Great thing$ happen when hard work meet$ appropriate financing- the sweet tale of Uganda Development Bank and Bwendero Dairy Farm in Hoima district Life is said to be like a sugar cane. When you eat from up, it is tender but less sweet. The lower you go, the harder it gets, but the sweeter it gets. The story of Bwendero Dairy Farm (BDF) in Hoima district, in western Uganda, is not any different. BDF had always existed since the 1960s but its story did not fully manifest until after 2018. 

BDF was started by the late Hon. Caesar Joseph Magara in 1964, on a small piece of land in Kitoba village, Hoima district. Caesar Magara was a Member of Parliament in the 1980s. When he passed on, the family inherited the business with John Fitzgerald Magara, as the Managing Director. The other children are also involved in the running of the business as directors.  The family expanded the farm and continued selling unprocessed milk. Later on, BDF diversified into the manufacturing of Extra Neutral Alcohol (ethanol)- an important base for spirits and alcoholic beverages, within the food and beverage industry,…