The populous Citizen Television with an acceptable dosage of local content and global news.is lately in the limelight for among other reasons well paid journalists. Fanatics are particularly curious about the success story of the business mogul who owns Citizen TV Kenya.
The RMS-owned free-to-air TV channel is going global with vibrant newscasters and wildfire show hosts. On top of that are favourite screen programmes among them documentaries and telenovela series. Let us focus on the one man who initiated the big dream.
RMS Boss: Who Owns Citizen TV Kenya?
Who is the founder of Citizen TV Kenya? Samuel Kamau Macharia popularly called SK Macharia is the founding owner and chairman of the Royal Media Services-owned Citizen Television.
Being squatters in Nakuru, his parents worked as casual labourers in British plantation farms. Unfortunately, his mother died when Macharia was only 5 years old.
On attaining his P3 Certificate in 1961, Macharia proceeded to work as a teacher at Gituru Primary School.
Travelling to the USA
Chosen as a beneficiary of the Kennedy Airlifts which supported Kenyan students to study in Canada and USA, Macharia embraced the chance with great dedication.
While in the US, Macharia enrolled at Seattle Technical College. He later joined Seattle Pacific University for Political Science studies and then University of Washington for a degree in Accounting.
On top of that, he completed a Masters’ Degree in Accounting and Finance before returning to Kenya in 1968 to work in the government of President Jomo Kenyatta.
He would resign from public service in 1979 to establish the Madhupaper Company, to this day renowned for Rosy tissue paper. By 1985, the firm had hired 300 employees.
Macharia and his beautiful wife Purity Gathoni have since grown the media house to include 2 televisions and 14 radio stations – the couple is blessed with 4 sons and 2 daughters.
