Former Taita Taveta governor Granton Samboja is back on the airwaves. The veteran broadcaster turn politician has announced his return to the radio with a Gospel show.

The new show dubbed “ibada Ya Anguo’ airs every Sunday at Anguo radio station that he owns, located at Voi in Taita Taveta county.

This is the first gospel show for Samboja since he left the office of the governor of Taita Taveta County. Those who know him say he is best at hosting Rumba music shows.

“Maishani Mwangu ninaye yesu,Kwenye Raha na karaha,”said Samboja popularly known as ‘Mshapa’. In his show, he preaches and plays gospel tunes as he interacts with his listeners.

But his latest change of tune to host gospel show has left many wondering. Samboja has previously worked at Radio citizen and Milele fm among others.

Since he lost his governor re-election bid to now the current governor Andrew Mwadime, Samboja has remained a low key politician with limited public appearance.

Samboja pursued Journalism before starting his career in the media industry. He ventured into other different interests apart from media in his passion and determination to be the best he can.

His first media house to join was the Royal Media Services and he was a great leader who soldiered on the placement of Radio Citizens to its competitive position a few months after it was established.

His courage and zeal to service delivery saw him appointed by President Uhuru to serve as the chairperson of Coast Water Services Board in 2015.He later resigned from the position in February 2017 and joined politics, he would later serve as a one term governor before losing in the 2022 general elections.

Samboja, who contested on Jubilee Party ticket, lost to independent candidate Andrew Mwadime, Samboja got 23,701 votes against Mwadime's 49,901.