NTV General Manager Linus Kaikai is set to address staff from the Nation Media Group Broadcasting Division this afternoon.
This comes a day after Business Today exclusively reported that he leaving NTV after falling out with Editor-in-Chief Tom Mshindi last month over the coverage of the mock swearing-in of NASA leader Raila Odinga as the ‘People’s President’ at Uhuru Park, Nairobi.
In a communication to staff, Kaikai said the meeting, would also be attended by Acting Group Chief Executive Officer Stephen Gitagama and Group Human Resources Director David Kiambi, will start at 3pm. Curiously, Mshindi, will not be attending the meeting.
“You are all invited to a meeting of the broadcasting staff today Wednesday 28th February 2018 at 3PM in the NTV Newsroom on the 5th Floor. The acting GCEO, the GHRD and myself will address the meeting. Please attend,” he wrote.
It is expected that he will make a major announcement on his fate at NTV and his next move. According to our sources, he is headed to Royal Media Services to take over from Farida Karoney as the Chief Operations Officer.
In recent changes at Nation Centre, Kaikai appeared to have been sidelined following the appointment of Pamela Asigi as NTV Editor reporting directly to Mshindi.
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Kaikai, who holds a Masters Degree in Journalism from the University of Westminster, in London United Kingdom, initially worked for the Kenya Television Network (KTN) until June 1999. He then spent 8 years working at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) rising through the ranks from correspondent to Bureau Chief. He returned to KTN in 2007 as Managing Editor in charge of Quality and Product Development. He spent two years at KTN before taking up his current posting at NTV.
More to follow.
