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Africa: Big Brother - As You Vote for Sharon, Get to Know Her

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By now, code 7117 should be on speed dial on your handset.

If you have no idea about what I am talking about, let me remind you that your vote could have the history books rewritten with Sharon Salmon Nalukenge becoming the sixth winner of Big Brother Amplified. So, start texting or voting online at http://bigbrotherafrica.dstv.com/Vote.

Forget the fact that there has hardly been anything 'Amplified' about Sharon; apart from her body, there has not been anything to write home about.

And she has not been alone. Look at Wendall; he too thrived on his well-built body. Then the hottest girl in the house, Ethiopia's Hanni too relied on her looks. And I must say the argument of who is hotter will go on until next season, but my money will always be on Hanni on any given Sunday.

Before we start delving into what she should have done to stand a bigger chance and if she would walk out on the father of her child, Ronnie Mulindwa, if she is one of the winners of the $200,000 jackpot, let me respond to what many of you have been asking: who is Sharon and what is her claim to fame?

The 25-year-old is the second born of six (two boys, four girls). She is daughter to Rebecca Sebuyira, who works with Bank of Uganda, and Joe Salmon, a retired pilot of Scottish and African descent. Nalukenge went to Lohana Academy Primary School, Agha Khan High and Mariam High before joining Makerere University, where she graduated with a diploma in Computer Science.

All she needed to be popular was look good and this fascinated the Obsessions founder Ronnie Mulindwa who started dating her when she was only 15. Both their families were close, which perhaps explains why there were no questions asked.

At the time she joined the group in 2004, it was mainly dominated by boys with the girls in the background but Nalukenge being Mulindwa's 'trophy girlfriend' as many of his friends said, she slowly made her ranks as the group's lead singer and actress.

Like many relationships, Nalukenge and Mulindwa's has seen some rough waters. Mulindwa even fathered a kid with another woman. But the two patched things up and had a baby, Lisbon Sydney Mulindwa, now two. Though the group which has since been turned into a girl thing fits the description of a sinking ship, Sharon's stunt in the Big Brother Africa house is bound to breathe life back into it.

Sheba Karungi, a former group member who went solo and is close friends with Nalukenge notes: "Sharon may be reserved and proud but she can turn things around and I'm sure Obsessions will be back very strong."

So, thanks Nalukenge for making it all the way to the end and making Uganda proud.


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