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Category: Diaspora News

Written by Kim

We have met many beautiful girls in our lives but we haven’t met many who are cute and hard working too… at least not like Joy Doreen Biira.

We’re sure most of you know by now that the news anchor, who made many men wish she hosted all shows on NBS TV, has left the Kamwokya -based station.

The story is that she has moved to Nairobi, Kenya and she has joined one of Kenya and has joined one of Kenya’s leading television networks, KTN.

Just to make sure her fans know her whereabouts, Doreen posted on her facebook wall:

“Dear Friends and family; as of January1, 2012, I will be based in Nairobi, and working with KTN Kenya as an anchor/reporter under standard Group. Lots of love and regards.”

Joy Doreen Biira was born on September 5, 1986 to John & Beatrice Baluku in Kasese (Rwenzururu Kingdom) Uganda. She grew up in a Christian family in Kasese, western Uganda and went to single sexed schools for high school.

In September 2005, Joy joined Makerere University to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Information Technology. As an evening program student, in her first year, worked as a part-timer for the day hours with a Branding[disambiguation needed] company (Branding Uganda Ltd) where she, at 19, dealt with operations and at the same time poached through the Mass Communication classes at University. It was there that she picked the interest in Media Arts.

After her second year at Faculty of Information Technology at Makerere University, Biira took a dead semester into her final year to gain experience in the media industry. She was trained as a researcher for in-depth stories & general journalistic skills by experts in media consultancy giving her competitive advantage with the professionally trained journalists. She started as an unpaid volunteer/ intern but and finally as a full-time paid employee.

In early 2008, Joy Doreen Biira was employed as a week day Morning Show co-host at NBS Television with Shawn Kimuli, broadcasting at the network’s headquarters in the capital Kampala, Uganda.

The Morning Breeze on NBS TV, is a live broadcast of current news, Newspaper reviews, Interviews, Features and Live Entertainment just to mention a few. The show on commencement was the pioneering breakfast show on Ugandan TV air.

Interactive and all people talk Show that addresses growing business power matters, health, sport and culture as well as relevant current affairs in a systematic and professional way with live-in calls. The show is viewed by half of the population across the country.

The “Morning Breeze on NBS TV” is currently the number one breakfast show in Uganda. The show runs from 7am-10am Monday to Friday. Through on job training, Joy is now top news anchor for prime time news and also reports on political, business & entertainment stories across the country, where she conducted one-on-one interviews with different personalities (top politicians, business moguls, entertainment stars etc.).

On September 1, 2008, Joy was called by Capital Radio, the leading English radio station in Uganda, to audition for a radio show & with just the first round of the trials; she was instantly taken on as Radio co-host of the weekend breakfast show on which she first aired on September 6, 2008. She also solely presents Capital Radio’s Sunday Drive a music variety show that’s informative with interviews, news & core general arts entertainment. Both shows on Capital radio today have grown to be the most listened to shows during the weekend with lots of fans glued to them.

In 2009, Joy resumed classes to complete her Information Technology degree course & currently awaits graduation this December 2010 from Makerere University. She has also embarked on a three year Journalism course that she completes in 2012.