Uganda, April 26 -- Before joining university, Michelle Esther Tumuhaise, alias Mitchy, was a choralist in a church choir in her home area in Bunamwaaya, a Kampala suburb. She never saw herself as a fully-fledged musician, even when Joshua K. Mugabi later recruited her to the Uganda Martyrs Choir, an all-girls Christian choir.

Her dream was to become an urban planner, a profession she pursued at Makerere University, earning herself a Bachelor's degree in Urban and Regional Planning in 2020.

She shares that during her initial time at the university, she applied for several jobs within her profession, but she was never successful, a situation that prompted her to reignite her career in music.

Mitchy says her attempt at music came with in...