Radio personality Maina Kageni has announced that he will exit media in 2023.
Kageni said he will mentor his successor before he exits.
"I will be retiring this year," Maina stated adding that he is willing to mentor his successor.
"If you want mentorship, come I'm always here,” he said.
Maina, who is rumoured to be taking home over Ksh2 million in monthly salary, says after his retirement, he hopes to move abroad to venture into his private business.
"Come next year I am done. I will be retiring from this radio job; I plan on running a club in Miami... I will be living in my condor. I bought it kitambo. I thought we talked about this and both of us after retiring?" Maina Kageni quipped.
Maina Kageni and his co-host
Maina and Mwalimu King’ang’i popularly known as Churchil have been on the airwaves for more than a decade.
They have positioned themselves as one of the bigwigs in the media industry.
Maina revealed his salary during a previous interview with Kamene Goro.
"How much do you get paid, like your take home from here just being on radio?" Kamene questioned to which he responded saying; "About two point something million.”
Maina Kageni, who landed on radio by accident, started working at Capital FM before switching to other stations.
He says he secured the gig after an impressive voice-over.
“I paid for the airtime, then they said we need Ksh40,000 for the voice-over. I said can I do it? They said it’s your ad if it's rubbish it's rubbish…I did the voice and then they asked me, have you ever been on the radio?” He explained noting that afterwards he was offered a show.
