Sanyu Robinah Mweruka
Sanyu Robinah Mweruka | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) |
| Citizenship | Uganda |
| Occupations | News anchor and television presenter |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Spouse |
Pascal Mweruka (m. 2010) |
| Children | 5 |
Sanyu Robinah Mweruka (née Sanyu Robinah Nalubwama, born 1987) is a Ugandan news anchor, television presenter at Bukedde Television, a Luganda language media house which is part of the New Vision Group in Uganda.[1][2]
Education
Mweruka graduated from Uganda Media Consultants and Trainers (UMCAT) after specializing in radio and television production.[2]
Career
Mweruka is a news anchor of the Luganda broadcast news program Agataliiko Nfuufu and Agabutikidde.[3] She is also a presenter of the program Omuntu Wa Bantu, and also a producer for Bukedde Television.[1][2] Previously, she was a reporter on Bukedde FM, a radio station owned by the same media conglomerate. She transferred from the radio station to the television station in 2009.[4]
Controversy
In early 2015, a video began circulating on social media platforms, showing what appeared to be Mweruka in compromising positions with a man who was not her husband. The man in the video was identified as Kizito Ongom, also known as Kasumaali, a kickboxer and weightlifter.[5] In an interview with The Observer, Ongom denied that he was the man in the video.[6]
Mweruka also maintains that she is not the woman in the video. Her position is that her facial features were photoshopped into the video. Her husband stands by his wife and refuses to divorce her. He states that efforts were made to extort money from the couple, using that tape, as early as prior to their wedding, five years earlier.[7]
In 2015, Mweruka released a single record called "Tonvuddemu" ("You Have Not Forsaken Me"), praising her husband for sticking with her through their marital ups and downs.[8]
Personal life
Mweruka has been married to Paschal Mweruka since May 2010. As of November 2018, they are the parents of five children.[4][9][10]
References
- 1 2 Gertrude Toorom (6 February 2015). "I Am Still At Vision Group- Sanyu Robinah Mweruka". Kampala: Showbizuganda.com. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Meet the people who read your TV news". Daily Monitor. 5 January 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- ↑ Kivumbi, Michael (9 January 2018). "The Most Influential Female News Anchors In Uganda". Kivumbi Press. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
- 1 2 Sseguya, Josephat (5 February 2015). "Ssanyu Robinah Mweruka ayogedde ku by'akatambi (Sanyu Robinah Mweruka Talks About The DVD)". Bukedde Newspaper Online. Kampala. Archived from the original (In the Original Luganda Language) on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ Big Eye Uganda (4 February 2015). "Sanyu Robinah Mweruka's Sextape Bed Mate (Kasumali) unveiled, find out who he is". Kampala: Bieye.ug. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ Diana Nabiruma (18 February 2015). "Kasumaali: I don't think I'll ever heal from the Mweruka scandal". The Observer (Uganda). Kampala. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ Sunrise Ssonko (21 March 2015). "Mweruka's in-laws push for divorce". Kampala: Sunrise Uganda. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ J.L. Mercedes (21 September 2015). "Sanyu Robinah Mweruka not just a Television personality". Kampala: Uganda Entertainment News. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ Ahumuza, Allan (22 May 2018). "Bukedde TV's Sanyu Mweruka of The Sex Tape Fame Preggars". Kampala: Chano8.com. Archived from the original on 17 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
- ↑ Matooke Republic (3 February 2015). "Here is Robinah Sanyu Mweruka's husband". Kampala: Matooke Republic. Retrieved 27 April 2019.