From the moment she took on the media scenes, Victoria meant business. Moving back to Kenya, she started working at Capital FM. Upon leaving Capital FM, she moved to NTV as a reporter and news anchor. In 2018, she joined Royal Media Services as a reporter and news anchor for Citizen TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The hard work and passion she puts in her work has not gone unnoticed. Recently, she bagged the prestigious BBC Komla Dumor Award. This made<\/p>\n\n\n\n
her the second Kenyan to receive this award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Victoria Rubadiri Childhood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first ten years of her life were spent in Kenya. Later, her family moved to the United States to forge a new life. Life as the renown journalist knew it changed and she was suddenly plunged in a new world and culture. Fitting in with the others was not easy as she struggled to adapt to a different culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was in another country where her name was considered funny and the society different from that of Kenya. With time, she had to learn to fit in but that did not make the transition easy. This affected her teenage years, leading to an early pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoria Rubadiri Family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The news anchor comes from a wonderful family. Her mother is a Kenyan from the Kalenjin community while the father is of Malawian descent. She also has a gorgeous sister named Mabel Rubadiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoria is a single mother to a teenage daughter named Neema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherhood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Source: TUKO News<\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherhood is a lifetime commitment that requires so much dedication, and is very daunting for most teenage girls. The award winning journalist became pregnant at the age of 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time the future looked bleak. She did not want to disappoint her parents and she was also pursuing a course in Broadcast Journalism at Temple University. The then young girl was not ready to take on the responsibility of a mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, she saw abortion as the only solution to the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily, she had amazing parents that were willing to help her get through. The family was against abortion, hence, encouraged her to keep the baby. She kept the pregnancy, finished school and was able to get a job in the US before moving back to Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the years, she has managed to juggle between motherhood and career demands. Victoria also uses her experience to encourage other teenagers who get pregnant. She is able to understand the films they face as she was once there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoria Rubadiri is a successful Kenyan journalist working with one of the leading media houses in the country. Becoming a mother at a young age did not stop her from pursuing her dreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She rose from a young lady pursuing a career while raising a young daughter to becoming an internationally renown journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The TV siren has enjoyed an amazing career and previously hosted a successful show dubbed \u2018Victoria Lounge.\u2019 While most people working with the media are embroiled in controversy almost every other time, she maintains a clean image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Career<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n From the moment she took on the media scenes, Victoria meant business. Moving back to Kenya, she started working at Capital FM. Upon leaving Capital FM, she moved to NTV as a reporter and news anchor. In 2018, she joined Royal Media Services as a reporter and news anchor for Citizen TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The hard work and passion she puts in her work has not gone unnoticed. Recently, she bagged the prestigious BBC Komla Dumor Award. This made<\/p>\n\n\n\n her the second Kenyan to receive this award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoria Rubadiri Childhood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The first ten years of her life were spent in Kenya. Later, her family moved to the United States to forge a new life. Life as the renown journalist knew it changed and she was suddenly plunged in a new world and culture. Fitting in with the others was not easy as she struggled to adapt to a different culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She was in another country where her name was considered funny and the society different from that of Kenya. With time, she had to learn to fit in but that did not make the transition easy. This affected her teenage years, leading to an early pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoria Rubadiri Family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The news anchor comes from a wonderful family. Her mother is a Kenyan from the Kalenjin community while the father is of Malawian descent. She also has a gorgeous sister named Mabel Rubadiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Victoria is a single mother to a teenage daughter named Neema.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherhood<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Motherhood is a lifetime commitment that requires so much dedication, and is very daunting for most teenage girls. The award winning journalist became pregnant at the age of 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the time the future looked bleak. She did not want to disappoint her parents and she was also pursuing a course in Broadcast Journalism at Temple University. The then young girl was not ready to take on the responsibility of a mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, she saw abortion as the only solution to the problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Luckily, she had amazing parents that were willing to help her get through. The family was against abortion, hence, encouraged her to keep the baby. She kept the pregnancy, finished school and was able to get a job in the US before moving back to Kenya.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the years, she has managed to juggle between motherhood and career demands. Victoria also uses her experience to encourage other teenagers who get pregnant. She is able to understand the films they face as she was once there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Victoria Rubadiri is a successful Kenyan journalist working with one of the leading media houses in the country. Becoming a mother at a young age did not stop her from pursuing her dreams. She rose from a young lady pursuing a career while raising a young daughter to becoming an internationally renown journalist. 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