Citizen TV reveals news anchor set to replace Victoria Rubadiri 

NTV news anchor Olive Burrows set to replace Victoria Rubadiri at Citizen TV 

According to the latest reports, Citizen TV has poached NTV news anchor OIive Burrows to replace the departing Victoria Rubadiri who is set to join her former colleague Larry Madowo as an African correspondent at the Warner Media-owned CNN.

Burrows is currently serving notice and will debut at Citizen TV in the next month, adding to the star-studded array of news anchors employed by Royal Media Services.

Olive Burrows, who joined Nation Media Group in May 2018 from Capital FM, has been a permanent fixture on Kenyan screens, building a profile for herself by hosting the morning talk show AM Live and presenting prime-time news.

In addition, Citizen TV is also grappling with how best to replace its departed talent.

For instance, replacing Chemutai Goin and Hassan Mugambi who joined the government as communications specialists in National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula’s Office and The Ministry of Defence has become a conundrum.

According to reports, Citizen TV has sounded out NTV’s political reporter Melita Ole Tenges to replace Goin.

It is expected that prizing away Tenges from the Twin Towers won’t present much of a headache since moving to Citizen, on overall, presents a better opportunity for political reporters both in terms of career growth and the financial package involved.

To replace Mugambi, however, will be much harder. Sources have revealed that Citizen has expressed interest in NTV’s Special Projects, Crimes, and Investigations reporter Brian Obuya.

While NTV is likely to let Tenges leave without kicking up much of a fuss, Nation will be reluctant to let Obuya leave, since NMG is banking on its Crime and Investigations desk to make its paywall strategy work and pull numbers to its content website.

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NTV is currently re-engineering all its editorial programs, in an effort to make them more competitive in the current broadcast media landscape.

Reports add that NMG has put out all stops to stop its talent within the Crime and Investigations desk from leaving as it transitions into what it considers the next frontier.

Currently, NMG’s Special Projects, Crimes, and Investigations desk comprises of; Alex Ndegwa (Editor), Duncan Khaemba (reporter), Ibrahim Karanja (reporter and standby news anchor), Ngina Kirori (reporter), Brian Wasuna (reporter- PRINT) and Brian Obuya (reporter).

As this happens, sources have confided that Citizen is determined to get Crime and Investigations talent, whatever the cost. 

Besides setting its sights on NMG talent, sources have also confided that Citizen TV has identified KTN reporter Emmanuel Too as a good fit to take up a political reporter position.

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