By Ian Ortega
The grand-father of Radio Alex Ndawula has finally been given the boot from the station and told to make way for his grand-children to take-over. Alex Ndawula who was taken by surprise could not believe what he was reading on his emails and by mistake, he forwarded them to the BigEye.ug mail address ([email protected]).
However sources at the station also note, that Ndawula was very disrespectful of his supervisor and thought he was a know-it-all. He never showed even a grain of respect to Caroline. Ndawula was first booted from the Over Drive show and was only presenting just one hour everyday from 6pm-7pm. Currently he does mixes for an hour from 6:00m-7:00pm. Previously, Alex was on air from 3.00pm-7.00pm alongside Lucky Mbabazi and Patrick Salvador who recently quit.
These mails were between Pike and Caroline demoting Ndwaula. They date as far back as 2012.
BigEye.ug takes out time to bring them to you.
6/30/13
Caroline
As per our discussion on Friday, I think we need to have a serious
discussion on whether to retain the services of Alex.
We can discuss when I am in Kampala on July 11/12.
William”
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Caroline Wandera <cmwandera@capitalfm-ug.com>
Date: Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 4:24 AM
Subject: Re: Alex
To: William Pike <william.pike@the-star.co.ke>
Cc: Vincent Kaija <vkaija@capitalfm-ug.com>, gmanyali@capitalfm-ug.com
Thanks.
Caroline
—–Original Message—–
From: William Pike <william.pike@the-star.co.ke>
To: Caroline Wandera <cmwandera@capitalfm-ug.com>
Cc: Vincent Kaija <vkaija@capitalfm-ug.com>, gmanyali@capitalfm-ug.com
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:04:53 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Re: Alex
ok, will call soon to discuss this
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*From: *”Caroline Wandera” <cmwandera@capitalfm-ug.com>
*To: *”William Pike” <william.pike@the-star.co.ke>,
gmanyali@capitalfm-ug.com
*Cc: *”Vincent Kaija” <vkaija@capitalfm-ug.com>
*Sent: *Monday, 24 February, 2014 2:58:44 PM
*Subject: *Re: Alex
William,
We have just concluded our meeting with Alex.
It was an arduous task.
Overall, he thinks the decision is highly unfair, he also says that he’s
Being minimised with a view of terminating him altogether etc.
George will write to him about the change and when it takes effect,
including outlining a fresh job description.
I think that when you are next up, we need to sit down with Alex
openly and let him know how his career is likely to pan out at
Capital, also and once again, openly, talk about
his plans after Capital. And Capital Radio’s support etc.
Caroline
—–Original Message—–
From: William Pike <william.pike@the-star.co.ke>
To: gmanyali@capitalfm-ug.com
Cc: Caroline Wandera <cmwandera@capitalfm-ug.com>, Vincent Kaija <
vkaija@capitalfm-ug.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:43:18 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Re: Alex
thanks
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*From: *”George Manyali” <gmanyali@capitalfm-ug.com>
*To: *”William Pike” <william.pike@the-star.co.ke>
*Cc: *”Caroline Wandera” <cmwandera@capitalfm-ug.com>, “Vincent Kaija” <
vkaija@capitalfm-ug.com>
*Sent: *Monday, 24 February, 2014 9:26:05 AM
*Subject: *RE: Alex
William
This is noted,
We have a meeting with him today.
George
* From:* William Pike [mailto:william.pike@the-star.co.ke]
*Sent:* Friday, February 21, 2014 4:50 PM
*To:* George Manyali
*Cc:* Caroline Wandera; Vincent Kaija
*Subject:* Alex
George
As agreed in today’s meeting, Alex will move to just doing mixes from
Monday, March 3.
Lucky and Salvador will now be on their own from 3pm to 6pm. Alex will
be on from 6pm to 7pm, as well as Dance Force on Saturdays.
For the time being, Alex’s salary will be unchanged.
Please have a meeting with him on Monday and advise him accordingly.
William