Teacher Mpamire


Herbert Mendo Ssegujja, better known by his stage name Teacher Mpamire is a Ugandan comedian, actor and high school teacher. He is most famous for mimicking the Ugandan president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni.
His performances have seen him stage shows in Ugandan, Zambia, Malawi and other African countries.
He also forms part of the Fun Factory cast in their weekly comedy shows at the National Theatre.
In 2016, Teacher Mpamire was named "discovery of year" at the Africa Youth Awards held in Accra, Ghana.
The teacher rose more to fame with the addition of a characters Destiny Mutaasa, Umar Gocher, pola, peter, Lyshia juliet, Buuzabalyawo and "Boniface" real names Muwanga Arnold in the video clips who acted as the aggrieved student. The director of these successful video clips was Collines Mayambala renown for promoting Anne Kansiime and Taata Sam a real household name in Ugandan sketch comedy.

Early life and education

Ssegujja was born in Mukono, Uganda on 27 September 1983, started his education at Bbowa primary school from where he graduated to Bbowa secondary school. He later went to Greenlight high school in Namasuba, Zana.
At Kyambogo University, Ssegujja studied for bachelor of arts in education. He eventually went to Makerere University where he studied drama.
Having been sponsored by Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, he was admitted to the American Comedy Institute where he studied comedy performance and writing.

Awards and nominations