{"id":150646,"date":"2024-02-13T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T05:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/13\/swaleh-mdoe-reportedly-suspended-from-on-air-duties\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T05:03:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T05:03:09","slug":"swaleh-mdoe-reportedly-suspended-from-on-air-duties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/13\/swaleh-mdoe-reportedly-suspended-from-on-air-duties\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaleh Mdoe Reportedly Suspended from On-Air Duties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-307321\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"465\"  data-lazy- src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mdoe.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-307321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mdoe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"465\"  \/>Royal Media Services, the parent company of Citizen TV, has reportedly suspended seasoned Swahili news anchor Swaleh Mdoe from on-air duties.<\/p>\n<p>A source at the media house based on Dennis Pritt Road whispered that the news anchor was suspended indefinitely for missing a 1:00 pm bulletin on Tuesday, January 23.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Mdoe has been absent from the airwaves for more than three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran TV anchor had purportedly gone for a medical check-up on the day he missed presenting the daytime news bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, the journalist did not inform his supervisor on the day in question, prompting the editorial director to decide to suspend him.<\/p>\n<p>Upon his return to work the following day, he was summoned by his bosses, who prohibited him from appearing on air indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Swaleh Mdoe has been reporting to work every day as usual since the verbal suspension was issued.<\/p>\n<p>The news anchor hosts the Monday prime-time Swahili bulletin at 7:00 pm, as well as the 1:00 pm bulletins on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Royal Media Services, the parent company of Citizen TV, has reportedly suspended seasoned Swahili news anchor Swaleh Mdoe from on-air duties. 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