Former K24 sport anchor Tony Kwalanda has joined Red Cross owned station Switch TV, days after being fired.
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Another fired K24 Journalist joins Switch TV
This comes days after Switch TV unveiled a new team of news anchors
Tony Kwalanda with Shiksha Arora and a colleague
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In a tweet, Kwalanda indirectly announced that he was headed to the South C placed Media house, that as so far received a number of journalists who were recently laid-off at K24 and Royal Media Services.
“TONY KWALANDA is switchING to which TV station?” Kwalanda posed a rhetoric question to his followers.
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Sports Center
Reports indicate that Kwalanda will be hosting a sports show dubbed Sports Center starting July 13th, 2020 (Monday) from 8pm to 9pm.
Kwalanda worked at K24 for a period of 11 years before he was affected by the recent retrenchment that saw hundreds of employees declared jobless.
“I am switching to another station and taking sports to a whole new level. Thank you K24 for the 11 years of GREAT experience. WATCH THIS SPACE FOR MY NEXT MOVE!!!” said Kwalanda in his exit message.
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New Team at Switch TV
On Tuesday, Switch TV unveiled a new team of news anchors, days after some of its top presenters were poached by K24 TV.
Those who were introduced include; Frederick Muitiriri (Formerly at Inooro TV), Nancy Onyancha (formerly at K24), Hadiya Mwasiwa, Joel Chacha and Emmanuel Terer.
“@switchtvkenya is excited to introduce the new faces of Switch TV News. Meet the fearless @FredMuitiriri, resilient @OnyanchaNancy, daring Hadiya Mwasiwa, bold @joelchacham and tenacious @tereremmanuel21,” said Switch TV.
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