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Salam TV meets Bunyoro Elders Ahead of Omumanyi wa Salam TV Bunyoro-Tooro Region Finals By Immam Sadiq Taremwa Salam TV has visited elderly leaders in Bunyoro ahead of the Omumanyi wa Salam TV Bunyoro-Tooro Region Finals, 7th Edition 2026, happening tomorrow at Bwikya Hill, Hoima City, from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The Omumanyi wa Salam TV is a quiz competition that Salam TV started in 2021 as a platform where people compete among themselves and win prizes to encourage people to keep thinking and conducting research in various areas. For the last five years, the competition has been conducted in the studios of Salam TV in Kampala. During the 6th Edition, management decided to make it a national platform that can benefit the whole country, extending it to different regions with different prizes and sensitization programs that have touched people's lives. Every edition comes with new ideas and innovations that positively change lives through sensitization and mobilization. The ongoing 7th Edition 2026 has increased the coverage from 6 regions to 8 regions to bring the competition closer to the people for easy access. While in Hoima City making final arrangements, the Managing Director of Salam TV and Salam Charity, Hajji Karim Kaliisa, visited different elders in Hoima, including Hajji Uthuman Kitunzi, one of the elders in the region and a retired Chief Magistrate, Sheikh Badru Balikagira and Sheikh Bitamazire, who have contributed immensely to the development of Islam in the region and beyond. The visits were aimed at informing them about the program and inviting them to witness the Omumanyi wa Salam TV regional winner going home with a fully funded Umrah pilgrimage courtesy of Tawakal Travel and Salam TV. Sheikh Badru Balikagira appreciated the great work done by Salam TV in developing communities and called upon the general public to always support and encourage the station whenever called upon. According to Hajji Kaliisa, the quiz competition and gifts are not the major reason for Omumanyi wa Salam TV, but rather a platform to attract people for socio-economic development through programs such as Smart Community, digital literacy, and religious trainings, among others, that have helped change lives across the country. “We have so far concluded Busoga Region and Eastern Region. After Bunyoro-Tooro Region, we shall head to Northern, West Nile, Ankole-Kigezi, Greater Masaka, Central Region and conclude with the grand finale that always takes place in Kampala, where all regional winners are gathered to compete for major prizes including cars, Hajj pilgrimages, land titles, among others, that completely change people's lives,” Hajji Kaliisa said. He thanked all sponsors who have moved with Salam TV from the previous editions up to the 7th Edition and welcomed more corporate companies to partner with the station for community development and mobilization through sensitization.

Published by Nile Post 16 October 2026 at 21:27

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Salam TV has met Muslim elders in Hoima City as it prepares for the Bunyoro-Tooro regional finals of its Omumanyi wa Salam TV quiz competition. According to Nile Post, the seventh edition is scheduled for Saturday, October 17, 2026, at Bwikya Hill, running from 8am to 1pm. The regional winner is expected to receive a fully funded Umrah pilgrimage, supported by Tawakal Travel and Salam TV.

The station’s managing director, Hajji Karim Kaliisa, used the visit to brief elders and invite them to attend the event. Among those he met were retired Chief Magistrate Hajji Uthuman Kitunzi, Sheikh Badru Balikagira and Sheikh Bitamazire. Sheikh Balikagira praised Salam TV’s work in community development and urged the public to continue supporting the broadcaster.

Nile Post reports that Omumanyi wa Salam TV was launched in 2021 to encourage knowledge, research and competition for prizes. It was first held in Kampala for five years before Salam TV expanded it into a regional format during the sixth edition. This year’s competition has grown from six to eight regions as organisers seek to bring it closer to participants and extend associated sensitisation programmes.

Kaliisa said the prizes are meant to draw attention to wider efforts such as digital literacy, Smart Community activities and religious training. He added that regional rounds have already been held in Busoga and Eastern regions, with the final overall contest set to return to Kampala after the remaining regional events.

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