Clout or change of heart? Alex Mwakideu to remain at Milele FM
Famed radio presenter Alex Mwakideu has made an abut turn and announced he will remain at Milele FM.
The announcement comes hours after the popular swahili presenter said he was leaving the station after a five year stint.
The decision to stay, Mwakideu explained, was arrived at after he had engaged his bosses.
He further hinted his departure had been arrived at following a difference in ideas with his employer.
“Thank you for all the phone calls and text messages, we had a small misunderstanding, which has been sorted,” he wrote on Instagram.
Nairobi News announcement the dispute touched on his contract.
“We had a slight misunderstanding which has been sorted. So now we are good to go.”
Popular radio presenter Alex Mwakideu has announced his departure from Milele FM.
Earlier, the eloquent presenter shocked his fan base when he announced his decision to move on.
In a short message on his socials, Mwakideu stopped short of announcing the reasons for his departure but thanked the listeners for their continous support.
“It’s been 5 years ndani ya Milele FM. NIME ENJOY! Let me say AHSANTE SANA to you, the Listener, because without you, hakuna radio! You are the reason we do this thing called Radio,” Mwakideu said in an emotional social media post.
He also asked his followers to second guess his next move.
“Thank you all. Page closed. Onto the next one! Guess tunaenda wapi next.”
Mwakideu joined Milele FM in 2018 from Radio Maisha, where he had worked for eight years.
He doubles up as head of Radio at Milele FM.
He boasts relative experience in the media industry with the highlight being his collaboration with Felix Odiwuor aka Jalang’o at Radio Maisha and Milele FM.
Jalang’o is the current Langata lawmaker.
After Jalang’o departure, Mwakideu worked with MCA Tricky as his co-host, and later on Jackline Nyaminde aka Wilbroda.
The radio presenter is a German-trained journalist, courtesy of the famed Deutsche Welle programme, a background that initially landed him a job at Baraka FM in Mombasa, where he worked for almost ten years.
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