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In April 2022, Akau Jambo, founded the First Comedy
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He was also partnered with ICAP a local NGO in South Sudan to carryout HIV/AIDS awareness in his hometown of Rumbek. The "Back to
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Akau is an active member of a refugee program in Uganda called Bear
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In March 2021, Akau, together with other activists were arrested after they staged a protest urging the government to ban water trucks which were recklessly driving in the streets of Juba. This was after a musician,
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days filled with laughter alongside comedians from Uganda, Kenya, South Africa & South Sudan.
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featured in an online comedy show under the LuQuLuQu campaign initiated by
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