A large number of Kenyans remember his as the cat-video loving host of NTV's The Trend, which was started by James Smart but became the most watched Friday night show on TV with Madowo at the helm.

BBC, the global broadcaster, has finally found a permanent replacement for Larry Madowo, who left the company to join its rival CNN. Last week, BBC officially appointed Zawadi Mudibo as Business Editor Africa on permanent terms. Mr Mudibo, who was among three Kenyans billed to...

"It’s easy to criticise other journalists’ African reporting from the comforts of America, but I chose to come back, so the audience can hold me accountable to the same standards I preached," the journalist noted.

At the start of May, Health Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe revealed that the government had allocated Ksh7 billion for the acquisition of vaccines from various manufacturers to avoid the challenges and delays currently in play.

Madowo most recently served as the BBC’s North America Correspondent in Washington, D.C., covering major U.S. news stories including the Covid-19 outbreak, the 2020 presidential election and the protests following the death of George Floyd and the trial of Derek Chauvin. He also was a fill-in anchor for the network’s flagship BBC World News America show that airs globally and on PBS stations across the United States. This assignment marks a return to Nairobi for the Kenyan-born Madowo, who started his broadcasting career at Kenya Television Network at the age of 20.

During the one-year transition period, Mudibo, Peter Wakaba and Clare Muthengi led the Business team on rotation.