Richard Chacha is a veteran media personality who worked for NTV for over a decade.
During his spell at the Nation media group, Richard Chacha was a TV reporter before being promoted to a political affairs editor.
Prior to joining NTV in 2004, Chacha was a vernacular radio presenter at Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC).However in the recent past, the Iconic journalist has not been seen on TV screens.
Smriti Vidyarthi, one of Chacha’s colleagues at NTV, broke the news of his leaving when she posted a heartfelt goodbye message accompanied with a photo of the two them.
She posted: “It was our colleague, Richard Chacha’s last day at NMG today. Chacha, we love you and you truly are one in a million. A wonderful colleague, a great friend and a real fighter and survivor. God Bless you. All the best.”
Chacha met his tragic fate at Rift Valley’s Mai Mahiu town in the company of Emmanuel Taalam, Linus Kaikai, NMG’s Ephantus Mwangi and Frida Kirema.
They were all headed to NTV’s Managing Editor – Linus Kaikai’s hometown for a fundraiser in Kilgoris County. Apparently, the vehicle they were all travelling in had a tyre-burst thus rolled severally on the ground.
The impact of the accident left Richard unconscious. He sustained grave head injuries and his legs were seriously wounded. Immediately, Chacha, China Central TV (CCTV)’s Editor Emmanuel Talam and Linus Kaikai were airlifted to Nairobi.
In an emotional testimony, Faith Kaimuri recounted how her life changed since the accident that rendered her completely incapable of walking occurred.
She told the court that she fell unconscious and woke in hospital some days later only to learn that she could no longer walk and had to rely on a wheelchair.