Flavia Tumusiime is a

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...

n actress, radio and television host, voice-over artist, emcee and author of 30 Days of Flavia. She presents a mid-morning radio show (AM-PM Show) on

91.3 Capital FM Capital FM (sometimes called Capital Radio or 91.3 Capital FM) is an English radio channel broadcasting from Kampala, Uganda at 91.3 MHz and covers the whole of Uganda with some parts of Northern Tanzania, Rwanda, Eastern Congo, and western K ...

radio in

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, a former co-host of

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where she also doubles as a news anchor on NTV Tonight news and is a VJ for

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. She played the role of

Kamali Tenywa Mrs. Kamali Tenywa Amaru is a fictional character created by film producer, actress and screenwriter Nana Kagga Macpherson for Uganda's Urban TV series ''Beneath The Lies''. Flavia Tumusiime portrayed Kamali from her debut in the pilot episode ...

(lead role) in

Nana Kagga Nana Hill Kagga Macpherson (also known as Nana Kagga-Hill or as Nana Hill or Nana Hill Kagga) is a Ugandan actress, filmmaker, content creator, scriptwriter, petroleum engineer and motivational speaker. She wrote and directed the 2012 film '' ...

's television series,

Beneath The Lies - The Series Beneath may refer to: * ''Beneath'' (2007 film), directed by Dagen Merrill * ''Beneath'' (2013 film), a thriller film by Larry Fessenden *''Beneath'', a 2013 film directed by Ben Ketai * ''Beneath'' (Amoral album), 2011 *Beneath (Infant Island alb ...

from 2014 to 2016 and has co-hosted the Guinness Football Challenge.

Early life and education

Tumusiime was born in 1989 in Kampala and is the only child of Enoch Tumusiime and Christine Asiimwe, who hail from Kabale, South Western Uganda. She attended St Theresa Kisubi for primary school, then joined

Kitante Hill Secondary School Kitante Hill Senior Secondary School (KHSS), sometimes referred to as Kitante Hill School, is a public, mixed, day school located in ''Kitante'', a neighborhood in the city of Kampala, the capital and largest metropolitan area in Uganda. It cate ...

for both "O" and "A" levels. She then attended

Makerere University Business School Makerere University Business School (MUBS) is the school of business of Makerere University, Uganda's oldest university. MUBS provides business and management education at the certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Location ...

where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in International Business.

Television

Tumusiime has been a television presenter since she was teenager. She started presenting on WBS TV's teen's club, a show she did with other teens for four years. Between 2010 and 2012, she presented K-files, another program on WBS TV. Since 2011, she has presented the Guinness football challenge. It has been aired on NTV (Uganda) and ITV & KTN (Kenya). In the same period, she has been a VJ on Channel O. She was also a presenter for Big Brother Africa in 2012. Flavia joined NTV Uganda as a news anchor on NTV Tonight in 2016. She is a former co-host of a morning show Morning @ NTV which she started early 2018.

Radio

Tumusiime had a short stint working as a presenter on HOT100 FM in 2006 before finally settling at Capital FM where she has been to date.

Awards and recognition

Young Achievers Award The Young Achievers Awards (YAA) is a national competition held annually in Uganda which selects and promotes the best practice and excellence in youth creativity. By demonstrating a young person's potential to create an outstanding nation bu ...

for Media and Journalism 2013 * Silver award in the best mid-morning show category at the 2013 Radio and TV awards. *Teeniez role model in 2013

Buzz Teeniez Awards Buzz Teeniez Awards is an annual award ceremony in Kampala, Uganda that was started in 2007 by a magazine called ''Buzz''. The Buzz Teeniez Awards are catered to teen viewers to honor the biggest achievers in television, music, gospel, Dee Jays, ...

. * Best Dressed Female Media Personality Of The Year - Abryanz Style and Fashion Awards 2015 * Best Female Radio Personality - Uganda Entertainment Awards 2016

Filmography

Television shows

Film

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tumusiime, Flavia 1988 births Living people Ugandan film actresses Ugandan television actresses Ugandan radio presenters People from Kampala Makerere University alumni Ugandan television presenters Ugandan television personalities 21st-century Ugandan actresses Ugandan women radio presenters Ugandan women television presenters