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Rema Namakula Biography, Age, Career, Education, Husband, Net Worth

Rema Namakula Biography, Age, Career, Education, Husband, Net Worth

Rema Namakula, popularly referred to as Rema is a musical artist based in Uganda. She is a secular artist and has been producing and releasing music that has grown to be very popular among Ugandans, more in East Africa and beyond. This article looks into her biography addressing her background, personal life and career.

Rema Namakula Age and Place of Birth

Rema is twenty-nine years old, born on 24th April in 1991 as the last born in the family in Uganda. Her parents, Hamida Nabbosa and Mukiibi Ssemakala unfortunately passed away when she was younger.

Rema Namakula Education Background

Namakula was a pupil at Kitante Primary and then schooled at Saint Balikudembe Senior. She proceeded for her higher learning in Kyambogo University, an endeavor she is yet to complete.

Rema Namakula Career Journey

Her musical career began when she was in school and she began karaoke which subsequently got her in the music scene as a background singer for established artists in Uganda. In this period, she sang for Bebe Cool and Namakula Halima slowly building her personal path in the field. She then broke off from working with Bebe Cool after he called off their contract when he got aware of her interest in doing independent music on the media without informing him.

She grew her own pair of wings and did ‘Oli Wange’ in 2013, a song that pushed her into the mainstream music space in Uganda gaining tremendous popularity and fame. Three years later she was nominated as Uganda’s representative in Coke Studio Africa, a highly celebrated musical program in Africa, sharing the stage with other top artists such as Trey Songz and 2Face Idibia.

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Her musical journey has thus far seen her produce and release songs including ‘Oli Wange’, ‘Fire Tonight’, ‘Muchuuzi’, ‘Kukaliba’ and ‘Banyobo’. Her music is highly popular in Uganda and with the exposure from Coke Studio, Rema is gaining more fans across Africa and the world.

Rema Namakula Personal Life, Dating, Husband, children

Rema is a mother of a girl called Aamaal Musuuza, whom she had with fellow Ugandan musician Eddy Kenzo before the two broke up. Dr. Hamza Ssebunya is her current fiancé, a man she introduced in a widely celebrated ceremony in Nabbingo.

Rema Namakula and her fiancé Dr Hamza Ssebunya. IMAGE: Instagram

Rema Namakula Net Worth and Assets

Rema’s net worth is approximately $1.3 Million and information detailing her asset portfolio yet to be made publicly available. She however makes her earnings from her musical career that keeps growing by the day.

Real Name Rehemah Namakula
Age 29 years old as at 2021
Nationality Ugandan
Place of Birth Uganda
Fiancé Dr Hamza Ssebunya
Net worth $1.3 Million
Daughter Aamaal Musuuza