Pearl Times Oct 24

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PEARL TIMES

WHERE THE HEART OF UGANDA LIVES

WHO'S LUCKY? JACKSON VINKA
KAGURI
Lucky Rahma Mbabazi is a Ugandan Vinka is a Ugandan female singer, and
radio presenter and television Twesigye Jackson Kaguri was born songwriter.  Before venturing into
presenter who has been one of the and raised in Uganda in the small singing, Vinka was acting as the
longest serving radio presenters in village of Nyakagyezi. At a very young manager of popular Ugandan female
the country. age he demonstrated an music artist called Irene Ntale.
unquenchable desire to learn, which 
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BIOGRAPHY AND INSPIRING
STORY OF VINKA

PAGE 1 | WHO’S LUCKY MBABAZI?

BIOGRAPHY AND INSPIRING STORY OF JACKSON KAGURI 10 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDNT
KNOW ABOUT FIK.

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WHO IS LUCKY Hope South Safaris is a travel and
MBABAZI? tours charity firm that
specializes in tailor-made and set
BY AYEBARE CLAIRE departure safaris and vacations
in Uganda, we boost of the
Lucky Rahma Mbabazi is a Ugandan radio presenter and television unbeatable experiences and
presenter who has been one of the longest serving radio presenters in extensive knowledge of the
the country.  vacation spot and respective
tourism sights and we are
Lucky Mbabazi started working on radio at a radio station called KFM determined to create special,
operating at 93.3 FM which is owned by the Monitor publications limited uniquely customized genuine
before moving on to join Capital FM which operates at 91.3 FM   and she safari programs that move past
has been hosting the morning show with Gaetano Kaggwa and has also the ordinary travel and tours.
hosted the over drive show which is an afternoon show alongside
Comedian Salvador who is called Patrick Idringi.

In 2013, Lucky Mbabazi joined one of the fasted growing media
companies called Next Media Services after signing a juicy contract with
the company and since then, she has been hosting a health and lifestyle
show on the television station called NBS television which is owned by
the same media company. 

Lucky Mbabazi recently came out to clear the air about a company that
deals in wearable hips that used her image to promote their products
and said that she has natural hips and those people used her image
without her consent. 

She has also been appointed as the brand ambassador Bata shoes
company.

Lucky Mbabazi got married to Patrick Kanyomozi who has been her work
mate at KFM and together they have two children.

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BIOGRAPHY AND What's your process? What
INSPIRING STORY OF inspires you ?
VINKA
Vinka: I am inspired by
BY BRENDAH K risk...trying out something new
that might seem complicated!!
Keeps me focused and
determined.

Vinka is a Ugandan female singer, and songwriter.  Before venturing into Q&A
singing, Vinka was acting as the manager of popular Ugandan female
music artist called Irene Ntale.  They had disagreements over money and What's your end goal in
they each decided to part ways. This was the time when Irene Ntale doing this? At the end what
decided to quit Swangz Avenue a label that had helped her release do you want to look back
popular hit songs like Sembera, Gyobera among others. and say MAMA I MADE IT?

After being fired from the managerial position, Vinka decided to venture Vinka: I want to inspire
into singing and was backed up by the record label called Swangz Avenue those younger and maybe
owned by Benon Mugumya.  older than me.. not to stop
dreaming, if you wanna do
She released her first single called ‘Stylo’ that contains a lot of sexual something go for it!Also in
innuendos within it but the song became popular and an instant hit.  the end I wana look back
and say "Veronica Iam
This song officially introduced Vinka to the Ugandan music loving proud of you"
audience. She has continued to release songs like Malaika which is doing
well on the radio stations and Television stations.  Which artistes inspire you ?
And who do you look up to?
She started singing in January 2017 but with the way things are going, she
is going to become the queen of this industry. Vinka: Jelena Karleusa,
Tanya Stephens,  Cardi b,
Beyoncé .... to mention but a
few

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10 THINGS YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T
KNOW ABOUT FIK FAMEICA.

BY AHABWE COLINS

Walukagga Shafik who is popularly known as Fik Fameica is a Ugandan singer and songwriter who has been known
for copying and pasting lyrics and beats of songs from different music artists. Walukagga Shafik was born on 10th
January 1996 in Kawempe division in Kampala.He describes himself as a versatile music artist who is able to sing on
any music beats. Walukagga studied at Kawempe junior school and Dungu hill primary school for his primary school
education. Walukagga then joined Kawempe Royal College and Stennar Hill School for his ordinary level of
education where he completed his Olevel.

