Nam Kiwanuka

Namugenyi Kiwanuka
Born
Nam Kiwanuka

1975 (age 50–51)
Uganda
Other nameMary Namugenyi
CitizenshipUgandan-Canadian
Alma materToronto Metropolitan University
OccupationsTelevision personality, Journalist, sports commentator
EmployerTVOntario
Known forTelevision presenter
Websitehttp://www.namkiwanuka.com/

Mary Namugenyi "Nam" Kiwanuka (born Namugenyi Kiwanuka) is a Ugandan-Canadian television personality and journalist, currently the host of the TVO news and documentary program The Thread.

Kiwanuka came to Canada with her family in 1983, following the civil war in Uganda.[1] She was given the Anglo-Protestant moniker Mary. She was a VJ for MuchMusic from 1999 to 2003[2] and later hosted basketball and football programming on Sportsnet that included the weekly NBA XL program.[3] She was subsequently a reporter and substitute anchor on TVOntario's newsmagazine series The Agenda,[4] from 2016 until the program was cancelled in 2025 upon the retirement of host Steve Paikin.

Kiwanuka has volunteered overseas for War Child Canada, Journalists for Human Rights and the Canadian Red Cross.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Kiwanuka, Nam (February 26, 2016). "Black identity and the skin I'm in". TVO.org.
  2. ↑ "Call goes out to all VJ wannabes; Video station MuchMusic holding country-wide auditions". Toronto Star, November 10, 1999.
  3. ↑ "Analysts will be pressed hard to give oomph to NHL draft show". The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2004.
  4. ↑ "TVO Welcomes Nam Kiwanuka To The Agenda". Canada NewsWire, February 16, 2016.
  5. ↑ Getachew, Samuel (April 10, 2013). "This Former MuchMusic VJ Is Making an Impact". HuffPost.


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