Shalom Kaweesi popularly known as Shalom 256 is a social media personality, Youtuber and Entrepreneur and widely known for hosting unscripted interviews with Ugandan public figures.
What is Shalom Kaweesi’s date of birth?
Shalom was born on November 5, 1998 and grew up in Kawempe. He was raised by a single mother who would at times leave him with the sister whenever she went to work.
His Education Background.
Growing up Shalom was a very stubborn boy and he was moved to several schools due to disciplinary charges.
Shalom studied at Wakiso Junior school for his primary education before joining AI Haq Muslim school and later joined Seeta High School for his secondary education.
During his school he was an outspoken student rather than academically outstanding making him an average student.
After his secondary he joined Makerere University Business School(MUBS) where he did his Bachelor of International Business
Shalom Kaweesi’s first job.
Shalom’s passion for entrepreneurship began while he was still a student at Seeta high School and began his small business earning money unlike his fellow classmates who got all the money from their parents.
In this Business Shalom sold popcorn, acne soap to students who wanted clear pimples and also blessed oil from Pastor Bujingo and many who believed in the pastor then bought the oil hoping to pass exams.
Joining MUBS, Shalom started selling phones and clothes at campus where he got some good money because of his good entrepreneurship skills.
Shalom’s Music and comedy career
In 2020 during COVID19 lockdown Shalom tried music releasing his first song Pandemic but the song failed to become popular and he instead switched to traditional standup comedy.
Around 2021-2022 he started comedy attempting to perform live sets on campus and at local youth centred events. He approached comedian kenneth kimuli popularly known as Pablo who gave him an opportunity to perform before an audience although his comedy did attract any public attention as he even once hired people to clap for him during a performance and this made him realise comedy was not his thing so he abandoned stage to try something else in the entertainment industry.
How Shalom started his Youtube Career.
In 2024 Shalom met with Ugandan media personality and content creator Isaac Katende, popularly known as Kasuku in Kololo.
The two had a conversation and Kasuku became interested in his personality and the way he expressed himself.
Kasuku later invited him to appear on camera for an interview which received a positive response from the public making him popular and introducing him to a wider audience.
He continued to work with Kasuku as a co-host on the Kasuku Live platform on the Sunday Nation segment where gained alot of experience.
He decided to use his ability to interact with people and hold conversations to create engaging online content
Building the Shalom 256 Youtube Brand.
After his popular his work with Kasuku Shalom continued developing his presence on social media under the name Shalom 256.
The Shalom 256 content mainly focuses on interviews and conversations with musicians, politicians, socialites, entrepreneurs and other public figures where they discuss subjects such as relationships, careers, personal experiences and issues affecting Uganda’s entertainment industry.
His interview style is for natural conversations rather than heavily scripted discussions making his content has attracted audiences on both TikTok and YouTube, where viewers follow his interviews and discussions about trending subjects.
Shalom Kaweesi’s Challenges and Arrest
Shalom’s outspoken nature and the topics discussed on his YouTube channel have sometimes attracted criticism and disagreements with other public figures.
In December 2025, Shalom was arrested and charged with hate speech and cyber harassment under Uganda’s Computer Misuse Act. The charges came from an interview he published on his YouTube channel on August 5, 2025, featuring Dr Robert Kironde, during which remarks were allegedly made about media personality Jennifer Nakangubi, popularly known as Full Figure.
Shalom denied the allegations, and the matter proceeded to court. He spent time on remand at Luzira Prison before he was granted bail by the Makindye Chief Magistrate’s Court on December 23, 2025.
He was released on a non-cash bail of Shs5 million, with each of his sureties also required to sign a non-cash bond of Shs5 million and this attracted a lot of attention from the public.
His public disputes didn’t end there, in March 2026 Shalom was involved in a physical confrontation with Ugandan singer Derrick Biswanka and videos of the incident circulated on social media attracting public attention. The disagreement resulted in two police complaints, an assault case in which Biswanka was named as the accused and a simple robbery complaint in which Shalom was named as the accused. Police confirmed that investigations into both complaints were ongoing.
Shalom’s wife and kids.
On 5th July 2025 Shalom proposed to his long term partner and mother of his son on her birthday gifting her a brandnew car for accepting his proposal. Find this on his page
They have not confirmed their wedding and Shalom does not publicly shared many details about his wife, including her full name because online attacks sometimes extend beyond him to his wife and mother.
His wife has also stood by him during difficult moments. In December 2025, when Shalom faced legal proceedings over allegations of cyber harassment and hate speech, his wife was among those who showed him support at court.
These incidents have placed Shalom in the spotlight beyond his usual entertainment work but despite all of them he has continued with his content work.
