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Kabogoza - Nsasula Nkubanja
He
is known as ‘Kabogoza’ on the Capital Morning Crew show but his
real name is Patrick Ndaula. ‘The Morning Crew’ is one of the
most prominent and is indeed the eldest morning show in the FM
radio business by virtue of the fact that Capital FM is the ‘big
brother’ of all the other stations having hit the airwaves in
1993.
Christine Mawadri, who had been on that show since it’s
inception unfortunately left Capital FM for Monitor FM. The show
still exists though with the tireless efforts of Kabogoza and
others. He also features on the Hot 20 countdown with DJ Ronnie.
You can read about Kampala radio presenter movements here
You may not know much about him and had probably never seen his
image ‘till today but he has been at Capital FM since 2001. The
name ‘Kabogoza Omusirise’ is translated ‘Kabogoza the quiet
one’, which indeed he is. And that is not all about this
soft-spoken 20-year-old lad. He also happens to be a musician
and a director of a group called ‘Strikers Crew’. We’ll get more
info about the crew and shall let you know when we do.
This year has seen Patrick or rather ‘Kabogoza’ release his
first single titled ‘Nsasula Nkubanja’ which is loosely
translated ‘you owe me, please pay me back’ This is a song which
he says is about ‘Detoothers’. For those of you new to this
urban Kampala slung, a ‘detoother’ is a gold digger or rather a
girl that persistently takes money from a man and pretending to
be madly in love and yet doesn’t give any affection in return.
This song is inspired by actual events that happen in day-to-day
life and Kabogoza felt it best to portray his thoughts about the
whole issue in this, his maiden track. He has a couple of
recordings in the pipeline and when he through with studio, we
shall let you know.
But how did Kabogoza get to Capital FM, one of Uganda’s hardest
radio stations to penetrate? Here is the secret; Allan ‘the
cantankerous one’ Mugisha had something to do with it.
Cantankerous met Kabagoza at Mpererwe along Kampala road and
they instantly became best friends.
As Allan was also into standup comedy, he instantly reckoned
that Kabogoza had enough skill to land him a job at Capital FM
and his instincts were indeed proven right. Like they say ‘takes
one to catch one’. You cannot tell he is so good at his comedy
act by merely looking at him but sit back, relax and get to know
him and you’ll go absolutely bananas.
Life hasn’t been a smooth road though. He dropped out of school
at S3 level for reasons he chose not to specify. He was born and
raised in Luweero where he left in 2000 to come to Kampala to
seek greener pastures. When he got to the city, he joined a
group called Nanda Dramactors as a comedian. It was soon after
this that he met Cantankerous. Guess you know the rest of the
story. The rest is history.
If you need to see Kabogoza, he spends most of his time at
Capital FM. Just one tip – Don’t go looking for Patrick Ndaula
‘cause you’ll end up wasting more time trying to find him,
‘Kabogoza’ shall do the trick. Plans are underway to record his
radio comedy acts and we shall have them availed on our listen
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