Who is Godfrey Kirumira Kalule? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, wife, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with the Late Zawedde Joyce Nakimbugwe, the Late Muhammad Kirumira, Susan Mirembe, Gideon Kirumira and Brenda Namugga, Patrick Lubowa and the early life and education ofthe current Honorary Consul of Namibia to Uganda.
- Who is Godfrey Kirumira Kalule? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, wife, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with the Late Zawedde Joyce Nakimbugwe, the Late Muhammad Kirumira, Susan Mirembe, Gideon Kirumira and Brenda Namugga, Patrick Lubowa and the early life and education ofthe current Honorary Consul of Namibia to Uganda.
- Net Worth
- Early Life and Education
- Marriage / Relationship
- Career and Professional Work Experience
- Other Career accomplishments
- Achievements and Awards
- Controversies
Godfrey Kirumira Kalule is a Ugandan businessman, philanthropist, real estate developer, leader and one of the wealthiest people in Uganda.
He is the current Honorary Consul of Namibia to Uganda as of 2023.
Kirumira is also the Chairman of the Uganda Landlord’s Association, Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA) and the ‘Kwagalana Group’, an association of the richest men and women in the country.
Net Worth
Godfrey Kirumira’s total estimated net worth, including his investments as of 2023 is $350 million.
He’s extremely rich and driving the most expensive and luxurious cars including a; Lexus, Range Rover, G-Wagon, Chrysler, Hummer among others.
He resides in a villa worth 2 billion Ugandan shillings ($500,000) in the affluent Buziga neighbourhood, with a view of Lake Victoria in the distance.
Early Life and Education
Godfrey Kirumira Kalule was born on the 9th of October, 1962 in Uganda.
He was born to the Late Zawedde Joyce Nakimbugwe (Princess) and the Late Muhammad Kirumira.
Godfrey Kirumira grew up during the reign of Idi Amin Dada’s governance.
He went to Aggrey Memorial Primary and Secondary School before quitting and deciding to join the business at the age of twelve. He bought and sold black-market cigarettes to customers who came from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Later on, in 1979, he started his own business where he would import bicycles from India and later Hankook tyres from South Korea.
Towards the end of the 1980s, Kirumira was an established business owner and he would also supply beans and maize to the World Food Programme (WFP).
Marriage / Relationship
Godfrey Kirumira is a married man with two wives; however, he frequently appears in public with Susan Mirembe, his second wife.
He has children but only two are known that’s Gideon Kirumira and Brenda Namugga who got married to wealthy businessman Engineer Patrick Lubowa in 2018.
Career and Professional Work Experience
Godfrey Kirumira has a broad range of economic interests, including; real estate, education, transportation, petroleum, telecommunications infrastructure development, private security and many others.
Kirumira has a variety of real estate holdings in the Central Business District, including residential, business, and hospitality assets.
Among his hospitality properties are the International Hotel Muyenga 2000 Limited (former International Hotel) and the Havana Hotel. He also owns Kirumira Towers, a commercial building on William Street.
Under the name GELP Petroleum Company, he is the proprietor of twelve gas stations both inside and outside of Kampala through his company, Bargary Company Limited. He also owns Nabugabo Updeal Venture Limited.
Kirumira’s businesses are under the management of Godfrey Kirumira Kalule Group (GKK Group of Companies) where he serves as the chairman.
He is also the proprietor of Royale Cash Forex, Money Point Forex, a bus company, GKO Security Company, BTC Transporters, KPI Petroleum Ltd and Premium Commodities which deals in products such as maize and beans.
Additionally, Kirumira is the top importer of bales of used clothing and footwear in Uganda.
He owns St. Mary’s Junior School at Nabbingo and Bright Future Secondary School Bwebajja which are both non-profit initiatives.
For the construction of telecom masts as part of network infrastructure expansion, he has collaborations with MTN Uganda Limited and Airtel Uganda Limited, two local telecom companies.
Kirumira invested 5 million US Dollars in a laboratory from Colombia in South America and transported it to Kampala to assess the quality of the oil samples discovered in Uganda.
Furthermore, President Hage Gottfried Geingob of Namibia named Ambassador Godfrey Kirumira the Honorary Consul of Namibia in Uganda.
On Thursday, May 6, 2023, the appointment was formally announced at a ceremony for the presentation of credentials.
Work experience background summary
| Years | Institution | Position |
| 2002 – Present | Kwagalana Group | Chairman |
| – Present | GKK Group of Companies | Owner and Chairman |
| 2023 – Present | Uganda | Honorary Consul of Namibia |
Other Career accomplishments
Godfrey Kirumira has participated in numerous charitable endeavours across various sectors of society, such as social welfare programs, corporate leadership, and sports development.
For ten years, Kirumira supported Express FC, a local soccer team, intending to help the team win the league and foster local talent. To create Express FC’s golden generation, he is credited with bringing in the league’s top players and paying hefty salaries.
Godfrey Kirumira supported the Buganda Kingdom’s development efforts through the ‘Twekobe Ejjude’ initiative, which aimed to develop the Kingdom’s infrastructure.
He is acknowledged as having also contributed to church and other religious organizations’ support campaigns.
Achievements and Awards
Godfrey Kirumira serves as the chairman of the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), the premier organization that unites all Kampala dealers and businesspeople.
Among other things, his job is to advocate for improved trading and working conditions for merchants and companies. He also provides advice on how to conduct business inside the city to avoid running in violation of local laws.
Kirumira is also the chairman of the wealthy Ugandan tycoons’ club, Kwagalana Group, which was established in 2002.
Controversies
In 2017, Godfrey Kirumira threatened to sue the newspapers Bukedde and New Vision for allegedly defamatory articles.
In a letter to the chief news editor, Kirumira accused the two newspapers of defaming him in the series of Sudhir’s claimed Shs400 billion Crane Bank fraud stories.
In August 2012, Kirumira was detained by the police on suspicion of having assisted in the unauthorized transfer of Shs190 million from the Bank of Baroda into his account. The funds were meant to be used by Kiruhura District at the time, but they were instead returned to the Treasury and the lawsuit was abandoned.
City tycoon Kirumira was ordered by the High Court in Kampala, Uganda, in September 2019 to pay 200 million Uganda Shillings to Stephen Sendagire and his wife Gladys Nanyombi, the former owners of Bright Future Vocational Senior Secondary School, for illegally taking over their institution.
Kirumira threatened legal action in November 2019 against Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) chief Gen. Charles Angina and his bodyguards issued a public apology for allegedly harassing him.
At the International Hotel in Muyenga, soldiers are reported to have seized Kirumira, beaten him, and then told him to kneel. They claimed he was planning to steal Gen. Angina’s land.
The businessman subsequently made it out of there barefoot, according to eyewitnesses.