After his ordinary level of education, he joined Kawempe Muslim School and Oxford High school for his Advanced
level of education. Fik Fameica during interviews said that he was expelled from different schools because he used
to wear very tight trousers. Tanzania's Chin Bees Exposes Fik Fameica's Duplicating ...After his Advanced level of
education he decided to drop out of school in order to concentrate on his music career.

According to Fik Fameica, he used to do hip hop at school just because he was very passionate about it and he did
not do it for money but just for the love of it. Fik Fameica got his musical break through after recording his first song
called “pistol” in 2015 which was actually just a cover for a song that was done by a music artist called Festa Skunk
and this song became a hit that opened doors for him in the music industry. The audio version of this song was
loved by very many people but unfortunately he did not have enough money to shoot a music video for the
song. Then one day luck smiled at him and he met one video director called Frank Jah who also loved the song and
he decided to give him the chance to shoot the video of the song. 

He was giving him an offer of shooting the video of the song at a price half compared to what he usually charges to
other music artists. According to Fik Fameica who is one of the most sought after music artists at the moment,
success caught him unaware and now he has managed to release very many other popular songs like Kutama,
Byenyenya, Kachima and most recently Sconto and very many other songs. Fik Fameica says that he attributes his
musical success to not only talent but also favour. According to him, Talent alone is not enough and there are very
many people out there who are very talented but actually they do take long to breakthrough. 

According to him, his favourite female music artist is Irene Ntale and he admires the likes of Wizkid and Migos who
are Nigerian music artists. There have been rumours that Fik Fameica is dating television presenter and socialite
Sheila Gashumba but the Ugandan singer has denied these claims by saying that women fear him at the moment. He
is one of the fast rising music artists who are becoming very popular in Uganda and in turn also inspiring very many
other youths who aspire to become music titans in this country. Fik Fameica says that his main goal is to win the
BET Award that was once won by Ugandan music artist Eddy Kenzo.

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BIOGRAPHY AND INSPIRING www.hii5radio.com
STORY OF JACKSON KAGURI,
FOUNDER NYAKA AIDS Hii5 Radio is a Ugandan
FOUNDATION. online radio. We broadcast
24 hours a day, 365 days of
BY HRIS HOFFER the year.

Twesigye Jackson Kaguri was born and raised in Uganda in the small We are not a business
village of Nyakagyezi. At a very young age he demonstrated an designed to make a profit,
unquenchable desire to learn, which led him to study at and graduate we have no paid staff.  Our
from Makerere University in Kampala. During this time he co-founded presenters are not full-time
the human rights organization, Human Rights Concerns, to help victims professional broadcasters
of human rights violations in Uganda and to educate the public about and none of them are paid,
their rights. In the 90s he became a visiting scholar at Columbia everyone is a volunteer.
University where he studied Human Rights Advocacy. Over the years he
has been involved extensively in international community efforts as a Our volunteer presenters
human rights advocate, fundraiser, and inspirational speaker. host a variety of shows
ranging from
In 2001, Kaguri founded The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project in response to entertainment, fitness,
the devastating effects of AIDS in his hometown. The organization, which business, technology, faith
recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, provides free education to to a vast array of music
children who have lost one or both parents to HIV/AIDS. In addition to genres covering 80’s,
two schools, it also operates a library, desire farm and nutrition program, country, rock, disco, reggae,
medical clinic, clean water system, and a support program for the musicals, classical, folk and
grandmothers who care for up to 14 children at a time. soul to name but a few
shows.We feature  people,
Since founding the project, Kaguri has also become an author. In “A events, news, activities,
School for My Village” he shares how he came to build the first school charities, businesses and
and the struggles he faced during the first few years. In 2010, he resigned opinions.Thank you to all
as Interim Senior Director of Development in the College of Agriculture our sponsors and
and Natural Resources at Michigan State University to focus full-time on advertisers for supporting
The Nyaka AIDS Orphans Project. Kaguri has been named a Heifer us.
International Hero, recognized in Time Magazine’s ‘Power of One’ Series,
and spoken to the UN about his work. When not visiting the schools in
Uganda or working at his office in Okemos, MI, Kaguri travels the
country to speak with students and supporters about the organization.