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Mich Egwang

EDWIN NUWAGABA Dr Mich Ronnie Egwang is a celebrated emcee and a retired deejay. He currently runs his own company; The Eclipse Group. What do you miss most about radio? I think it was the challenges; I used to wake everyday in the morning and there was something new to say. But after a certain period of time here in Uganda, there was nothing challenging, there was nothing new which I could say on radio, the spark I used to have had gone. I think this should serve as a notice to anybody in radio or in any job that if you feel like there is no longer any challenge, you are no longer innovative and you are no longer adding any value to your job, jump out while you are still on the top. Don’t wait for people to show you the door. Now that you are no longer in the limelight, what are you doing? I am a child of the darkness now, since I am not in the lime light. [Laughs] Anyway, right now I am managing my own company Eclipse, it’s a marketing company. We do direct marketing, experiential marketing and events management. And we also have another business unit which is events logistics. Looks like you are cashing in big time. How do you spend your money? Well first I pay my tithe, because God is the one who gives and He can decide to take away. Then I pay my bills, I have to pay my rent both for my business premises and back home and then I also have to pay for my wife’s lifestyle. Is your humour natural or do you work at it? What do you think? You think I go online and pay for it every month? Humour is not something you can study. If you are naturally funny, all you have to do is take a normal situation and spin it. While emceeing at the Pam awards, you said that Maria Kiwanuka denied you a job at Radio One because you have lugezi gezi. So were you revenging? [Laughs and laughs] No no, the thing is that the profile of Radio One would not suit me; actually Maria Kiwanuka herself is a good friend of mine. Even if I were her, I would have never employed me because I would not be the type of person to suit her radio’s profile. You see, I am a loud mouth and I want to say everything the way I see it. If that is what lugezi gezi means, that is me because I always want to do things my way. I am the one who started the show; Alive and Kicking on Sanyu. I used to play my own music, and my boss always said, “You have a big head but you always do the right thing.” You recently exchanged phone numbers with Latoya. What’s her number? No I can’t, that is top secret. Actually she is the one who took mine, because when she met me, she was like, “Oh my God I can’t believe it. It’s you the star from Deal or no Deal and I said yeah and she said, “My Dad loves your show, he will not believe if I don’t take a picture with you.” She said, “Give me your number so I can email you and you send me my pictures and we keep in touch.” So are you in touch? No, actually the only person I have met since that day is Sheila because she was here for the last eviction party when Morris came back. Are you expecting a child or you are feeding your wife well? Actually I saw the story in the papers but I think it must have been either Rafsanjan with his usual nonsense, Darius Mugisha he is always clowning around. Actually tell all those clowns that the day they get married and treat their wives properly nga bamutekamu sente, that is what will happen. If you mistreat your woman and you give her stress and headaches, she is going to lose weight. But you see for me Uncle Mich, Dr Egwang, I inject in her cash, I take her places and of course she will look good and happy. Who is the one person that really pushed it on Deal or no Deal? Well I would not say pushing because it was about luck. There was some Kenyan guy. He was a student at Makerere University doing Social Studies or something like that and he walked away with $45,000. Do ever you consider practicing Veterinary Medicine? Yes, I am like any other doctor. I have a client base of close friends and family whose dogs I treat on an annual basis. You know a good vet is not the one who comes to your house every month, because if I come to your house each day of the month, either I am cheating you or you are paying me for something I shouldn’t be doing. Would you rather be, great cologne or a fine suit? I would be a fine classy three piece designer suit.

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