Ex-Capital FM Journalist Judie Kaberia Resigns From AMWIK

Kaberia joined AMWIK in August 2021 and through her, the membership of the association has increased three-fold, while partnerships with other organizations have increased and been strengthened.

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Sep 5, 2022 - 06:06 Updated: Sep 5, 2022 - 06:07
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Ex-Capital FM Journalist Judie Kaberia Resigns From AMWIK
Judie Kaberia speaking during a past event. /FACEBOOK

Former Capital FM editor, Judie Kaberia has left the Association of Media Women in Kenya (AMWIK) as the Executive Director.

This has been confirmed through a notice by chairperson Jane Thuo dated Monday, September 5 and sent to Viral Tea's newsdesk.

Kaberia joined AMWIK in August 2021 and through her, the membership of the association has increased three-fold, while partnerships with other organizations have increased and been strengthened.

"Judie joined AMWIK in August 2021 and it is evident to all of us the amount of hard work and selfless service she has put in to raise the profile of the organization.

Former AMWIK executive director, Judie Kaberia. /FILE

"Thanks to Judie, AMWIK’s membership has increased three-fold, while partnerships with other organizations have increased and been strengthened. Anywhere you mention that you are an AMWIK member you are bound to be recognized and asked how one can join the membership," read the notice in part.

AMWIK thanked Kaberia for the tremendous effort and accomplishments for the association over the past year, and as she moves on to pursue other interests, it wished her the very best in her new journey.

The association further noted that it would be advertising the position of executive director and communication would be made on the same.

With 11 awards to her name as a multimedia journalist, Kaberia is an accomplished media trainer and mentor, with over 15 years of experience in journalism. Her career in the media began at Radio Waumini as a reporter, producer and later as an editor.

“I was a rookie when I joined Radio Waumini, which provided me with the platform to make all the mistakes and learn from them. With my heavy Kimeru accent, I could hardly pronounce Bs and Ds without inserting M or N before words. To me books were mbooks.

"Still, I wanted to be a broadcast journalist. I got advice to concentrate on print but I hang on to my dream to speak on radio or TV. A friend encouraged me to work on my accent by writing many words with Bs and Ds, and short sentences, practising reading them aloud for hours, recording and listening. I spent lots of time working on this and improving it," she revealed in a #KenyaWomenSeries feature in 2021, which was published by Viral Tea.

In 2004, she left Radio Waumini for Germany and interned at Hellweg Radio in Soest in North-Rhine Westphalia. By this time she had sharpened speaking in German and could comfortably communicate.

Two years later, she returned to Kenya and joined Capital FM; yet another opportunity for her to hone her skills in journalism. She praised the late Chris Kirubi a man with a vision and alert to technological advancements.

He was talking about convergence in 2006 as the future of media and had encouraged her to try a hand at print and television, which she did and she became an excellent multimedia journalist.

"Then I got into feature writing and investigative reporting and maximized on impact and solution-oriented journalism. I discovered the power I have as a journalist; through stories, I could influence policies, spur public debates on important issues and bring impact such as the establishment of health centres for women to deliver their babies in hospitals, availability of family planning methods and many others.

"Yet another defining moment in my career was the Kenyan cases at the International Criminal Court (ICC). I learnt about specialized journalism which introduced me to international criminal law. This expanded my knowledge and skills in reporting on international crimes, international and regional judicial systems," she added.

Judie Kaberia with ICT, Innovation and Youth Affairs CAS, Nadia Abdallah. /FACEBOOK

In 2020, she was among the 10 fellows who won the Resilience Fellowship of the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), Austria. Until June 2021, she had been reporting and researching on human trafficking and harvesting of human body organs in East Africa.

It was through this reporting that in December 2020, she won the Labour Migration Awards for the Migration and Health category due to her role in exploring the safety of victims of human trafficking during the COVID-19 pandemic. The awards were organized by the African Women in Media in partnership with the African Union, International Labour Organisation and the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

During the same year, she also joined Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), Canada World: Voice for Women and Girls’ Rights Kenya as a Gender Media Trainer.

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