Renowned Kiswahili Radio presenter Alex Mwakideu marked 20 years in the Broadcasting Industry with an exquisite party.
Mwakideu who is currently working at Radio 47 threw a major party at the Sarit Centre Alloy Lounge on November 20, to celebrate his broadcasting journey.
Among those invited were Wilbroda aka Nyaminde, Mwende Macharia, Jalango, Mca Tricky, King Kaka, Dr Ofweneke, Oga Obinna, Vijana Barubaru, and Churchill.
Mwakideu narrated that for the 20 years the broadcasting has been rewarding in as much as there have been struggles.
“Let me tell you as a presenter, when you get a new presenter, and are told you are now working with this person, you have been brought for someone like Jalas or MCA Tricky, and instructed to start with this one, you begin by quarreling and fighting. People dont know but behind the scenes, kuna vita sana by the way. It feels good, it feels amazing. Two decades is not a joke. So it feels really good to celebrate today. To see my people around here, it feels really amazing,” Mwakideu said.
According to him, didn’t study Journalism, so for him to land these major jobs was unexpected but wonderful.
“Getting into media, we were doing commercials for the radio. I was an actor since I was a young boy, so we were doing commercials, acting tunalipwa sh5k per month, and then I started reading,” the radio host explained.
Moreover, he credits his success to his strictness.
“Sipendangi ujinga, the peopel I have worked with can tell you, we used to fight after almost every show. “
Makideu also disclosed that Jalang’o was among the co-host he had the most difficult time with sharing a platform.
“Hasikii he used to give me a hard time hasikii na anajiamini tu.”mwakideu noted.
