This archive report was first published on 15 July 2019.
Former Citizen TV news anchor Jacque Maribe's career has been marked by a meteoric rise and a sudden fall. In 2017, she received a Head of State commendation for her journalism, covering the Jubilee Party during an extended electioneering period.
However, her fortunes took a drastic turn after she was placed in a difficult situation. Having requested a day off for personal reasons, the surfacing of photos that showed her in the company of an arrested Dennis Itumbi at Muthaiga Police Station seemed not sufficient excuse to have taken some time off from work.
According to an insider, the whole drama surrounding the viral photos which saw Maribe leap to the morale aid of her pal Dennis Itumbi proved to be the final straw that forced her bosses' hands. The photos, which were widely shared on social media, seemed to have finally condemned her.
Maribe's association with Itumbi, who was an ever-present shadow supporting her during her own time of arrest last year when she was caught up in the Monica Kimani murder case, seemed to have been the reason for her downfall. The whole drama meant that any appearance would also have generated whispers and conversations, making it a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't.
As such, the former Citizen TV and K24 journalist seems to have been dealt a bad hand. The photos that surfaced seemed to have been the final nail in the coffin of her career at Citizen TV.
