Kenneth Kimuli

Kenneth Kimuli Amooti (born 23 September 1978) is a Ugandan comedian, playwright and journalist.

He is well known as Pablo in the Ugandan comedy circles.

He won the first Multi-Choice Stand Up Uganda comedy competition.

After losing both parents to HIV/AIDS at an early age, he has formed charity organisations; Pill Power Uganda and Tangaza Arts Centre which aim to support youth living with HIV/AIDS.

Kimuli was born on 23 September 1978 in Mbale to Stephen Isingoma and Enid Kirungi Katungwensi Isingoma.

He was the seventh born in a family of nine children.

He went to Macknon Kindergarten, Kampala in his nursery, then joined Shimoni Demonstration Primary School.

In 1988, Kimuli's father died of HIV/AIDS.

Because of this, the family relocated to Mbarara where he continued his primary schooling in Boma Primary School and later on Bweranyangi Primary School where he did his Primary Leaving Examinations in 1993.

in that same year, when he was 14 years old, he lost his mother to HIV/AIDS.

Because they had lost both parents, the children were distributed to be taken care of by different relatives who were living in Masindi, Mbarara and Kabarole districts.

Kimuli's maternal uncle Stephen Isingoma and his wife Joan Musiime Mushagara became his guardians.

He continued his education in Mbarara High School where he sat his UCE in 1997 and later on UACE in 1999.

Kimuli then went to Namasagali University, acquiring a bachelor's degree in Mass Media, Journalism and Creative Writing in 2003

After graduation, in 2003, Kimuli started to look for a job but failed to get one.

He tried writing articles for newspapers but they were trashed.

He then started his own Newspaper called Vanguard but it failed within six months.

In 2004, he joined the Daily Monitor newspaper, where he was a freelance journalist.

He was a radio presenter with Power FM 104.1 in 2004.

This is where he acquired the Pablo name.

In 2004, he was assigned by the Daily Monitor newspaper to write an article on Theatre Factory.

Afterwards he kept on going back to watch them during rehearsals as he gave them tips.

This led to his being invited to join the group.

He joined Theatre Factory in 2005.

Between 2006 and 2013 Kimuli was appointed Productions Director of a radio drama called Rock Point 256.

In 2007, he was invited by Robert Redford to the Sundance Theatre Program in the USA where he shared the stage with celebrated film actors and actresses.

He worked with the newspaper until 2008.

He ended working with the radio station in 2009.

In 2009, he joined The Observer Newspaper as a humour columnist.

Kimuli attributes his comedy to his parents who he says were humourists of their own generation.

While in Mbarara High School, he stood for food prefect just for fun and he won and that's when he knew he was meant for comedy

In 2009, he won the MultiChoice Stand Up Uganda walking away with $10,000.

He later started his own weekly show called Pablo Live after leaving Theatre Factory.

Later on, the show was changed to every last Friday of the month.

in February 2010, Kimuli performed at the Comedy Club Live in Lagos, Nigeria.

In November, he performed at the Comedy Club Live in Mombasa, Kenya

In 2012, he performed in the Nights of 1000 Laughs in Kampala.

In 2013, He launched a live show called Pablo and the Continental Comedian.

This show featured different comedians brought from different parts of Africa like Chibwe Katebe from Zambia, Allan Bloo and Mandy Uzonitsha from Nigeria,

After eight years of Pablo Live, it closed in 2016 and later reopened almost a year later in 2017.