Faridah Nakazibwe


Faridah Nakazibwe is a Ugandan journalist, who serves as the Luganda news anchor at NTV Uganda, in Kampala, Uganda's capital and largest city.

Early life and education

Faridah Nakazibwe was born to the late Hajj Shakib Ssenyonjo and Hajat Sarah Ssenyonjo, in what is present-day Sembabule District. She is the second-born in a family of eight siblings.
She attended Kisozi Boarding Primary School, in Kisozi, Gomba District for her early primary education. When the land hosting her school was acquired by president Yoweri Museveni and converted into Kisozi Cattle Ranch, Faridah transferred to Bwala Primary School, in the town of Masaka, where she obtained her primary school leaving certificate. Later, her family relocated to Masaka town.
She studied at Taibah High School, in Kawempe,Kampala, where she obtained her High School Diploma. She then went on to the Islamic University in Uganda, in Mbale, in the country's Eastern Region, graduating with a Bachelor of Mass Communication.

Career

Following the completion of her journalism degree, she was hired by the now defunct WBS Television as a reporter. Two years later, she transferred to NTV Uganda, where she works a news anchor of the evening Luganda telecast and a program host for Mwasuze mutya.

Family

Faridah Nakazibwe is married to Omar Ssali, a Ugandan employed in one of the Middle Eastern countries.

Other considerations

Faridah Nakazibwe is the mother of two daughters, whose father is Engineer Dan Nankunda whom she met at the defunct WBS Television. For a period of less than one year, Nakazibwe had a temporary romantic relationship with Al Hajji Moses Kigongo, the vice chairperson of the ruling National Resistance Movement political party in Uganda. She ended that relationship sometime in 2015.