Ferdinand Omondi who is the senior Mombasa reporter has officially left the Standard Group for BBC as their bilingual reporter starting Monday 1st December 2014.
The reporter who started off as an actor on Citizen TV’s high school drama series ‘Tahidi High’ in a few days will be a BBC reporter based in Mombasa and made the announcement vie his official Facebook account where many people wishing him success flooded on comment section.
He wrote;
“Today, a new chapter begins in my career as a journalist. I have had memorable times in local media, most recently KTN. I am most grateful. This 1st day of December, 2014, is also my first day in the world of Global Journalism. I am now a bilingual reporter for the BBC. Thank you for the support throughout. I look forward to sharing the African story with the world. Thank you for staying with me.”