''NTV Akawungeezi'' is

NTV Uganda NTV Uganda is a Ugandan television station under the Nation Media Group, NMG, operating in East Africa. It has been on air since 2006. It is one of the companies owned by Aga Khan IV. During the Arua elections, NTV Uganda reporter Herbert Zziwa ...

's daily news programme, which is delivered in the

Luganda The Ganda language or Luganda (, , ) is a Bantu language spoken in the African Great Lakes region. It is one of the major languages in Uganda and is spoken by more than 10 million Baganda and other people principally in central Uganda including ...

language.

Details

''Akawungeezi'' is a television programme in

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 ...

. It is aired daily, with

news anchor A news presenter – also known as a newsreader, newscaster (short for "news broadcaster"), anchorman or anchorwoman, news anchor or simply an anchor – is a person who presents news during a news program on TV, radio or the Internet. ...

s who include

Faridah Nakazibwe Faridah Nakazibwe is a Ugandan journalist, who was appointed as Head of News at NTV Uganda, effective 31 March 2021. Replacing Josephine Karungi, who took up a job with the World Bank, as communications consultant. Nakazibwe is also a Luganda ...

, Frank Walusimbi, and Patrick Mukasa; and news reporters including Solomon Kaweesa and Joyce Bagala.

Ratings

According to GeoPoll, the top three Luganda TV new programs that aired during the 7–8 p.m. timeslot were

's ''Akawungeezi''(18% share); Bukedde 1’s ''Agabutikidde''(15% share); and

NBS Television NBS Television is a Ugandan television network owned by Next Media Services. It is headquartered at Next Media Park, Plot 13, Summit View Road, Naguru, Kampala District. Background The story of Next Media Services started with the founding of ...

's ''Amasengejje''(11%)

References

Ugandan television shows {{Africa-tv-prog-stub