Mukesh Shukla, commonly referred to as Shumuk, is a businessman,
entrepreneur, and politician in
Uganda
}), is a landlocked country in East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territor ...
. He was reported in 2012 to be one of the wealthiest individuals in Uganda.
History
He was born in 1962 in
Arua
Arua is a city and commercial centre within the Arua District in the Northern Region of Uganda.
Location
Arua is approximately , by road, north-west of Kampala, the capital and largest city of Uganda, Arua is about , by road, west of Gulu, the ...
,
Arua District,
West Nile sub-region
West Nile sub-region, previously known as West Nile Province and West Nile District, is a sub-region in north-western Uganda, in the Northern Region of Uganda.
Location
The sub-region is bordered by the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the s ...
in Uganda's
Northern Region, approximately northwest of Kampala, the country's capital city.
His father was a revenue officer with the
Uganda Revenue Authority from 1959 until 1986. The family has been in the business of aluminum saucepans since 1939.
Businesses and investments
Shukla's businesses are organized under the Shumuk Group. The individual companies include the following:
# A company manufacturing aluminum cooking utensils
# Multiple warehouses in Kampala and other Ugandan towns
# A milk-processing plant
# Commercial buildings in Kampala and other urban areas of Uganda
# A company that imports and sells pre-owned automobiles
# A money-lending business
# A foreign exchange bureau
# Several hotels in Kampala and other Ugandan locations
Net worth
In 2012, the ''New Vision'' newspaper estimated his net worth at approximately US$100 million.
Political career
In the 2016 political season, Shukla contested for the chairmanship of the ruling
National Resistance Movement
The National Resistance Movement ( sw, Harakati za Upinzani za Kitaifa; abbr. NRM) has been the ruling party in Uganda since 1986.
History
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) was founded as a liberation movement that waged a guerrilla ...
's entrepreneurs league against the current incumbent,
Hassan Basajjabalaba.
See also
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Uganda People's Defense Force
The Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF), previously known as the National Resistance Army, is the armed forces of Uganda. From 2007 to 2011, the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated the UPDF had a total strength of 40,000–4 ...
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Indians in Uganda
There is a sizable community of people of Indian origin living in Uganda. In 2003, there were an estimated 15,000 people of Asian descent (majority of Indians and Pakistanis) living in Uganda, compared to approximately 80,000 before they were e ...
References
External links
Richard Mwami faces Mukesh Shukla in Uganda Cricket Association elections
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Living people
1962 births
Ugandan businesspeople in real estate
Ugandan people of Indian descent
People from Arua District
People from Northern Region, Uganda
National Resistance Movement politicians
People from West Nile sub-region