KAMPALA- A famous businessman Dr. Alhajji Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige commonly known as BMK is dead.
The news of his death has been confirmed by his family members.
The family members have hailed their 68 year old fallen father for his honesty, charity and more so being a trailblazer in several sectors.
Kibirige was the founder of a general trade and manufacturing company BMK Group of companies which started in 1986.
In 1997 he started up Hotel Africana with only 40 rooms but managed to expand it to currently 233 rooms and 30 serviced apartments on Kololo Hill in Kampala.
He named his hotel, Hotel Africana. During the next ten years, the hotel grew into a four star establishment, with several amenities, a swimming pool, manicured gardens and a conference center, the Africana Conference Center, with a seating capacity of 3,500 delegates.
In addition to the hotel, BMK has invested in real estate, construction equipment, motorcycle distributorships and foreign exchange bureaus across East and Central Africa.
BMK is the chairman and managing director of the BMK Group of companies, whose member businesses include; Hotel Africana Kampala, 2-4 Wampewo Avenue, Kololo Hill, lHotel Africana Moroto,Hotel Africana Lusaka, Lusaka, ZambiaBMK Motorcycles (U) Limited, Nateete,BMK Motorcycles (K) Limited, Nairobi, KenyaBMK Motorcycles (T) Limited, Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaBMK Motorcycles (R) Limited, Kigali, RwandaBMK Motorcycles (Z) Limited, Lusaka, Zambia.
BMK also owns Hotel Africana Forex Bureau 1,
Hotel Africana Forex Bureau 2,BMK Construction Leasing Company, Kigali, Rwanda, BMK Oil Equipment Company, Kampala, Uganda among others.