Celebrated news anchor Jamila Mohamed has opened up on her life and career journey. Jamila opened up during a session known as #KenyaWomenSeries which is being conducted by Royal Media’s Citizen.
She described herself as a bookworm and her mother’s favourite child! “I am a wife and a mother to five adorable children, two girls and three boys; a mama’s daughter; a sister; an aunt to many, and let me also mention that I have some grand babies!”
In the session, Jamila narrated how she scaled the heights in the world of journalism. In particular, she narrated how she grew beyond leaps and bounds while working at Nation Media Group’s NTV where she anchored Swahili news.
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Jamila Mohamed revealed that she her mother has been her source of inspiration. “I look up to my mother; she’s my all-time hero. My father passed away when I was only eight years old. I still miss him daily. My mother took care of my sibling and I, in Kericho and ensured we had a normal childhood in the absence of our father. I schooled in Kericho for my primary school, then later came to Nairobi for my high school education and college. I never left the city,” she said.
Jamila said that she started off her career as a sales representative at IQRA FM in 2000. “At the time I had no media training; my competence was in IT from the Diploma I had. Nevertheless, my desire and passion opened the door for me to join the radio newsroom as a newsreader and a reporter. After a short stint there, I joined the Nation Media Group, a place I called home for 16 years,” she said. “I went back to school to attain my Bachelors and Masters degrees. Besides growing my career, I got married and had my babies still while at NMG.”
Jamila said that currently, she is three years into my current role as a Senior News anchor and Managing Editor of the Swahili division at Royal Media Services (RMS). “Because learning is endless, I am now undertaking an Executive Master’s degree,” she said.