KTN news Anchor and the official East African Correspondent for Deutsche Welle (DW) Joy Doreen Biira has exited the media industry after landing a lucrative job with the Ministry of Mining.
The former NBS star presenter made the transition towards the end of last year, to settle as the Advisor, Strategic Communications officer at the ministry.
Biira Joined Kenya’s Standard Media Group in January 2012 as a news anchor and reporter with KTN.
Last year January, she was picked as East African Reporter for Deutsche welle (DW) covering environmental issues and exciting solutions from Africa and Europe alongside their main host from Nigeria, Nneota Egbe.
Despite this lucrative deal Joy Doreen Biira was still working with KTN.
The Ugandan journalist started her career as an intern and was later employed as a week day Morning Show co-host at NBS Television with Shawn Kimuli, broadcasting at the network’s headquarters in Kampala.
In 2008 she relocated to Kenya to work as the weekend Breakfast Show at Capital FM.
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