From Shaking Hands to Confident Bylines: My Transformative Journey at Nation Media Group

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📰✨ Last month, May 2025, marked the culmination of a chapter from this great historic book of mine that I'm writing... I'm not used to such kind of long posts but I'm going to try today 'cause this journey deserves it! 🙈 When I first walked through the doors of Nation Media Group in February 2025, I carried with me years of preparation, passion for journalism, and a determination to make the most of this opportunity. As a graduate who has completed my Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass Communication with a focus on Electronic Media at Daystar University and is awaiting graduation in November 2025, I was finally stepping into one of East Africa's most prestigious media houses. The Reality Check: Workplace Dynamics Ain't for the Faint-Hearted The small small madharaus (the kawaida one mnakuanga mmewekea interns) - yes wewe, I see you! 👀 Those inward cries and wanting to burst into tears.  These hardships found in most workplaces have hardened me TWICE as muc...
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HOPE AS MIKE SONKO OFFERS TO HELP BABY SAGINI RESTORE HIS SIGHT BACK

It is a sad dark ending for Baby Sagini, a three-year-old boy whose eyes were gouged out. Unknown to him and wondering why everything has turned black for him, he has to come to terms with the cruel reality of having to remain blind for the rest of his life, after both his eyes were mercilessly gouged out by an assailant.

The boy was playing with other children outside his grandmother's house in Kisii before the grotesquely tragic experience happened to him. He was snatched by an assailant and was found abandoned in a maize plantation at Ikuruma village in Marani Sub-county covered in blood. He was then rushed to hospital, where he is receiving treatment. 

Doctors have however said that he might not see again because his eyes were greatly damaged.

Despite the breaking news of doctors confirming that Baby Sagini might have to live with a disability, all hope is not lost as Mike Sonko has offered to fly the three-year-old boy to China for eye implants.

Mike Sonko, through a post on his social media page, has said that he has done thorough research and identified a hospital in Shenzhen South China called Dennis Lam Eye Hospital which is the best at successfully performing eye implant surgeries.


From left: Mike Sonko and Baby Sagini

"However after contacting the hospital we were advised Baby Sagini must have a referral from atleast two Kenyan hospitals. We went ahead and booked an appointment for him to be reviewed at the Westlands laser eye hospital..." read the post on Mike Sonko's Instagram page.

The former Nairobi governor went ahead to explain that the implants will look and move like normal eyes but do not restore vision. They will help him with navigation sensors to allow him get around on his own in familiar places.

The main suspect,  Alex Main Ochogo, who is a cousin to Junior Sagini has been arrested and gaoled at Rioma Police Station. The 28-year-old was presented before Senior Resident Magistrate Christine Ogweno on Monday 19 December 2022 as further investigations are underway.


InFrame:Alex Ochogo, main suspect

It is believed that he used the eyes for rituals.


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  1. Dr. Josephine KirimiDecember 20, 2022 at 1:00 PM

    Informative piece 👍👍 keep it up dearest

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  2. Mwenda MaoreDecember 20, 2022 at 7:27 PM

    Great content...I love it

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  3. Linsey 🥰December 21, 2022 at 6:10 PM

    Oh no, the poor child!!..I hope he gets the help he so desperately needs. On a lighter note, I think i don't need the news anymore, I'll just be coming here 😂🏃‍♀️🥰

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    1. NkathaDecember 30, 2022 at 6:07 PM

      Quite sad! Hope he gets help..
      Thank you for supporting 😊

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