The departure of Live Wire presenters Zahara Totto and Anatalia Oze from Spark TV has clearly left a dent in the stations programming. A hurriedly put together duo of Remmie and Gabriella (Remmy and Gabby) which has been trying to fit in their shoes is by far still struggling.
The duo were introduced a day after it became publicly known that Zahara Totto and Anatalia had moved to Next Media Services, the proprietors of NBS Television. The matter was made worse by the departure of their producer Kafuko, who also moved with Zahara and Anatalia to the Kira Road based media house.
Media experts have weighed in on the performance of the replacements and say that they should be given time, to perform.
“It is unrealistic to expect a new group of presenters to become perfect overnight. We should give them at least six months,” a renowned media expert who declined to be named told this newspaper.
In a related development, Shaafiq Kaima, their colleague at Spark TV, said that this was how they were also initially received, but later the public got to accept them.
“When we came they also spoke against us that we would not manage. Now we are here,” Kaima said.
