Renowned media personality Willis Raburu has departed from the Cape Media-owned TV station TV47 barely a year after joining the company.

Sources indicate that the Wabebe experience show host bid farewell to the company days after announcing the suspension of the show.

Raburu joined TV47 on August 27, 2023, nearly two months after exiting Royal Media Services (RMS) owned Citizen TV, where he had worked for 13 years.

At TV47, he was tasked with hosting the Wabebe Experience entertainment show, which aired on Fridays at 10 pm.

Three months after joining the company, he was appointed as Director of Digital Services and Innovations where his roles included reporting to the CEO and driving the continuous evolution of TV47, Radio 47, and 47 Digital products.

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Raburu’s career in the media industry kick-started in 2010 at Citizen TV where he had joined as an intern.

He worked at the Royal Media Services-owned station for 13 years in various capacities, including reporter, news anchor, and TV presenter for Citizen TV and Hot 96.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in Information Sciences from Moi University and is pursuing a Master of Arts in Communication Studies with a focus on Strategic Corporate Communications at USIU.

Throughout his journalism career, he has won multiple awards for some of the human interest stories he has done, including The Road Safety Award for “Killer Drivers’ Series, the Maji Awards for his series “Deadly Waters,” and The Children Rights Awards for a Rwanda series on the journey of resilient children.