Canary Mugume

Bio

Canary Mugume is an East African investigative Journalist and is attached to NBS television where he currently doubles as the station’s chief COVID-19 correspondent. Canary has profoundly covered top political issues in regional politics including the Rwandan, Kenyan and Ugandan elections. Canary recently had a one on one interview with Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and as a political reporter believes in holding power accountable through telling the untold stories about governments in Africa. Canary hosts a political radio show on Nxt Radio titled The Big Talk and also writes a weekly column for Nile Post, titled ‘My Parting Show.’Canary is passionate about digital media and the role of journalism in changing perceptions in Africa




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