Who is Isaac Daniel Katende? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, wife, family, tribe, achievements, traditional Kukyala ceremony, and relationship with Angela, late Tamale Mirundi, early life and education of a Ugandan media personality, journalist, content creator and psychologist known as Kasuku.
Isaac Daniel Katende, commonly known as Kasuku or Kasuku Kuku Wazabanga is a Ugandan media personality, journalist, content creator and psychologist.
He works as a Dembe FM radio and Spark TV host, cohosting the morning program Twezimbe with hosts Kaima Shafic and Ruth Kalibala.
Kasuku also presents the Talk & Talk show, an entertainment program featuring panellists Jenkins Mukasa and Edward Ssendi every Saturday on Dembe FM.
Daniel uses the nickname Kasuku to refer to a parrot that reports on everything it sees. Additionally, he was a member of the drama group Kasuku at UMCAT. However, after the 2010 bombings, the club’s founder, Brenda, passed away, and he decided to continue using the name in her memory.
Early Life
Isaac Daniel Katende was born in February 1989 at Namirembe Hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
He grew up in Bukoto Kampala with his mother who passed on while he was on his senior six vacation.
Education Background
Kasuku began his schooling in the Catholic Mugwanya Preparatory School in Kabojja, which is a single school.
Before joining secondary school, he had served as the choir director, and an altar boy, and had dreams of becoming a priest.
Isaac Daniel then enrolled in St. Mary’s SS Kitende for his O-level studies. He attended Standard High Zana for his A-level studies earning his UACE.
He was meant to enrol in college and pursue a legal career, but he had to switch courses due to some sad circumstances that occurred during his senior six vacation.
Kasuku decided to enrol at the UMCAT School of Journalism and Media, where he studied Mass Communication and Journalism, earning a diploma in the field in 2010.
Daniel later returned to school, in part to set a better example for his kids, and in February 2023 he earned a Bachelor’s degree in Community Psychology from Makerere University.
Education background summary
| Years | Institution | Status /Award |
| Mugwanya Preparatory School Kabojja | PLE | |
| St. Mary’s SS Kitende | UCE | |
| Standard High, Zana | UACE | |
| 2010 | UMCAT School of Journalism and Media | Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication |
| 2023 | Makerere University | Bachelor’s degree in Community Psychology |
Marriage / Relationship
Isaac Daniel Katende is a father of two kids; a boy and a girl. He has been in a long-term relationship with their mother and intends to marry her when the time is right.
Kasuku introduced in traditional Kukyala ceremony
Popular radio and TV personality Isaac Katende, better known as Kasuku, has taken a major step in his relationship after being officially introduced to his partner Angela’s family over the weekend.
The traditional Kukyala ceremony was held in Luwero, marking the first customary visit to the bride’s home — a key stage in many Ugandan marriage traditions.
This follows Kasuku’s earlier hints that he was ready to formalize their union in a low-key celebration, limited to close friends and family.
Photos from the event have been widely shared on social media, showing Kasuku warmly welcomed at Angela’s family home. The outspoken media figure also confirmed the ceremony on his X (formerly Twitter) account.
Career and Professional Work Experience
After earning a diploma from UMCAT, Daniel Katende began working for Red Pepper as an entertainment news reporter, which gave him more access to celebrities who requested that he write about them.
He began with an internship at The Onion, a publication under Pepper Publications, which also owned Kamunye and Red Pepper.
He made contact with Ibra K Mukasa, a friend who worked as a gossip presenter at Star TV, during this period, and the two of them launched a gossip program in 2010.
Joel Isabirye got in touch with Isaac Daniel Katende in 2011 and persuaded him to join Dembe FM, which helped him launch his radio career.
He co-hosted the morning program Twezimbe alongside Straka, Kamese, and Herbert Kamenyo back then.
Joel and Kasuku came up with the idea for a show a few months after joining Dembe FM, which was meant to analyze and debate any topic related to entertainment.
Joel and Kasuku conceived the concept for a Talk and Talk show during the period when the Goodlyf group had a successful song called Talk and Talk. When the show debuted in July 2011, it completely changed the music business.
Later, a channel called Spark TV debuted after Aga Khan purchased Dembe FM and placed it under the Nation Media Group. Kasuku’s TV career was launched when Spark TV’s management decided to begin live airing the Twezimbe show.
