Who are the Best Presenters at Musyi FM?

Recently, at a Makindu Muguka base, I happened to pose the question as to who the best presenters at Musyi FM are. The people I posed the question to were in a serious state of 'Handas'. I could therefore expect to get honest answers from them. In asking that question, I was just trying to see whether my views on the best presenters at Musyi FM are shared by others.

Now some of the names that kept on coming up, with regard to the best presenters at Musyi FM included that of Onesmus Mwengei, Mukamba Mjanja, Jackline Kalenga, DJ Noma Noma and Wavinya Mwiitu wa Muthiani. There was also a good number who mentioned Michael Kyalo, Master Mully and the newly hired Wa-Masaa. There is also the fella who runs sports programs, Tinda7, who got quite a number of mentions among the best presenters at Musyi FM, as were news anchors Titus Muli and Susan Ndunda. Kadot (Christine Ndanu) was also mentioned among the best Musyi FM presenters, notwithstanding the fact that she seems to have mostly switched from presenting to management…

An interesting name that was mentioned in that forum was that of Shadrack Mutua Ilava, the Mwingi-based Musyi reporter (I don’t if it is the name they love, the Mwingi accent that Mutua Ilava uses or the strange Mwingi news that Mutua Ilava reports from time to time). There was even a fellow who thought that Alex Ngila from Ngiini Mitaboni and Isaiah Daudi from South Coast are Musyi FM presenters, and he had to be reminded that those two are actually people who just call in to Musyi FM shows – not presenters or reporters!

I was able to establish that Musyi FM still commands a huge audience in Ukambani, including the Mombasa Road section, even after the entry of various new Kamba radio stations like County FM and Eene FM. It also became clear to me that, to the extent that the fans were able to recall the names of Musyi FM presenters instantly, it shows that the presenters are quite effective at creating real connections with their audiences. 

My survey may have been informal, but from it, I was able to deduce that Musyi FM is still considered to be among the foremost ‘serious’ radio stations in Ukambani.

Our discussion eventually veered off from Musyi Fm presenters, to questions like how to apply for helb online and whether it is in fact possible to apply for Kenya id online... That really is the beauty of muguka bases: you end up discussing, in great depth, a wide variety of topics within a short duration of time.