When Janet Mbugua went on air to read news on 800,000 shillings-a-month-pay on Citizen TV, Kenyans thought that was the end of pyramid earnings. And somehow, they reached a conclusion that she could remain the highest paid TV anchor ever in Kenya. They were wrong!
Now rumors are fire spreading on Kenyan streets that former TV news queen could be coming back to a local TV station with a bang. She is soon to go air on Ksh 930,000 a month.
News that Timberlake (nee Arunga) is joining a local TV station on Ksh 930,000 shillings a month is to shine spotlight on how media owners in Kenya are willing to go to win/retain viewers and advertisers. This is to raise queries whether media houses are ignoring the go-slow seeking better pay staff and hook media legends or just a commercial bait meant to create stiff competition against the well oiled international giant houses raiding the country.
If confirmed, she will replace Kenya’s highest paid TV newsreader Janet Mbugua, who is only months old at Citizen TV.
Before she left in 2010, she worked with KTN and Capitol FM stations. Esther, together with Citizen TV’s Lilian Muli-Kanene (on a 255,000 shillings salary), used to be quite popular news girls on Kenyan TV in 2008/2009. She studied in Kenya and Australia. She’s a BA degree holder in Communication and Bachelor of Law from Wollongong University in Australia. She’s currently pursuing an online Master Degree in Law studies at Wollongong University.
Esther Arunga’s name was officially changed to Esther Timberlake when she married to a businessman cum politician Quincy Timberlake and they’ve been blessed with a handsome son, Sinclair.
Esther could be running for a political office next year. It is not yet established whether she could be campaigning as a Senator or a MP.
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