Prominent Ugandan journalist and BBC radio broadcaster Alan Kasujja has bid farewell to the network after 13 years of service.
The 47-year-old took to X on Friday to express gratitude for his time at the British Broadcasting Corporation.
“It has been 13 years of constant growth… breaking barriers, amplifying African voices on the biggest stage, going into spaces that would otherwise never be explored. I’m grateful for the opportunity to have worked at the BBC. It’s been transformative,” he wrote.
Kasujja, one of the main presenters of Newsday on the BBC World Service, began his media career in the 1990s at Sanyu FM.
Over the years, he has worked across Ugandan television and radio, co-hosting The Big Breakfast on Kampala’s 91.3 Capital FM with Jackie Lumbasi and Ramesh Gabalsing, presenting the Ugandan version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? since 2011, and hosting the influential political talk show The Fourth Estate.
Based in London since 2012, Kasujja became a regular voice on Newsday and in January 2016 co-moderated Uganda’s first-ever televised presidential debate alongside KTN journalist Nancy Kacungira.
In his farewell messages, Kasujja thanked colleagues around the globe, particularly those on Africa Daily and Newsday.
“I’m also grateful for my family and friends whose support has kept me going. I didn’t think I’d last this long; I was ready to leave in 2014. But I’m glad I stuck it out,” he said.
“The global network I’ve built over the last 13 years will be valuable in the next chapter of this story. We must continue to weave Africa’s narrative.”
The veteran journalist is known for his warm, compelling voice, which kept listeners hooked to his programs, making it almost impossible to switch stations.
Other journalists affiliated to the UK based news Corporation include Nancy Kacungira a BBC journalist and presenter, Catherine Byaruhanga, BBC correspondent and presenter and Solomon Serwanjja who has won the BBC World News Komla Dumor Award in 2019.
With his years of experience in media, it remains uncertain whether he will return to radio, or chart a completely new course in his career.
