Former K24 media personality, Rehema Majala, famously known as Remmy Majala, has bitterly recounted how she had to struggle the first time she became a news anchor.
Through her Instagram account, she said; “When I first became a News Anchor, I was nervous as hell, coming from an entertainment/lifestyle background being taken seriously was not an easy thing, there were all sorts of notions on how to present yourself and the news items and what was the industry standard..
It wasn’t a walk in the park. I wrote these notes down to remind myself of what I wanted to work on and do to improve my craft because it dawned on me, it’s not really about me, especially when you’re on that screen.
This is an old book I now smile at and realize it’s all in the journey and not really the destination, there’s always something else to be conquered but it’s the life lessons we pick up along the way.”
This comes after she made a quit from the Red cross society owned TV station, Switch TV. She left the station and has already taken up a new role with a different organization.
Reasons for her departure barely six months after she was unveiled alongside other presenters who were hired to spearhead the entertainment channel.
Prior to joining Switch TV, Remmy Majala who is a mother of two worked at Mediamax’s K24 where she hosted the Arena 254 show, which talked about Music, Media personalities and entertainment in Kenya.
While at K24, she was able to move across different departments while at K24, ranging from News Anchor, Reporter and producer and Show host.
She had worked in Media Max since the year 2008. While leaving, she said; “It’s been nine amazing years of honing my skills and growing to be the individual I have become, I have nothing but gratitude to for giving me the platform to literally wear many hats..from being a News anchor, Reporter, Producer and Show Host.
I don’t regret one experience. And the journey continues. Nothing but appreciation and gratitude.”
Remmy once worked at Homeboyz radio before getting a break on TV hosting different shows.
She is married to fellow media personality, James Obuya Smart who has been a TV presenter at KTN.
James Smart has been in the Media Industry since 2007 while Remmy has been an anchor since 2008.
It is through this media circles that the two screen sirens got an opportunity to meet and begin chemistry that culminated into marriage.
From 2007 – 2009, James Obuya Smart worked as a News Anchor at 98.4 Capital FM for a period of 2 years.
He has worked for NTV until he left in 2012. He was the brainchild of the popular show in NTV called ‘The Trend’.
After he left NTV, Larry Madowo took over, but a lot of credit goes to James for setting the stage and successfully overcoming initial difficulties.
James Smart previously narrated about one of the most embarrassing moments of your career as a journalist.
“I was working for NTV at the time and Smirti was my co-host and I had this bout of hiccups. I had done everything from drink water, holding my breath and all that to make them stop.
I was meant to be anchoring that night and there was worry that I might not execute the task, but I assured my directors that I was fine. Just when I was about to introduce the news, the hiccups came back. Smriti could not keep it together, she was in stitches. We had to hold off the bulletin for a few minutes.”
Smart briefly left KTN in 2014 and traveled to the UK where he studied International Journalism MA at Cardiff University.
He returned on air in the year 2016 before he finally resigned in the year 2017. Smart hinted about his resignation on Twitter.
Smart and Onsarigo left their fans guessing when they tweeted, one could easily tell there was something amiss at KTN from their tweets.