Work experience background summary
| Years | Institution / Company | Position |
| 2010 | Red Paper | Entertainment News Writer |
| 2010 | Star TV | Gossip Show host |
| 2011 – Present | Dembe FM | Twezimbe & Talk and Talk show host |
| 2015 – Present | Spark TV | Twezimbe show host |
Other Career accomplishments
Having worked in the media for over a decade, Isaac Daniel Katende is the owner of two YouTube channels, Kasuku Live and the website Big Bang News.
Additionally, he plans and promotes a few sporting events and concerts. Isaac Daniel also has experience as a journalist for the Daily Monitor.
Achievements and Awards
The highlight of Isaac Daniel Katende’s career was his 2013 Radio and TV Academy Award win, which was his first prize.
2018 saw Kasuku receive a nomination from the Uganda Journalists Association (UJA) for the position of Vice President.
Controversies
Many people equate Daniel Katende, a controversial, unyielding, uninhibited, and haughty media figure, to Tamale Mirundi, the former presidential secretary.
When questioned about his haughty demeanour, Kasuku replied that he didn’t mind at all. He asserted that the reason he was branded that way was because he chose to confront the status quo and take a tough stance against the lack of professionalism prevalent in the industry.
Kasuku asserted on a Talk and Talk program that Jose Chameleone had copied his song Valu Valu from Sammy Kasule’s Ozze Munange.
After becoming enraged, Chameleone went on a rampage in search of him. The controversy drove the show’s ratings up when it was still relatively new.
Kasuku was slapped and beaten by Daniella Atim, Chameleon’s wife, in 2012 after he claimed that a bank was about to seize Chameleon’s Seguku home due to nonpayment of a bank loan.
Kasuku filed a report with the legal authorities following this occurrence, however, the issue was resolved out of court.
2014 saw Kasuku embroiled in yet another scandal at Centenary Park following an altercation with Eddy Kenzo.
Eddy Kenzo decided to have a press conference and speak to the media at the time to ensure he was ready for the Sitya Loss event that was scheduled to happen at Kati Kati grounds.
When Eddy Kenzo accused the media of being prejudiced and unprofessional during his speech, Kasuku took offence and accused musicians of being similarly disrespectful.
He used Eddy Kenzo as an example, who paid him not to play Big Eye’s music when he was still at Star TV when Big Eye had recently left Eddy Kenzo’s band, Big Muzik.
Kenzo leapt onto the tables, grabbed the journalist, and punched him upon hearing this. Even after they resolved their differences, the rift is still clearly visible.
Mowzey Radio was about to die, according to Kasuku, unless he changed who he was. During his talk radio broadcast in Luganda on June 3, 2017, he declared, “One day I want someone to beat up Moze Radio’s head and smash it.”
This happened on February 1, 2018, when Mowzey Radio died after getting into a bar fight.
Because of his statements, Ugandan musicians began suspecting Kasuku of being complicit in his murder.
In a Facebook Live broadcast, Kasuku said that he was correct to say what he said the year before and that anyone who didn’t agree with him should “go and use your middle finger”.
The majority of Ugandan musicians were displeased with this, therefore through their organization, the Uganda Musician Association, they created a petition where they asked people to sign to dismiss Kasuku from his position as radio and television host.
Luckily for Kasuku, his superiors chose not to terminate him, and he was able to keep his job. The thing that wounded Kasuku the most, according to him, was watching people he considered friends sign the petition as well.
During an interview in 2022, Daniel Katende missed getting thrashed around by Musafiri Samuel.
Musafiri stated that he couldn’t stand it when Kasuku asked him a foolish question unrelated to the subject at hand. His brand, “Untold Story Ug,” he continued, was too prominent to be treated disrespectfully on television.
Given that his initials shared two names from distinct religions, Kasuku had inquired as to whether his guest, Musafiri Samuel, had undergone circumcision.
Isaac Daniel Katende mercilessly posted a video on his TikTok account in which he said fellow men urged him to tell orphaned women to remain quiet and show respect for their partners.
He proceeded to say that ladies who have both of their parents are the only ones who can treat their partners disrespectfully. This backfired on him because many internet users found it repulsive.
Kasuku has been a victim of the continuous habit of stealing items from the cars of popular individuals. He had parked his car on the side of the road of a hangout in Kampala in the early hours of January 2024, and his side mirror was taken.
