After 19 years in the newsroom, The Star newspaper Coast bureau Chief Maureen Mudi has decided to call it quits.

Mudi will be joining the Media council of Kenya (MCK) as the Coast regional coordinator, a newly created office.

MCK has opened up four regional offices , Mombasa, Meru, Nakuru and Kisumu. The Coast/Mombasa office will be at Sauti House (KBC and Pwani fm offices).

She is currently serving notice until end of February. Radio Africa group advertised for the position internally last week with the deadline expected to be Friday (Feb 19).

Maureen begun her career in 2002 at Baraka Fm after completing her internship at the People Daily newspaper, she then went to Standard newspaper up to 2006. She later joined Amwik exchange program in Uganda and Ethiopia for a year before getting back to the Standard media group where she worked up to 2008 when she joined Radio Africa Group (The Star Newspaper) as a correspondent, she was promoted to a Chief Correspondent/Regional Editor in 2012 a position she held up to now.

In 2013 she was in the US for a professional fellows program and attached to Minnesota Public Radio.

Mudi is also a media viability consultant for DW Akademie.

Speaking to Ommy Dallah on her experience from the newsroom Mudi stated "I can say it's been interesting. Had it's ups and downs but it has shaped me into the person I want to become. RAG has been my home for so many years and the shift is a major milestone in my career progression as I transit from active newsroom work/journalism, to doing regulatory work. I thank God for all the answered prayers."