SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSION: Billionaire James Mulwana’s business empire lives on, more than a decade after his death  January 15th 2024, will mark 11 years since James Mulwana (24 July 1936 – 15 January 2013), perhaps, Uganda’s most celebrated entrepreneur, industrialist and business leader passed on. He was the founder, visionary, and Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Mulwana Group of Companies. The Group has three main core businesses- Uganda Batteries Limited, Nice House of Plastics and Jesa Farm Dairy.

Unlike many of his contemporaries who have since passed on, and their business empires quickly followed them to the grave, Mulwana Group has not only survived but has grown and is thriving.  His family is not fighting. There are no court battles over properties and inheritance, but rather, his children, Geoffrey Mulwana, Barbara Mulwana and Primrose Mulwana, have united behind their mother, who has since become the Group Chairman, to run the family business. Geoffrey is the Chief Executive Director of Jesa Farm Dairy. He also runs Uganda Batteries Limited. Barbara is the Executive Director of Nice House of Plastics-…