This archive report was first published on 18 September 2019.
On a fateful day in 2007/08, Sheila Kwamboka witnessed the devastating effects of post-election violence while working as a reporter for K24 TV.
She recalled the experience in an interview with SDE, stating that she saw things she had never seen before, including many dead bodies and unimaginable violence.
‘I was part of the guys who started at K24 with other awesome presenters…but I knew very quickly I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t go to school to be a journalist. It’s just something that showed up while I was in campus and I went coz I’m the kind of person that always believes in grinding.’
Sheila, a Vybez Radio presenter, continued, ‘So when the K24 opportunity appeared I did it and then I covered post-election violence. Terrible. It was very traumatic, I saw so many dead bodies, I saw anger and violence in Kenya in ways that I had never experienced because I was born and raised in Nairobi.’
Her experience had a profound impact on her, and she eventually quit the job to pursue other interests.
‘I wanted to tell people stories, I wanted to give people an opportunity to tell Kenyans stories that’s not necessarily politics. That’s why I stopped,’ she said.
