One of the biggest shows in Kenya, Churchill Live, is reeling after two of its main sponsors appeared to have pulled out of the show with no reason given.
If you watched the show this week, the Safaricom banners were conspicuously absent from the set while Coke brands like Novida have not been spotted on the show for two weeks now.
We are told the two giant brands had signed a contract for 23 episodes for season two but Churchill and co decided to extend the show to 32 episodes. The corporates decided not to extend as they figure out whether to continue with the top rated comedy show.
The two brands contribute a total of Sh1.2million per week for the show: Safaricom was spending some reportedly Sh750,000 while Coke was chipping in about Sh500,000. Churchill makes a reported Sh300,000 per week from the show while Eric Omondi makes Sh120,000 per month.