Former Citizen TV Reporter Enock Sikolia revealed that upon leaving Citizen TV, Cabinet Secretaries, politicians, and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) stopped responding to his calls. The journalist highlighted that despite having previously built strong connections with leaders in both the political and corporate spheres, they started ignoring him once he departed from his position at Citizen TV. Mr. Sikolia left Citizen after working there for two years and joined an international media house CTGN Africa where he not only covers stories about Kenya but the entire African countries.
"That time I remember had a discussion with a certain person who told me 'my colleague, my friend Enock once you leave the people you talk to, the Cabinet Secretaries, the Principal Secretaries, politicians, the CEOs that you talk to will stop picking your calls'. And I am telling you it is the truth because when I left some of the politicians I truly considered my friends, the ones who would call me even at night when they had an issue, I thought probably I was on their speed dials, but shock on me when I left some of them stopped picking calls even up to date. But that is an issue that doesn't bother me much," Sikolia said.
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Enock Sikolia shared his experience after leaving Citizen TV in 2020 during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Addressing the situation on his YouTube channel, Sikolia clarified that he willingly resigned from Citizen TV and was not terminated. His decision to leave the network was driven by the opportunity to join China's CTGN Africa.
"Sometime in July 2020 and the Covid pandemic is here, many things are happening there were a lot of lockdowns here and there and then one morning I walk into the office of the Human Resource (HR) manager at Citizen TV holding a brown envelope and I tendered my resignation. The Human Resource manager looked at me and she was like why? She wondered why because truthfully I was at the best media house, I was enjoying my career. I was growing up as a journalist, I had the best managers in terms of news management - talk of Linus Kaikai, talk of Joe Ageyo, talk of Pamela Asigi, talk of Jamila Mohamed…," Sikolia said.
The journalist went on to disclose that when he submitted his resignation letter, the management at Citizen TV was reluctant to see him leave.
"One thing that I wanted to address was that some people said I was sacked, so I wasn't sacked I am the one who tendered the resignation and I remember Citizen did not want me to go, they wanted me to stay," Sikolia said.
"Deep in my heart I had already made the decision that I was moving and I was leaving Citizen TV. I remember we had several meetings with Joe Ageyo who was my boss, he was the editorial director at Citizen TV. He really wanted me to remain because we were coming up with several documentaries, series," he added.
Sikolia further explained that his decision to leave Citizen TV and join CTGN Africa was driven by his desire to delve into international journalism and gain new experiences in that domain.
"I wanted to experience international journalism. I had worked at NTV for six years, worked at K24 for four months, Citizen for two years - a combined more than eight years experience working on the local platforms," he said.
