Anita Nderu Is Now Kenya's Most Hated Celebrity
Anita
Nderu, once the dream bed companion of every boy in a high school dormitory, is
now at the bottom a furnace that is never put out.
She is the
most bullied and the most discussed media personality and celebrity in Kenya on
social media. Just how did she find herself in this uncomfortable place?
In the eyes
of a typical Kenyan on Twitter, Anita Nderu represents the rich and cool kids.
The privileged sons and daughters of politicians, tenderpreneurs, ranch owners
and business leaders. Those who were ‘born in money’ and have never had to
raise a finger to earn everything that they have achieved.
Anita Nderu
fits perfectly the description of a cool kid. She went through the British
curriculum, she claims she cannot speak Kiswahili and has either never tasted
some of Kenya’s most common and popular foods or is not aware of them at all.
Her rise to
the top has been very fast. Starting off from Teen Republik, a magazine show
aired on NTV on Saturdays, she soon landed a job as at Capital FM as a news
anchor. She features prominently on #TTTT aired on NTV and is a Blaze mentor.
Blaze, an entrepreneurship and mentorship program ran by Safaricom is premium
by all definitions and being part of it is no easy achievement.
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| Anita Nderu At A Blaze Summit |
She has
been categorical in saying that she has worked for everything she has and is
not at all privileged, contrary to popular opinion. She says she has had to go
through the process of auditioning as everyone else and should not be
victimized based on a false narrative being pushed by a blog that is after
hits.
I have been in the media industry for 7 years. I have been an advocate for the youth winning. Yet a blog in search of hits managed to convince you otherwise. I did not steal anyone's job, you may not care for the truth but I will share the TRUTH on @theTrendLive tonight.— Anita Nderu (@AnitaNderu) January 26, 2018
Anita
Nderu’s latest achievement is what seems to be the main catalyst of her fallout
with the online army.
Capital
FM’s choice of Anita as the replacement of Amina Abdi was not taken well by people
inside and outside the media industry.
Just realised I lost a competition where one of the judges at my audition was declared one of the winners😂😂🤦🏾♀️ What was even the point? Its like being interviewed for a job and the interviewer is given the job #IGotPlayed #SaltyKamaKensalt pic.twitter.com/YGMbegXOUa— TheTvJ (@SharonMachira) January 22, 2018
Whether she will survive this storm or not is up to time to tell.
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