Kenneth Ojok who owns a pork joint in Gulu was the first contestant to win Shs 1M from the Be A Millionaire face-off game show last Saturday. This happened in the second game show session held at Capital FM. Ojok’s pork business in Pageya relies on suppliers for daily stock. Using the money, he won, he will be able to hire a motorbike and move to village areas to buy pigs. He also says the money will enable him to buy more chairs, tables and utensils for his pork joint.
The 29-year-old won a tiebreaker against fellow contestant Charles Kyanda, a Briquettes entrepreneur from Jinja, representing the Eastern region, which secured him a spot in the finale of the Be A Millionaire, Last Man Standing contest in a couple of weeks. Here, 5 contestants who will have emerged as the best in the on going 5-week game show quiz contest will face off on national television.
Priscilla Kisakye, a baker from Gulu, is the other contestant who has made it to the finals, as she outsmarted her colleagues in the first faceoff quiz winning Shs800,000 the previous Saturday. Having completed 2 weeks now, the BAM regional contest features 5 participants from regions North, East, West, South West and Central in a face-off quiz testing their business acumen and general knowledge. With Shs5M up for grabs weekly, every correct answer is worth a Shs200,000 cash reward.
Participants of Week 1 included: Representing North- Priscilla Esther Kisakye, Southwest-Douglas Smith, East- Irene Sharon Eceditai, West- Natuhwera Innocent, Central – Dickens Mutegeki.
Week 2 included: Representing North -Ojok Kenneth Amor, Southwest-Atwongyeire Racheal, East-Kyanda Charles, West-Nuwandinda Editor, Central -Ndagire Goretti.
Onapito Ekomoloit the NBL Legal and Corporate affairs director revealed that NBL adopted the quiz format for this campaign to not only make it fun but also to widen contestants’ knowledge. “We want it to be exciting and task minds,” he remarked. The faceoff quizzes continue this Saturday at 3 pm on Capital FM radio (91.3fm) as we seek to select the other 3 contestants that will fill up the final spots on the finale.
The BAM entrepreneurship contest was launched in July in partnership with Enterprise Uganda and Capital FM radio, drawing over 200 participants. These were vetted to 50, with 10 representing 5 regions. Last month, the 50 entrepreneurs were trained and mentored by Enterprise Uganda and subjected to a contest, to derive the top 25 who are now representing their regions. Listen in to find out which top 5 will make it to the national platform and win millions more.