Purity Mwambia Acknowledges Her Kenyan Employer's Support Despite Being Abandoned in US

Purity Mwambia Acknowledges Her Kenyan Employer's Support Despite Being Abandoned in US

  • Purity Mwambia was recently spotted at a press conference after netizens questioned where she disappeared to
  • The journalist went into hiding after her chilling exposé, dubbed 'Silaha Mitaani', where she exposed rogue police officers
  • Purity acknowledged her employers support (Citizen TV) while noting that she carried her career cross with pride

Citizen TV's Purity Mwambia has assured her followers she is fine after disclosing her trouble navigating the US media landscape.

Purity Mwambia.
Purity Mwambia during a press conference in the US. Photo: Purity Mwambia.
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Purity Mwambia on the verge of homelessness

The celebrated journalist was spotted at a conference on World Press Freedom Day event on 'Women in the Global News Industry.

She looked elegant and poised in a suit, with her natural hair making a statement.

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Purity appeared at the conference to discuss the challenges faced by women in the news industry.

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On the panel, she was with other female journalists in exile, namely:

Fatema Hosseini from Afghanistan and Solafa Magdy from Egypt.

During the discussion, the journalist cited the challenges she has faced abroad, noting that it was not easy navigating the media landscape in the US as a 'Kenyan bigshot'

According to Nairobi News, she was on the verge of homelessness.

“First of all, when you come here from your country where you’ve done big stories, you’ve quoted all these people who are doing some corruption, big shots in the government… but believe me, when you come here, it’s like your voice is silenced.
Personally, I was brought here by an organisation and they abandoned me. They left me, I’m on the verge of homelessness because I don’t know what to do next."

Purity Mwambia says she has employers support

For a long time, Kenyans had questioned whether the journalist was doing alright, and seeing her doing alright was lauded.

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Purity noted that she was carrying her career cross proudly with total support from her employer here in Kenya

"On Tuesday, I made remarks at a State Department forum in Washington DC narrating my experiences with a human rights group; experiences very well known to that group. Just note, I continue carrying my career cross proudly with the total support of my employer back home."

Purity Mwambia's chilling exposé

Separately, the journalist set tongues wagging after she exposed the ills that trailed some police officers.

Mwambia revealed how some police officers aided criminal activities by leasing their weapons to thugs.

The journalist established that the rogue officers were leasing a pistol at KSh 5000, an AK47 at KSh 10,000, and bulletproof vests.

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