A man who does not advance recedes, this was one of the many moving statements made by veteran journalist and former Citizen TV Editorial Director Joe Ageyo as he bid goodbye to the Royal Media Services fraternity.
To say it was an emotional moment is just an understatement.
For about four years of his stint at the Royal Media Services, Joe Ageyo was flying high on the Kenyan media leadership rank.
Considering Citizen Tv's commanding viewership, many would though that Ageyo had reached the best and most satisfying point of his career.
"I have had the privilege of leading the most formidable team on Kenyan television, the most diverse team on radio and no doubt a force to reckon with in the digital space too," Ageyo said in his exit statement.
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As a veteran journalist, he refused to become just a boss.
He would occasionally report news and always feature on the New Gang show that is synonymous with speaking the truth to power.
Ageyo was no doubt an inspiring figure among many upcoming and practising journalists in the country.
His exit, however, painful to those who held dear his presence at RMS is one that will be missed by Kenyans who enjoyed or critiqued his journalistic approach.
In the realm of life, ambitions grow, and for Ageyo a new worthy calling came for him.
"It is time to answer to a new calling. True to the Shakespearian wisdom that all the world is but a large stage, a stage where all men and women are merely players; they have their exits and their entrances and one man in his time plays many parts. It is time for me to play another part because like the French say, he who doesn't advance recedes," he said.
And just like that, the curtains fell for Joe Ageyo for RMS.
Ageyo will be replaced by Linus Kaikai, another journalist with a wealth of experience and knowledge.
