Julie
Gathoni Sumira Gichuru is a woman who has revolutionised the TV
industry. She sweeps our screens with an aura of confidence and carries
forward her audience in the stations she is poached from.
Many
define Julie by her looks and the little natter they have heard about
her. Others only differentiate her from the rest due to her fancy face
and doll clothes.
Citizen
TV has a calibre of reporters who swing their hips in front of your
screen before they even say their name. After reading a line in the
headlines, they move again and you are left to question if they are
reading news or they are actually the elements in news.
Julie’s
concentration is in the news as she reads it and she has severally
corrected the autocue. Lillian Muli proved to be blonde when she went
ahead to once read from the autocue ‘the Spain president’ yet it is
common knowledge that Spain is a monarchy.
Lillian
has been severally ashamed for being ill-prepared in interviews and
being grilled by the interviewers instead of vice versa. She only seems
to be good at Slimpossible and this is due to her figure hugging clothes and the public contrasting her to the thick mamas on screen.
On the other hand Sunday Live is a piece of cake for Gichuru who captures your attention of the one hour and a half show and maintains it to the end.
Julie
is 38 years old and a mother of 5 kids. The number would have been 6
but one died of choking- (kids do that when they eat and are placed in
an improper manner). In 2009, she announced she was pregnant on air
after covering a story on teen pregnancy-that’s courageous.
She
has very short hair after she shaved it while mourning her kid. What
you see on screen are well sewed hair extensions. Julie is married to
Anthony Gichuru son of tycoon Samuel Gichuru.
Samuel
is the ex head of KPLC who owns a 21 billion business empire and is
listed among the top 100 richest Kenyans. He was earlier on accused of
money laundering together with Nambale MP Chris Okemo.
Tabloids carried that Anthony Gichuru had a tendency to batter Julie back in the day.
The Pulse had leaked this story; A
top TV anchor working with a leading media house was reportedly
battered by her husband over marital differences. The endowed news
anchor has led a troubled and abusive marriage for the past four years,
according to our sources. It is claimed that her striking beauty and
popularity has made the rich husband insecure.
On
this particular evening, the husband drove all the way to her work
station to pick her. Upon getting to the car, the woman’s workmates
reportedly heard the man hauling insults at her. They then heard her
screaming for help as her irked lover charged at her. He then pulled her
to the car before speeding away.
Years
later, many still insist that it was her. In October 2011, at the Bomas
of Kenya, she denied the allegations claiming that, “My husband treats me like a flower.” She added that he is a “good father and good husband” and that she is not the type of woman to be “hit and still stay in a marriage”.
She
is not only photogenic but attractive in person. Gathoni lives close to
her father and her mum is in the USA where she has written a book on
neo-colonialism. She has worked in Capital FM, Nation, Citizen and
several NGOS such as UNICEF.
Julie
has a Masters’ Degree in Administration, International business and
world trade law. She's the digital manager at Citizen TV amongst other
roles she holds. Source:Kenyan-post