Maina Kageni Reveals His First Salary & Relationship with SK Macharia





 Legendary radio host Maina Kageni has revealed that he first entered the job market in 1993, right after finishing high school.

In a quickfire session with Mpasho’s Kalondu Musyimi, the Classic 105’s morning show host explained that he secured his first job at his uncle’s company.

Kageni revealed that the owner of Royal Media Services, SK Macharia, is his uncle, and he is the one who gave him his first job in one of his companies in 1993.

Kageni revealed that his salary at the time was Sh42,000.

“I used to deal with receipts in a credit card company called Royal Card. It belonged to SK Macharia, my uncle. At the time, I think I was of Sh42k or something, but I had a company car. I had just gotten out of High school, I think it was 1993,” Kageni revealed.Regarding his studies, the presenter revealed that he didn’t learn the 8-4-4 education curriculum. Instead he did GCSE curriculum where History was his favorite subject.

Kageni further revealed that in his year, he was among the top 5 students in national examinations nationwide.

“History was my favorite subject because we did the French Revolution. By the way, I did the GCSE, and 8-4-4 wasn’t for me. I was not wired for that kind of cramming. My least favorite subject was Mathematics, and in GCSE, I was amongst the top 5 students in Kenya during my year,” Kageni said.

However, Kageni explained that after going to England to further his studies at university after excelling in high school in Kenya, his hopes were dashed, and he did not join the university as he had hoped.

He revealed that not joining the university in England caused a serious rift between him and his mother, but he still admits that to this day, his mother remains his favorite despite the incident.

“College is a whole story because I actually went to the UK for university, but my school fees got stuck between me and entertainment there, so we had a problem with my mom. I didn’t even attend, I just ate my school fees,” Kageni revealed while laughing.

“I grew up in Nairobi, and Mom is my best friend,” he added.Kageni shocked Kalondu when he revealed that one of his hidden talents is in music recording, revealing that he has some recorded music.

“Do you know I have recorded a song? I recorded a song here in Kenya and in the UK as well. Different songs. I can’t sing the songs now, because that was my previous life.”

Kageni is probably one of the few people who drives his dream car, the BMW X6 M Sport, which is among the 3 cars that he owns currently.

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