Henry Mugenyi, a senior health reporter at NBS TV, has left the station to join the Advancing Clinical Trials and Epidemic Preparedness Research Capacity in Africa (ACT-PREP) project, run by Makerere University’s School of Public Health.
Sources told us he left early this month for the five-year project, funded by the European Union and involving various other health institutions. It was officially launched on September 28, 2026.
In an interview, Mugenyi said he had not left NBS TV. Pressed on whether he had been recruited by the research project, he was non-committal.
Sources at Naguru told us that Mugenyi had “negotiotiated” with management to continue contributing stories as he works with the project. It was not clear how long this arrangement would. hold.
Mugenyi joined NBS TV in 2019 as a youth presenter on the station’s NBS Youth Voice show while he was still a student. He later moved to the newsroom and became one of its best-known health reporters.
His reports include an exposé on fake COVID-19 test results and “Street of Shame”, about conditions in the emergency ward at Mulago Hospital.
He has twice won the Media Excellence award at the Heroes in Health Awards. His 2022 win was for “Predators of Busoga”, a story on teenage pregnancies in the Busoga region.
Two months ago, Mugenyi also produced special reports on Ebola, showing how the virus devastated Bundibugyo district in 2007.
He joined the NBS health desk after Zahra Namuli left the station in 2023. Namuli moved to the Makerere University Lung Institute, where she works in communications.
