Shaffie Weru in fresh attack at Radio Africa after sacking incident
Renowned radio host Shaffie Weru has again called out his former employer Radio Africa for terminating his contract.
In an interview on the Trend show which is aired weekly on NTV, Shaffie suggested that even though he might have made a mistake, two wrongs do not make a right and him being fired was wrong.
Recalling how he was suspended reportedly on Twitter, Shaffie said there would have been proper measures to help them understand where they went wrong and change the narrative when on radio.
“That whole drama around it. How it was handled by the management of the station at that time and how we got dismissed, it did not help anybody,” he pointed out.
He added: People thought our getting fired would resolve the issue but no. We were the guys who were supposed to be put there as ambassadors. I expected us to be taken to training, and counseling centers with victims to know more about domestic abuse.”
Stating how everything played out changed the trajectory of his life, Shaffie acknowledged his mistake saying whatever he did was wrong.
“I totally understand everything that happened and I have sat down for the two years out there thinking and understanding.”
He added, “First that particular time and that particular moment we were having that conversation with three men in the studio, and how we handled the apology after was a bit messed up. This is because we did not come to a point of understanding the mood because very many things were happening.”
Explaining that at the time they held that conversation on the radio, a lot of such incidences had happened, Shaffie said that they would have halted the discussions instead of jumping on the bandwagon.
“A lot of these femicide cases were happening. That was the time many people were agitating and pushing for violence against women to stop. We were people in power and position and could have changed the narrative but we did not do it right.”
Taking the blame on behalf of his co-presenter Beville and DJ Joe Mfalme, Shaffie said that since he was the more senior of the two, he would have steered the conversation in another direction.
Shaffie and his colleagues courted trouble during his stint at Homeboyz radio when a video recording of them making insensitive sentiments on the plight of Eunice Wangari Wakimbi, who was pushed off the 12th floor of a building by a man she met on Facebook, surfaced online.
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