Nigel Nassar
5 November 2008
Kampala — He did not evade eviction long enough to walk out of the Big Brother house on the last day, November 23, which also happens to be his birthday.
But he spent 70 days on the M-Net reality show. And he definitely represented the country well, coming off as the voice of reason and at some point, an English teacher to the other housemates.
Evicted last Sunday, Morris Mugisha was the seventh housemate to leave the show, after Latoya, Lucille, Uti, Mimi, Takondwa and Sheila.
And, although he did not win the staked jackpot, the 29-year-old model received a befitting welcome back home when he landed at Entebbe Airport on Tuesday evening.
He touched the ground at 7:00pm aboard a South Africa airline.
Clad in a white long-sleeved t-shirt and faded blue jeans atop a pair of white sneakers, Morris got excited when he disembarked to a sight of his family, friends and a team of Multichoice Uganda officials waiting to receive him.
But, perhaps, what thrilled him most was the sight of his four-year-old daughter Bridget Abergail Mugisha as part of the entourage, waving a flag bearing his picture and the words: "Welcome home, dear daddy."
An excited Morris hurried down the ramp, carried his baby girl and kissed her on the forehead and cheek passionately. On her part, Hailey happily caressed the dad's cornrows and played with his moustache, all the while saying: "Daddy, daddy, daddy."
While in the Big Brother house, Morris always talked about his daughter, saying she was the best thing that ever occurred to him. And this airport scene only proved what he had always preached.
Meanwhile, awaiting outside the airport's arrivals section was a host of fans who included journalists, bikers, family members and models from the Sylivia Owori Fashion House, where Morris is partly employed as the face of the fashion house.
Morris took about 20 minutes clearing with customs before surfacing at the arrivals lobby, causing a stampede at the airport as everyone wanted to catch a glimpse of him.
Asked how he felt to be back home, Morris just dashed towards the crowd, gave a loud scream and crouched to his knees. Then they also cheerfully packed themselves on top of him, nearly suffocating him, before bouncers intervened, whisking him off to a waiting Hummer, a top-of-the-range sports utility vehicle that waited outside.
The Hummer then joined a convoy of 36 bikers and 16 cars led by a police patrol vehicle as they snaked their way to Kampala Sheraton Hotel, where Morris spent the night ahead of a press conference the following day.
But since he arrived late, there were not many fans by the roadside. But Morris' was surely a hero's welcome.
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