Naguru based Next Media, has appointed Daily Monitor’s senior journalist Derrick Wandera, as it’s head of quality assurance, amidst ongoing restructuring of it’s operations.
According to the insiders on the move, Wandera will be charged with ensuring editorial content across all Next Media channels owned by Group CEO Kin Kariisa, meet high standards of accuracy and consistency before being relayed to the public.
While talking to this reporter, Wandera confirmed that he will be starting work at the station in Early December.
“Yes, I met the boss on Monday, we had a discussion and he told me the areas he wants to see me and help in the organisation. We agreed on terms and I’ll be starting on 1st December” he said.
The move, sees Wandera leave the Namuwongo based media house, a sister station to NTV, Spark Tv, Dembe Fm and KFM under the Nation Media Group (NMG), after more than 10 years of dedicated service as a political journalist.
His works have seen him cover the National Unity Platform’s (NUP) Robert Kyagulanyi, aka Bobi Wine in the 2020 and recent election campaigns, which saw him endure terror and detention from security personnel.
Wandera, who is also a regular guest of NBS TV media roundtable and Capital Fm’s Capital gang, will also contribute work for the Nile Post.
