They may never have stepped into any journalism class nor dreamt about being radio kingpins but life is full of twists let alone surprises.
Among the top 5 highest paid radio presenters in Kenya,no one of them have any journalism background and for those who reached tertiary level in education,they never took journalism.
Below is the list of the radio presenters from different radio stations and the amount of money they supposedly earn per month;
#5) Q FM’S MUNENE NYAGAH EARNS SH. 300,000
He is known by his unique way of laughing and he oftenly makes his female listeners to melt with his sense of humor.
He initially worked with the then nation fm radio before it was rebranded to easy fm.He currently works with Q fm as a breakfast Presenter and Head of Radio 94.4 QFM.He hosts Kamusi Ya Changamka Show Saturdays on QTV.
Munene Nyagah made headlines way back in April 2009 when his journey of hard work culminated into a work of art and a life-long dream realized.Munene built a luxurious eight-bedroom mansion in Athi River’s Sabaki Estate which costed him a whooping Kshs 15 million!
#4) KISS 100’S KALEKKYE MUMO EARNS SH. 300,000
The ‘big’ but beautiful Radio Queen,Kalekye Mumo,currently works as a radio co-host with Shaffie Weru atKISS100 fm morning breakfast show.She does a variety of stuff and she might be making more other than her monthly salary.
She is TV host,actress,musician,business woman,fashionista just to name but a few.She did International Diplomacy at USIU…
#3) RADIO JAMBO’S MBUSII EARNS SH. 600,000
Mbusii is a clear epitome of hardwork,persistence and pure talent,his education background is little known because he merely went to school.
He was initially working at Ghetto radio before being poached by Radio Africa Media Group with a mammothsalary in the regions of Ksh.600,000.
Do you need to study journalism to be a radio presenter?Mbusii has a perfect answer for you…
#2) CLASSIC 105’S MWALIMU KING’ANG’I A.K.A CHURCHILL EARNS SH. 1 MILLION
Daniel Ndambuki a.k.a Churchill is known by the names Mwalimu King’ang’i in CLASSIC105 fm’s breakfast show.
He co-hosts the show with Maina Kageni and he was hired with the sole purpose of cracking listener’s ribs.He is a Comedian by profession and he never disappoints as we all know
#1) CLASSIC 105’S MAINA KAGENI EARNS SH. 1.8 MILLION
Classic 105 fm radio Presenter,Maina Kageni, is without a doubt one of the most popular radio presenters in Kenya.
This can be proved by the number of listeners,especially female listeners,who tune in to his morning show that he hosts alongside Mwalimu King’ang’i.
He was previously earning Ksh 1 million but his bosses decided to add him the extra Ksh 800,000 after Mediamax tried to poach him.