Former Citizen TV Swahili editor Shisia Wasilwa has been hired as the Programme Editor in charge of KTN’s Swahili desk, as part of Standard Group’s changes aimed at strengthening its editorial team.
Wasilwa, who has been working as a freelance reporter with BBC and Deutsche Welle, joins KTN at a time when the station is firming up its team ahead of the 9th August general elections, after losing a number of anchors and editors to rivals.
Wasilwa left Citizen TV in October 2016 during the massive layoff that saw the broadcaster drop prominent names including anchors such as Terryanne Chebet, Kirigo Ng’arwa and veteran radio presenter Anunda Sakwa.
Shisia Wasilwa has become an authority in Kiswahili language and literature, and authored three Kiswahili books – Dunia Tambara Bovu for form 1 and form 2 approved by the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), Makovu ya Uhai nominated for Mabati Cornell Literature Awards 2018 and Kengeza La Jasiri.
He holds a BA journalism degree from Presbyterian University of East Africa, a diploma in mass communication from KIMC and currently studying Masters in digital journalism at the Aga Khan University.
