It’s a sunny morning when I meet Rose Amutuhaire at Uganda Media Women’s Association in Kisasi. After a cordial welcome, she engages me in a little friendly chat as she takes a cup of coffee.
Her love for women empowerment comes out vividly as we discuss the vision for the organisation, Uganda Media Women’s Association. She is nonetheless quick to note that she wants to help girls, especially campusers who are always faced with a number of challenge, make informed decisions by having access to the right information to solve critical problems they face socially, economically and politically.
The 27-year-old has so far begun on her career as a journalist at Uganda Media Women Association MAMA FM as a news anchor.
EDUCATION AND FAMILY
Born to Constance and Gaudio, the second born of five children inherited her public speaking skills from her 54-year old dad whom she grew up seeing speaking very good English yet he was Primary seven graduate.
“My dad would speak very good English and he motivated me to study journalism and one day speak good English like him. He taught me to be confident like him,” she recalls.
Her decision to undertake the journalism career, especially using her career to empower girls, both in and out of media fraternity, was a much anticipated move that did not surprise those who knew her. While at school, Amutuhaire knew she would one day become a voice for women through media.
“Going through Agakhan primary School and finally sitting from Kampala primary school I later joined Butare secondary school before I joined Sacred Heart secondary school, Mushanga where I completed my A level,” she says with a smile.
But Amutuhaire was born a feminist. Her dream to empower women has endured decades.
“I got the dream of becoming a journalist right from childhood as I would tell my father that I wanted to be a news anchor when I grow up, and start unearthing the challenges that girls face in their day-to-day lives,” Amutuhaire recounts.
Amutuhaire chased her dream and took up a specialization of literature in English from senior one to senior six. She participated in debates at school and loved opposing the motions which violated the rights of women.
She later joined Makerere University and did a diploma in IT, the same time doing a diploma in journalism and mass communication before she upgraded for a bachelor of Arts in social sciences. She is happy that in all the three courses she graduated in, she managed to pass them with second Upper division award.
Amutuhaire started on her journalism career practically this year at SSubi FM and later joined Mama FM in July as the English news anchor.
ASPIRATIONS
Although Amutuhaire is not where she ultimately would like to be, she admits she is in a better place and thanks to her journalism career.
She wants to be a gender analyst and she hopes to go for further studies and pursue a master’s degree in critical gender studies specializing in applied gender studies where she hopes to meet courses like feminist research of media and popular culture.
In her free time Amutuhaire enjoys spending time with her son and her phone.
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