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I used to fall sick when Flavia Tumusiime would miss her show - Mr. Henrie

Media personality Henry Arinaitwe, alias Mr. Henrie, said he used to fall sick every time Flavia Tumusiime didn’t host her show on Capital FM.

Flavia Tumusiime and Mr. Henrie

"I would fall sick whenever she wouldn't host her show... she used to speak to me," Mr. Henrie said in an interview.

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Mr. Henrie, who now works with Galaxy FM and Galaxy TV, said he grew up listening to Tumusiime and felt bad when rumours swirled that she was retiring from radio.

However, it would later turn out that she was to host another show at the station called Desert Island Discs.

Mr. Henrie is one of the most popular radio hosts and he grew up an orphan.

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His father died when he was less than a year old and his mother passed away a few years later.

They are three kids: He shares the same father and mom with his elder brother, and the same mother with his elder sister.

Mr. Henrie went to Rukungiri Modern Primary School, Ntare school, Makobore High School and Mbarara High School.

He started doing karaoke as early as early O-Level and his chance to work on radio was with Mbale-based Step FM in 2012 when he was in S.6 vacation.

While in Mbale, he also did corporate and bar emceeing.

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In Mbale, he had relatives and it’s also where studied university at Livingstone International University where he Business Administration.

He would join Galaxy FM in 2018 as a producer for a show hosted by Mariat Candace, Dikanio and Mr. Mosh.

Hosting came Jonathan Nalebo, now a pastor, left and he was picked to host his gossip show.

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