Celebrated media personality Joyce Omondi Waihiga has been picked as Kambua’s replacement on the gospel show Rauka.

A promo released by Citizen TV indicates that Joyce will start hosting on February 6, 2022.

Mrs Waihiga, who is also a recording artiste, makes a comeback to the show after 8 years. She left the station in 2013 where she had hosted Rauka host alongside Njugush Waiguru of the K-Krew entertainment group.

After she left, the singer went abroad for her master’s degree and returned to Kenya in 2015 for her wedding with news anchor Waihiga Mwaura, who also works at the Royal Media Services station.

In 2019, she made a TV comeback on Switch TV (now closed), where she worked until December 2020.

She had hosted a talk show, Full Circle with Joyce which aired on weekday mornings.

Gospel singer Kambua announced her exit from Citizen TV after on January 16th, 2022 after 12 years.

“Just to remind you, life is about seasons. Seasons change and that is the beauty of life. Today [January 16] I’d like to take a bow and hang my boots and say ‘kwaheri (goodbye)’ to all of you who have allowed me to come into your homes for 12 good years!

“Thank you so much for loving me, encouraging me, cheering me on and for allowing me to speak into your lives as well. It’s really been a beautiful journey,” Kambua stated before going on to thank individuals who had been instrumental in her time at Royal Media Services.

The presenter also thanked her family – her husband Jackson Mathu and their first-born son Nathaniel – for supporting her through the time she hosted the show.

She concluded: “You won’t be seeing me but you will still see all the wonderful people who continue to carry this vision forward.”