The empty bag that stood upright
Born in a very poor family in the remote village of Kitanda, Bwanswa sub-county in Kibale district, William Lubega had to start fending for himself at an early age.
Born in a very poor family in the remote village of Kitanda, Bwanswa sub-county in Kibale district, William Lubega had to start fending for himself at an early age.
It took a clan to pay his school fees, yet he still had to brew mwenge bigere, a local brew and vending groundnuts to raise money for his upkeep.
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Prof. Lubega with part of his 200 heads to cattle in Kibale
However, today, Lubega is not only a distinguished professor of Molecular Biology at Makerere University, but also an accomplished businessman.
The brain behind Pride Travellers Hotel, a 70-room hotel structure that dominates the skyline of Mubende town, he also owns a fleet of taxis and lorries, real estate properties and is one of Kibale’s biggest farmers. Elvis Basudde spoke to him about how he kicked poverty off. This story can be accessed here at E-paper
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The 70-room-hotel that stands high in Mubende town
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Lubega's family home in Naguru, Kampala