The fourth year Journalism class at Makerere University was delighted to have Charles Mwangusha in their midst during a class meant to inspire and build their skill in the field.  It was an evening of learning from the best and interacting with the creame de la creame of Ugandan talk show giants.

 Mwangusha is the pioneer KFM hot seat, FM hard talk and The Fourth Estate on NTV which he also hosts. He is also a part of reporters oundtable on Voice of Africa and has been hosted on Aljazeera and BBC.

The tensions of hosting arguably the best Ugandan talk show personality dramatically reduced when Mwangusha made his lecture a talk show. He simplified the mystery of talks shows by letting the students give it a try with the answers. As nerves calmed, brains worked better, the topic was demystified, contributions increased and the class came to life.

Mwangusha dived deep into the realities of talk show hosts. He explained how to get the right talk show guests how to manage guests, pose questions and most importantly manage time. Mwangusha also encouraged the students to be informed of events and prepare for the talk show by researching before the show.

"A good show is a debate and should give an accountability of a matter,” he emphasized.

Mwangusha kept the lecture alive by giving real life experiences as a talk show host; some tragic, others dramatic, some tensional, others comical. The aura of a real life show smelt in the room. The eager minds of students could be seen from their unblinking eyes. His presentation was objective, focused, factual but still interesting.

Students fired a torrent of questions to him. You should have listened how Mwangusha answered them one by one, name by name, setting clear facts from propaganda.

Before he left, Mwangusha emphasized on the issue of taking bribes.

”Brown envelopes kill the practice of a journalist. Don’t get too excited-don’t take the money,” he concluded.