Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
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Canadian
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television personality and journalist.
Kiwanuka came to Canada with her family in 1983, following the Ugandan Civil War. She was given the
Christian name
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MuchMusic
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from 1999 to 2003 and later hosted basketball and football programming on
Rogers Sportsnet
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that included the weekly ''NBA XL'' program. She is currently a reporter and substitute anchor on
TVOntario
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's newsmagazine series ''
The Agenda
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''. Kiwanuka has volunteered overseas for
War Child Canada
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,
Journalists for Human Rights
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