Former NTV Uganda news anchor Joel Ssenyonyi has been unveiled as the spokesperson for the People Power Movement.
This was announced by Kyadondo East MP and musician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine at a press conference in Kamwokya, a Kampala suburb on Monday.
Ssenyoni last week resigned from NTV Uganda, after working with the Serena Hoetl based TV station for over 5 years.
“Today was my last day as an anchor at NTV. My 13yr media journey right from UBC in 2006 has been worthwhile.I’ve grown,made friends and enemies too in the course of my work. I’m grateful to my colleagues at NTV, they’ve been my other family.Thank you all for supporting this journey,” Joel Ssenyoni wrote on Twitter on May 2nd.
NTV on their part bade farewell to their news anchor with a cake.
“Farewell to Joel Ssenyonyi. You’ve been so supportive during your time at NTV. We’ll miss having a wonderful colleague like you. Good luck in your future endeavours,” tweeted UTV Uganda.
Today was my last day as an anchor at NTV. My 13yr media journey right from UBC in 2006 has been worthwhile.I've grown,made friends(&enemies too????) in the course of my work.I'm grateful to my colleagues at NTV,they've been my other family.Thank you all for supporting this journey https://t.co/DrPGxMxhha
— Joel Ssenyonyi (@JoelSsenyonyi) May 2, 2019
Although Ssenyonyi’s next move at the time was unknown, his joining of the People Power Movement doesn’t come as a surprise.
The journalist was among those that joined Bobi Wine to demonstrate against the Social Media and Mobile Money taxes which came into effect on July 1st, 2018.
Ssenyonyi has also been actively involved in political activism via Social Media.
