Miss Katiwa says her boss wanted to sleep with her prompting her decision to quit her job.
The Media personality whose real name is Stella Katiwa opened up about her predicament following the airing of BBC documentary that opened the lid on sexual harassment of casual labourers on tea farms in Kericho.
The sex predators at Kericho tea farms were captured by secret cameras demanding sexual favours from women in return for jobs on the tea farms.
The BBC documentary sparked public uproar as Kenyans demand justice for the victims of the sexual exploitation.
Miss Katiwa opened up about sexual harassment at work after the BBC documentary aired.
The media personality revealed that she is not currently working because of the sexual harassment at her former work place.
“Am so mad, am extremely frustrated that I can’t even sleep or get out of the house because of this story, this has awaken the so much pain that I had buried for the longest time, it has added so much pain because it’s still happening to this moment as we speak, and am talking about now, it’s happening to men too.
“Am currently not working because a big part of this is still happening to me. Wtf!! Why do I have to open my legs to get a job? Where does it say in the Bible? But I choose to suffer in silence and I choose my dignity over that, being a woman in this country (world) is a marathon. Why though, why make me suffer or why do I have to beg for a job that I perfectly deserve,” Miss Katiwa wrote.
“So you can only imagine, if that’s me, yes me, then how many women/men out here are suffering? Not everyone has the audacity/courage to open them legs, not everyone was built that way, we were built different. So stop saying “but y’all are used to that” just stop,” she added.
In January 2022, Miss Katiwa resigned from Nation Media Group (NMG) where she has worked for the last four years.
In a statement on January 31, 2022, the sassy lady, who hosted a show dubbed Jamdown on NTV, thanked her co-hosts, producers and viewers for the support they had given her over the years.
She also expressed gratitude to NTV and its top brass for giving her a platform to not only grow but also learn while earning an income.
“Let me take this opportunity to thank everyone who played a major role in my path and my career. Kriss Darlin you’ve been a blessing, Mercy Maroma and Justus Tharao thank you for believing in me and trusting me with the show, you are such a blessing and one of my favourite bosses so far.
“Four years ago I got an opportunity to join NTV to host a show dubbed Jamrock, two years later it gave birth to Jamdown, and yesterday was my last show. Everything that has a beginning has an end too,” she stated.
Miss Katiwa quit NTV to focus on her other job. She was also a presenter on Homeboyz Radio, where she hosted the late-night show alongside Demakufu and Wilson Muirani alias Jaymo Ule Msee.
Following her statement that she has not been working because of sexual harassment, it means the harassment actually happened at Homeboyz Radio because before the BBC documentary she had not mentioned that she had quit Homeboyz Radio.
Homeboyz Radio is owned by Radio Africa Group, an organization that has been dogged by several cases of sexual harassment of not only female but male employees. (Note how Miss Katiwa stressed that both men and women have been sexually harassed).
The top bosses at Radio Africa are known sex predators who prey on junior staff members and get away with it.
