wondered.

KTN news anchor, Ken Mijungu, also told Kenyans.co.ke that he was also not aspiring for a seat in the coming elections. He stated that business would not go well with politics.

Media personality Bonnie Musambi at KBC studio in Nairobi, Kenya.
Media personality Bonnie Musambi at KBC studio in Nairobi, Kenya.
Courtesy Bonnie Musambi