Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Allah we shall return was the message when Uganda’s President General Yoweri T. K. Museveni recognized the incredible contribution Dr. Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige, also known as BM. He built a fortune for Africa and the travel and tourism industry. BMK passed away in a Nairobi hospital leaving his wife an 18 children.
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