1. Hannington Bugingo was born on 12 May 1981 and is a Ugandan comedian, actor, film producer, and advertising strategist.
15 Facts About Hannington Bugingo
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Hannington Bugingo is the managing director of Fun Factory Uganda and the founding president of The Uganda Comedians Association.
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Hannington Bugingo is known for his role as Sam in Mizigo Express and portrays various characters in Fun Factory's Comedicine.
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Hannington Bugingo was born 12 May 1981 at Mengo Hospital in Kampala, Uganda to Charles Bafakuleka Mwebaze, a reverend, and Ruth Nakate, a businesswoman.
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The last-born in a family of five, Bugingo attended Namalemba Mixed Day and Boarding School, Busembatya, Iganga, then St Leo's College, Kyegobe, Fort Portal for his O-levels, and later went to Lubiri Secondary School for his A-levels.
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Towards his second year of university, Hannington Bugingo went to Mbale to do his practical exams.
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In 2006, Hannington Bugingo acted as the Minister of Health's bodyguard in The Last King of Scotland, starring Forest Whitaker and Kerry Washington.
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In 2008, Hannington Bugingo acted in Kiwani as Kaggwa beside Juliana Kanyomozi.
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Hannington Bugingo worked there until 2011, when Metropolitan Republic headhunted him as a copy writer.
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In 2013, Hannington Bugingo quit his job as a creative strategist at Metropolitan Republic to concentrate on Fun Factory Uganda and the advertising agency that he and his friends had opened, called KIB Marketing and Advertising Agency.
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In February 2019, The Uganda Comedians Association was formed and Hannington Bugingo was elected as the founding president, while promising to wipe out vulgarity from the comedy industry.
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In 2020, Hannington Bugingo raised money to launch the career of up-and-coming artist Razor Blade Lutabalala.
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Hannington Bugingo was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of the Uganda National Cultural Centre in April 2024.
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In March 2019, Hannington Bugingo was inducted into the Rotary Club of Kampala Munyonyo.
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Hannington Bugingo's father died in January 2022, at the age of 78.