On yesterday's "Jicho Pevu" which investigated the death of
George Saitoti, Mohammed Ali tried to make a link between the Artur
brothers and Saitoti's death. The Jicho Pevu crew conveniently used the
attached photo to describe the Arturs, which shows Ciku Muiruri getting
extra friendly with Artur Margaryan.
The irony of this all is that Ciku hosts a show called "Busted" in
which she attempts to expose people's extra-marital shenanigans(by the
way, we found out for sure that "Busted" is fake). Seems like Ciku has had shenanigans of her own as well.
They say what we do in the past can sometimes come up to haunt us. I'm sure Ciku Muiruri thought nothing about associating with the Artur brothers. Afterall, she was at a party that they had hosted for the media.
It all came back yesterday with the Jicho Pevu bit aired on KTN. But the beautiful Ciku Muiruri
has now come out swinging to defend herself because she believes that
she was unfairly portrayed on the clip aired yesterday because she
asserts, last night's Jicho Pevu was premised on half truths. I can
understand why she has come out to defend herself by giving her side of
the equation given the fact that a Facebook page has already decided to
kill her.
Here's what the comely Classic FM presenter had to say
Yes, that was me with Atur!!!!! That's an old story, LOL! But for those of you seeing it for the first time, it was shot at a bash that the Atur brothers threw for the media back in the day when their activities in Kenya were still a mystery. I was then the Editor of Pulse magazine of the Standard newspaper. Aware that I was attending said bash, was my boss, the then Managing Editor of the Standard, Pamela Makotsi. I was of the opinion, when it came to the Aturs, that you catch more flies with honey than vinegar and she acquiesced. We were both vindicated, albeit I was in a different media house by then, when I eventually landed the interview of decade. More on that in a bit. Back to the bash where, standing next to me and cut out of the shot, I'm sure on purpose (Perhaps for drama? tut tut) was Eve D'Souza and Sheila Mwanyigha. Also at the bash was the then Buzz (Sunday Nation) Editor, Adhiambo Odera. Pinky Ghelani was also there and numerous others. Atur lifted me onto a counter to make space for all of us to take a picture. I don't see the relevance of putting that particular clip (of me only) in today's program unless Mohammed Ali was upset that I refused to give him Winnie Mwai's number when he called asking for it recently - Dude, you uncover numerous conspiracies and can't get a simple phone number??? :).
Curiously, this clip run on NTV, how do KTN have it?
Anyhow, Winnie is my friend, so sorry, I was not sleeping with her boyfriend. You may remember I was and still am, the only journalist who has ever gotten her to agree to an interview. This AFTER the clip ran on NTV. She knew (as did those that were present when he lifted me that day) that it was made to look like something it was not.
The exclusive interview with Winnie (after the brothers were deported) was on the easy fm breakfast show (which I hosted at the time) and was also filmed by NTV, who subsequently played it on the evening news. Funny thing is that this particular interview was also aired by Jicho Pevu a few months ago (No credit was given to easy fm or NTV or to me). Did they buy the footage or how does this work? Perhaps I should investigate Jicho Pevu myself. Mohammed Ali, please investigate this media bash further and get the original raw footage that has ALL the journalists and radio presenters that were in the shot. Half truths should not be allowed on a program that seeks to have a reputation for uncovering the entire truth. And the next time you run an interview that neither you nor your media house did, perhaps you can CREDIT your source? The name is Ciku Muiruri. Thank you, doll.