By Our Reporter
With August already mid-way, everyone was thinking the fourth edition of Pakasa Forum was not going to happen this year, but our BigEye.ug snoops in Vision Group have confirmed otherwise. We have learned that Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta is one of the panelists at the fourth edition of the Pakasa Forum, among other great surprises.
Pakasa Forum exists to nurture a culture of entrepreneurship and employment creation, opening the eyes of Ugandans to these opportunities.
According to a Forbes article about the 10 leading family businesses in Africa, the Kenyatta family comes first on the list.
“Muhoho Kenyatta, the youngest son of Kenya’s first President Jomo Kenyatta, runs the ship of a business empire spanning extensive land holdings in Kenya, a string of hotels, Kenya’s largest dairy company, a media outfit and a stake in large commercial bank. President Jomo Kenyatta laid the foundation for the family business back in the 1960s and 1970s when he acquired hundreds of thousands of acres of land across the country when the British colonial government and the World Bank funded a settlement transfer fund scheme that enabled government officials and wealthy Kenyans to acquire land from the British at very low prices. Jomo’s children, particularly Uhuru and his family, also own Brookside Dairies, Kenya’s largest dairy company, as well as stakes in popular television station K24 and a commercial bank in Nairobi, among other interests.”
For a family that controls a vast majority of Kenya’s economy, it will be a great honour to have its son and President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta sharing insights on how to create wealth at the Pakasa Forum.