Alex Emix Muhangi who is popularly known as Alex Muhangi is a Ugandan
comedian, sound engineer, actor and also the director of the Comedy show called
Comedy Store Uganda.
Alex Muhangi has been nominated and chosen as one of the
top most popular Ugandan comedians and personalities and is also one of the
pioneers of Stand Up Comedy in the English Language in Uganda.
Alex Muhangi was born in the western part of
Uganda in a small village called Mparo which is found in Rukungiri district.
He
said that he was born in a family of 10 girls and 3 boys. Alex Muhangi cracked
a joke about his village and said that people in his village see the sun at mid
day after it has emerged from behind a hill and the sun disappears after 3pm
behind another hill. Alex Muhangi also said that he came to Kampala by Horizon
bus.
Alex Muhangi went to Makerere
University where he studied Journalism and after completing his journalism
course, he went to South Africa where he did a Sound Engineering course before
returning back to his home country Uganda.
After completing his course, Alex
Muhangi got a job as a radio presenter at Radio Rukungiri which operates at
96.9FM and also at Vision FM in Mbarara which operates at 89.1 FM he worked as
a radio presenter also during his high school days.
In 2014, Alex Muhangi
ventured into the music business by starting his own record label called
Masters Music that is located in Kampala.
He still remains the chief executive
and also the sound engineer. Alex Muhangi accidentally joined the world of Stand
Up comedy in 2009. According to Alex Muhangi, he was driving around Kimathi
Avenue near Theatre Labonita in Kampala when he saw people lining up and he
thought they were auditioning for some acting roles and since he was always
interested in acting, he also decided to join the audition but he was shocked
when he was asked by the judges to crack a joke and which he did.
He soon became a contender in the competition
and ended up becoming a second runner up. After the Stand Up comedy
competition, Alex Muhangi started a comedy group which was called the Crackers
that also had a show on television called Mic Check.
Alex Muhangi was also a
co-founder of the comedy Jazz Comedy alongside Patrick Indringi who is
popularly known as Salvador.
Alex Muhangi later started Comedy Store Uganda in
February 2016 which became the biggest weekly entertainment show in Uganda
which he continues to host every Thursday at UMA show grounds in Lugogo found
in Kampala.
Alex Muhangi has worked with very many comedians both international
comedians and also some comedians who are found in Uganda like Ann Kansiime,
Daniel Mbuki,Teacher Mpamire, Eric
Omondi from Kenya and others.
Alex Muhangi has managed to host very many shows
in Uganda and also abroad among some of these shows are Club Music and Video
Awards (CMVA) with crystal Newman and also Stella Nantumbwe who is popularly
known as Ellah.
Alex Muhangi also attended the Ann Kansiime Live show in
Kigali. Alex Muhangi has managed to perform in very many countries around the
world and among some of these countries are South Africa, Zambia, Malawi,
Zimbabwe, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Australia, China, UK, German,
Norway, Ghana and others.
Alex Muhangi is a very hygienic man and loves doing
things in order. Alex Muhangi always keeps his car very clean and a look at his
car, one will think that he has just bought it.
He is married to Prim Asiimwe
who is a radio presenter working at Galaxy FM and the couple have a baby girl.
Alex Muhangi loves his wife so much that he jealously protects her from other
men.
He is an inspirational figure in the Ugandan comedy industry who continues
to inspire very many other youths that are planning to join the industry.
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