Not all that glitters is gold, so goes a common saying.
Well, this seems to be the lesson learnt by former NTV employees; producer Chrismel Harris Wasswa and cameraman Godfrey Badebye, who had since joined main rival station NBS TV.
After a short stint at NBS TV, the duo has thrown in the towel at the Kamwokya-based station and are headed to what NBS CEO, Kin Kariisa has called ‘a new place’.
“I have known Chrismel Harris Wasswa to be a very creative, dynamic and resourceful person. His capacities make him a bright beacon for all ships trying to dock in these rocky waters of the television industry,” Kariisa states in his brief confirming Wasswa’s departure effective November 1.
Indeed Television industry is full of rocky waters.
When Wasswa left NTV in 2016, he was part of an exodus of 12 employees that left for NBS TV, and without doubt hoping for the best.
But one year later, things seem to have failed to work out for Wasswa, who has been heading the NBS Live, and has reportedly fallen out with Kariisa over the new changes the latter wants to make at the station.
It is said Kalisa wants to phase out the ‘Live Coverage’ desk so as to strengthen the NBS news department to match that of his biggest rival, NTV.
And by phasing out Live Coverage, he had offered Wasswa a position of news director, a position the latter declined before tendering in his resignation.
Of late, Live Coverage had been moved to the Facebook page of Kariisa’s news portal which launched last month.
Wasswa kept his next destination a top secret. As for cameraman Badebye, he had reportedly already abandoned his work weeks back.
“Chrismel, I shall miss sharing ideas with you. Wherever you go, may the Lord guide your ways, always,” Kariisa concludes.
Chrismel left NTV where he was the Executive Producer in 2015. Subsequently, he joined NBS TV that had given him a slightly bigger offer.
Among those who left with him included news anchors; Solomon Serwanja and Rukh-Shana Namuyimba. Others were reporter Sheila Mugisha, cameraman Godfrey Badebye and Charles Ssendagire.
