Janet Mbugua has been a Kenyan personality, anchor, and actress for some time now. In her earlier years, she worked at KTN moved to Citizen before retiring. This article will focus on Janet Mbugua’s career, family, and why she retired from the media industry.
Janet Mbugua’s Humble Beginnings
Born and raised in Mombasa, Janet went to Brookhouse High School, then USIU University, before pursuing her professional studies at Malaysia’s Limkokwing University for a degree in mass communication. In her personal life, Janet is divorced from Edward, has a five-year-old son, Ethan, and has a twin brother, Timothy.
Janet’s Reasons for Retiring.
Initially, word had it that both Mbugua and Hussein were to leave the Citizen family due to salary disparities. But Jeff Koinange cleared the air that the two were part of the Citizen future, and Jeff being paid a huge salary for hosting JKL would not be a reason for any discomfort for his colleagues. Janet’s good savings to last her for six months, the burnout from her ten year non-stop working, an electioneering period ahead, and her son calling for her attention were reason enough to call quits. And she did from the media industry. As much as she enjoyed her work according to her, it was time-consuming and involving. These made her consider the numerous opportunities at her disposal before making a decision to quit.
Career Journey
Janet Mbugua’s career journey started in the year 2004 at 98.4 Capital FM. She joined the Pan-African Current Affairs show, Africa 360, e.tv of South Africa as an anchor in 2009. By the time of her retiring, she was an anchor at Citizen TV as a host of The Big Question and Monday Special. After leaving her former employers’ work, Janet ventures in several projects like:
- Inua Dada Foundation: Referred to as the former TV siren, Janet founded Inua Dada, a YouTube channel program that shares much about menstrual health education for primary school girls.
- Media Avenue Limited: As a founder and director, Janet runs Media Avenue Limited, a platform offering Emceeing, public speaking, and moderating.
- Filmography: In 2014, Janet starred in a Sitcom Rush in the role of Pendo Adama, the owner, and editor-in-chief of Rush magazine.
- My First Time: In her first book, ‘My First Time,’ she has a collection of short stories that narrate the first encounters for men, women, and girls experience about menstruation.
- From 2017 Janet has been consulting for The Hive, a USA based organization that shares equality ideologies like her Inua Dada Organization.
Bottom Line
Janet Mbugua terms her quitting TV screens a blessing decision she will live to remember days to come. Had it not been this decision, today she would not be enjoying the freedom of working on her own and the humanitarian services she is offering. Whether she will make a come back to screen life or not is up to her. Though so, her life is more fulfilled now than then.
