Patrick Idringi (born 14 February 1985), known as Patrick Salvado, is a Ugandan comedian, actor, master of ceremonies, radio personality and engineer. He is also known as "The Man from Ombokolo". He was first runner up in the MultiChoice Africa organised comedy competition, Standup Uganda in 2009. He reached the semi finals of the World's Funniest Person competition in 2016 and was nominated in 2017 and 2018 in the Savannah Comic Choice Awards as the Pan African Comic of the Year. Early life and education 1985 - 2008 Salvado was born on 14 February 1985 in Kampala. in a family of five boys and three girls. His father, Lawrence Dawa who comes from Koboko District operated a retail shop and his mother Joyce Dawa who originates from Democratic Republic of the Congo owned a stall in Bugoloobi Market Salvado began school in Our Lady of Africa Nursery and Primary School and later joined Kiswa Primary School where he sat for his Primary Leaving Examinations in 1997. He joined St. Charles Lwanga College, Koboko for his 'O'Level,. In Secondary School, he used to make people laugh and because of this, he decided to join the school music, dance and drama club to practice comedy. After sitting for UCE in 2001 he was admitted to St. Bishop Cipriano Kihangire Senior Secondary where he sat Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education in 2003, He was then admitted to Makerere University Kampala. In 2008, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering. Career 2007 - 2010 In 2007 in his third year in university, Salvado joined MTN Uganda working as a Tech Support. In 2008 after completing his course in university,he was made permanent staff as a switch engineer at MTN Uganda. While still working for MTN Uganda, he approached Philip Luswata the managing director of Theatre Factory so he could join the comedy outfit in order to further his comedy career but was turned down. He acquired the Salvado name having cracked a joke on how a woman mistook him for Salvador, a character in a Telenovela called Second Chance In 2009, Salvado participated in a comedy competition which was organised by Multichoice Africa, called Standup Uganda. He came second after Kenneth Pablo Kimuli. In the wake of this competition, he co-founded a comedy group called The Crackers together with Alex Muhangi, Daniel Omara, Kenneth Pablo Kimuli and Mendo. The Crackers staged