Al-Hajji Basajjabalaba: The Undisputed Leader for NRM Entrepreneurs’ League 

When it comes to visionary leadership for the NRM Entrepreneurs’ League, one name stands head and shoulders above the rest: Al-Hajji Hassan Basajjabalaba.

While other aspirants like Mwesigwa Robert Rukaari, Edson Ruyondo, Phillip Kwijuka Kakuru, Mukesh Babubhai Shukla, Sanjay Tanna, King Caesar Augustus Mulenga, and Gyaviira Ssemwanga have thrown their hats in the ring, none can match Basajjabalaba’s proven track record and transformative impact.

The HABA Group founder has:

– Built a $520 million empire creating thousands of jobs

– Revolutionized education through Kampala International University

– Demonstrated unmatched philanthropy and grassroots mobilization.

This isn’t just an election it’s Uganda’s entrepreneurial future at stake. And with Basajjabalaba at the helm, that future looks brighter than ever.

The choice is clear. The time is now. Basajjabalaba for NRM Entrepreneurs’ League!

Who is Hassan Basajjabalaba?

Hassan Basajjabalaba (born 4 June 1967) is a Ugandan businessman, investor and philanthropist. He is best known as the founder, chairman, and CEO of the HABA Group of Companies, A large conglomerate in East Africa with an estimated value of $520M.

Hassan was born into a wealthy Banyankole Muslim family on 4 June 1967. His father, the late Idd Basajjabalaba, was the son of a businessman involved in the export of hides and skins, farming, cattle keeping, and education.

According to the Newvision newspaper His father was also one of the largest landowners in Bushenyi District, located in the western part of the country.

Hassan attended secondary school in Bushenyi but dropped out just before his final year to focus on expanding and growing the family business after his father’s passing in the early 1980s.

This was also around the same time the country was heavily impacted by the coup d’état that overthrew President Obote and brought the current president, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to power.

Business career;

HABA Group of Companies began as a trading firm in 1986, established shortly after the death of Hassan’s father. Hassan focused on the realms of education and the hides and skins industry.

Today, Kampala International University is one of the largest Private Universities in Africa, with international operations in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rwanda with Study centres across Uganda. HABA Group of Companies has moved from being a trading company to being the largest group in Uganda, encompassing divisions like; Sugar Refinery, Tea Plantations and Factories in and Butare and Buhweju, and Pharmaceutical Factory, Hospitals, Real-estate.