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Gaetano Kagwa

b. 1972

Ugandan actor and broadcaster

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Born 1972. Gaetano Kagwa is an Ugandan film actor and television actor.

Gaetano Jjuko Kagwa is a Ugandan actor and broadcaster. He currently co-hosts the breakfast show Gaetano & Lucky in the Morning at 91.3 Capital FM with Lucky Mbabazi. He is a judge on East Africa's Got Talent alongside Dj Makeda, Jeff Koinange and Vanessa Mdee.

Early life and education He was born Gaetano Jjuko Kagwa on 22 June 1972 in Kampala, Uganda. He moved to Kenya when he was five years old and then to Lesotho when he was nine. In Lesotho, he completed his high school education. In 1993, he joined the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, US, where he graduated with a degree in political science in 1997.

Career Kagwa played Abe Sakku on Nana Kagga's TV series Beneath the Lies – The Series. He rose to fame when he represented Uganda in the first edition of Big Brother Africa in 2003. He has also hosted the television show Studio 53 on Mnet. From 2004 to 2008, he was the host of the Capital in the Morning Show on Kenyan radio station 98.4 Capital FM.

His career as a radio presenter goes back several years before signing up with Kenya's Capital FM. Prior to moving to neighboring country Kenya as a radio presenter, Kagwa worked for Capital FM Uganda as well as Vision Voice, a Ugandan radio station.

Big Brother Africa

While a third-year law student at Makerere University, Kagwa went to represent Uganda in the premier Big Brother Africa series in 2003.

Filmography

Television

Personal life Kagwa married Enid Kushemeza in August 2009.

For most of his life, he has been an advocate of awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS. In 2007, he was appointed as a UNAIDS special representative.

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Ugandan actor and broadcaster

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Gaetano Kagwa was born on 22 June 1972 in Kampala.

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Gaetano Kagwa is a film actor and television actor.

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Gaetano Kagwa is Ugandan.

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· Wikipedia: Gaetano Kagwa

· Wikidata: Q5516694

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