By Anderson Ojwang
Tonight at 9:00 PM Prime Time News, the legend will make a return. After three decades of absence, the legend’s voice will roar in all corners of the country and the globe.
“This is your Prime Time News, brought to you by Raphael Tuju.” The once popular voice will once again occupy Kenya’s airwaves, for tonight only, to celebrate KTN’s 35 years of existence.
Tuju, one of the pioneer anchors at Kenya’s first independent TV station and a prolific broadcaster and writer, is an all-rounded personality.
For the millennials and Gen Zs, and for the majority, Tuju is known as the former Information and Communication Cabinet Minister and later the country’s Foreign Affairs Minister.
He later became the face of the Jubilee Party, where he served as the party’s Secretary-General and as a Cabinet Minister without portfolio during President Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime.
He recently tendered his resignation from the party, saying he no longer offered any value to it and has left the public guessing about his next course of action.
Tuju was the former Member of Parliament for Rarieda Constituency in 2007 and was reputed for various development projects during his tenure.
Tuju is also a successful businessperson, running a hospitality business and a media consultancy firm.
“I am happy to be back on the airwaves again. It makes me feel and reconcile with part of my journey. This is where my story began. It will be fun to let the public know the other part of me,” he said.
KTN was founded in March 1990 as the country’s free-to-air television network.
