Golfer, Ronald Kidega lands a lucrative deal
Jul 25, 2008
When former national golf star Ronald Kidega, who played for Entebbe Golf Club, resisted the tempting money in professional golf and opted to concentrate on his Environmental Science studies at Makerere University, many of his counterparts thought he had missed the plot.
When former national golf star Ronald Kidega, who played for Entebbe Golf Club, resisted the tempting money in professional golf and opted to concentrate on his Environmental Science studies at Makerere University, many of his counterparts thought he had missed the plot.
A professional golfer gets at least sh2m a month. But he seems to have proved them wrong. Immediately after his graduation, the exclusive Uganda Golf Club contracted him as one of the course managers.
Today, Kidega has just completed his MBA (finance) thesis. Last year, he started Turf Masters Uganda, a landscape management company, of which he is now Chief Executive Officer.
Turf Masters recently won a lucrative contract to refurbish Namboole Stadium and hopes to take on Nakivubo and Wankulukuku, whose pitches it hopes to improve.
Snoops say Kidega, who is running about seven other sites, has been overheard boasting that he will make Namboole Stadium look like Old Trafford.
A professional golfer gets at least sh2m a month. But he seems to have proved them wrong. Immediately after his graduation, the exclusive Uganda Golf Club contracted him as one of the course managers.
Today, Kidega has just completed his MBA (finance) thesis. Last year, he started Turf Masters Uganda, a landscape management company, of which he is now Chief Executive Officer.
Turf Masters recently won a lucrative contract to refurbish Namboole Stadium and hopes to take on Nakivubo and Wankulukuku, whose pitches it hopes to improve.
Snoops say Kidega, who is running about seven other sites, has been overheard boasting that he will make Namboole Stadium look like Old Trafford.