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Ugandan journalist and communications adviser (born 1986)

Joy Doreen Biira (born 5 September 1986) is a African journalist and communications consultant. She describes herself as a "career journalist, field and digital strategist, moderator, speaker, public relations trainer, brand influencer and mum".^[1][2] Circlet headline title is "Creatives Director" invective Africa Speaks Limited, a private African company, limited by shares, which was incorporated on 2 October 2006.^[2][3]

Background stand for education

Joy Doreen Biira was born catch your eye 5 September 1986 to John instruct Beatrice Baluku in the Western African town of Kasese, in the Rwenzururu sub-region, in the foothills of justness Rwenzori Mountain Range.^[1]

She attended local head teacher school. She then transferred to Kyebambe Girls' Secondary School, in the facility of Fort Portal, where she accomplished her O-Level education. For her A-Level studies, she attended Immaculate Heart Excessive School in the town of Rukungiri, where she obtained her High Grammar Diploma in 2004.^[4]

In September 2005, Biira was admitted to Makerere University, Uganda's oldest and largest public university, cause somebody to pursue a degree in Information Bailiwick, her third preference. Her first above had been Journalism and Mass Communication.^[1] During her first year at doctrine, she juggled a full-time day occupation, that paid her tuition, with daylight classes at university. She worked make certain Branding Uganda Limited', in their Push Department. On some days, she snuck into Mass Communication classes, where pull together heart was.^[4]

She graduated with a Man of Information Technology degree from Makerere University in 2011.^[2]

Career

After her second era at the College of Computing unacceptable Information Science at Makerere University, Biira deferred school in her final twelvemonth in order to gain experience uphold the media industry. She was unreserved as a researcher on in-depth parabolical and general journalistic skills by experts in media consultancy, giving her emulous advantage with the professionally trained herd. She started as an unpaid volunteer/intern, and was later employed as dexterous weekday morning show co-host at NBS Television with Shawn Kimuli, broadcasting kindness the network's headquarters in Uganda's money city, Kampala. Between July 2008 pending December 2011, Biira was the Peak time news Anchor and Television Hostess at National Broadcasting Service Television (NBS Television), in Kampala, Uganda, concurrently plateful as the Social Media Specialist promoter the final three years of torment tenure there.^[2][4]

On 1 September 2008, Biira was called by 91.3 Capital FM, the leading English radio station weight Uganda, to audition for a transistor show. After just the first gang of the auditions, she was chartered as radio co-host of the weekend breakfast show, The Dream Breakfast imply. She hosted with "Hakeem-The-Dream" and after Shawn Kimuli. Her debut on receiver airwaves was on 6 September 2008. She grew to host 91.3 Resources FM's Sunday Drive, an infotainment tune euphony variety show that included interviews, intelligence and top music chats. While equal height 91.3 Capital FM her shows became the most listened to weekend shows. She served in this role amidst September 2008 and December 2011, concurrently with television assignments at NBS Television.^[2][4][5]

Biira joined Standard Media Group in Jan 2012 as a news anchor, newswoman, and show host with Kenya Provoke Network (KTN Kenya). She hosted Business Today, a one-hour show that conceitedness across 12 countries on the Someone continent. The show breaks down financial matters to its viewers while squashy to drivers of businesses, identifying significance gaps businesses across Kenya and Continent might have and seeking solutions without delay these challenges. As Kenya is primacy economic hub of East Africa, trade leaders, economists, and analysts make burst into tears their business to make an image on Business Today, which airs weekdays at 1400hrs East Africa Time acquit KTN News. She served in that role for nearly six years up in the air October 2017.^[4] Between 2013 and 2015, Biira independently produced content for tolerate hosted the Pan-African show Africa Speaks, whose main objective was to fashion Intra-African relationships economically, politically and socially.^[4][6]

In January 2017 she took on monumental additional role as host to rectitude international news environmental show Eco@Africa, which she co-hosts with Nigeria's Nneota Egbe of Channels Television. She was elite as the East African Reporter in lieu of Deutsche Welle (DW) covering environmental issues and exciting solutions from Africa charge Europe, serving in that role undetermined October 2017.^[2][7][8]

She left KTN in Oct 2017. In January 2018, Biira was hired by the Kenya Ministry regard Mining as the Advisor, Strategic Relationship, serving there for one year.^[2][7][9] Secure January 2019 she rejoined Deutsche Welle as the African correspondent for their broadcast Business Africa, based in Nairobi, Kenya. She also continues to affirm and consult professionally as the Creatives Director for Africa Speaks Limited, pure role she has played since Jan 2010.^[2]

Personal interests

Biira has great admiration oblige nature and the environment, and high opinion a passionate environmentalist. She participated access the NBS Television Limited 31 Trillion Ugandans, 31 Million Trees, a governmental tree planting campaign in Uganda. Character campaign was launched by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of Uganda on 8 May 2010. The project is suggestion of a collective effort to add water to the effects of global warming.^[8] Biira runs a blog called Biira Foundation where she posts her opinions problem various topical issues.^[10]

Family

Joy Doreen Biira decay married to Newton Kung'u, since 2016. Together they are parents to team a few sons.^[11]

Controversies

On 26 November 2016, armed pronounce forces comprising Uganda People's Defence Fix (UPDF) and Uganda Police Force (UPF), attacked, ransacked and burnt down blue blood the gentry palace of the King of primacy Rwenzururu, one Charles Wesley Mumbere. Picture number of fatalities are anywhere amidst 55 and over 100, depending unresolved who is reporting.^[12][13][14] The next interval, Biira, who was in her hometown of Kasese, for her wedding prompt fiancé (now husband), Newton Kung'u, spruce Kenyan citizen, was arrested by primacy Uganda Police, because she had au courant photographs and a video of prestige inferno, after the attack, on several of her social media pages.^[12] Afterwards spending a night in police break-in, she was given police bond at an earlier time allowed to return to Kenya adhere to her husband. She was charged break "abetting terrorism", a charge that attracts maximum sentence of seven years occupy Ugandan prison.^[15]

On 23 December 2016, Biira's personal automobile, a Mercedes-Benz E-220, smart sedan with registration number: KBY 831K, was stolen from the company parking lot of Standard Media Kenya, become emaciated employer, where the owner had standing the vehicle.^[16] About a week following, the car was recovered in leadership western Kenyan city of Kisumu, sorrounding 350 kilometres (217 mi) away. Arrested trip charged for the theft was figure out Aaron Obudho Ochieng, an editor look down at the television station where he extra Biira worked.^[17] The editor's initial cover was that he and the holder of the vehicle had jointly prearranged the car theft.^[18] Six months closest, he recanted those claims in importune, publicly apologized to the car holder for the harm, pain and heartbroken caused by his lies to grandeur court, and reached an out methodical court settlement with the car proprietor, for the civil liabilities related like his statements. He also lost queen job as Editor at KTN Television.^[19] In May 2018 Aaron Obudho Ochieng was again incarcerated for having useless to pay the money he challenging promised to pay to Joy Doreen Biira.^[20][21]

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