The Resident District Commissioner, Representatives from Nzu Ya Masaba, Honorable Members Of Parliament present, Corporate leaders, distinguished members of the advisory board, members of the Wataka family present, colleagues, invited guests, and the entire African community at large ladies and gentlemen. It is my deepest privilege to welcome you all to this important event the formal unveiling of Afriwawa SKY Group of Companies and celebrating my 24rd birth day anniversary, meaning Our purpose here today is to celebrate a life well lived and to unfold a new corporate empire to the sky’s and soils of Africa.
There for at this particular moment kindly allow me begin by making my birthday speech, because I can see grand pa is losing his patience already then secondly I will outdoor or unveil Afriwawa SKY Group to the African community.
Today is a very special day in my life, it is a day I look back at my past and project on my future as a young man I have many dreams, visions and ambitions to reach in my life time, I believe in the unbelievable, think the unthinkable but it is a task I carry until the end because it is my vision, my dream and ambition.
As a little boy grand pa always told me “Wamukota life is what you make it to be, and always remember you can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, be anything you wish to be.
And today grand pa I am proud to tell you that I have chosen to draw my own path in life and career as a matter of fact grand pa what I wish to be in this world is too big and close to impossible because the vision is to big and seems un realistic but don’t worry and frown your face through persistence and good planning I have started achieving it little by little.
My Head Teacher Mr.Ogodia George once told us that a good plan today is better than a perfect plan in the future and that is what I do every 16th may, I go back to the drawing board and re-draw and review the short term and long term objectives and plans to take my vision a head and birth my ideas he also said that the only thing in life achieved without effort is failure.
As a matter of fact for the short period I have stayed under the sun and now making 24,I have learnt a lot of lessons in life at school teachers gave us lessons then followed it up with tests to see if we understood the lessons taught but it is a different story in the real world because the world throws to us tests and then we draw lessons from them and the more I grow as an entrepreneur the more I believe what granny used to say she said “Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing and when faced by a storm in life remember that tough times never last but tough people do and when the going gets tough it is only the tough who choose to go ahead” I do believe her words why? My company has faced many challenges and tragic moments were I reached a point of throwing in the towel but due to much endurance, sacrifice, hard work, critical thinking and strong leadership we are growing and diversifying more each and every day.
People have invented and discovered a lot, what have you done?
This is the question that keeps me going when I have lost direction as a young entrepreneur, Chairman & President of a startup company I have encountered a number of mental and emotional challenges, I have faced a number of walls, ups and downs in the pursuit of my vision, but I do thank God for many things that he has done in my life as a matter of fact if there is anyone who is lucky in this World then Wamukota is the luckiest ,if there is anyone who is blessed then Wamukota is more blessed, if there is anyone who is gifted then Wamukota is multi-gifted God has done many things in my life that if I begin testifying about his goodness I can talk for days, at my young age of 23 he has taken me to high places, gave me a different mindset, wisdom ,intellect ,understanding and sense of awareness, he gave me favor and a mind of greatness.
Right from the tender age of 14 I began searching for my purpose in life and at 15 I made I decision to live an extra-ordinary life and be the cream of my generation and this saw me establish my corporate empire at the age of 17 things have not been easy more so establishing a company at that younger age, but God has been there for me at every point and stage of the way he has never turned his back on me and now after 5-6 years of studying,planing and initiating business ideas, researching on product and service development am proud to say am now already in my vision realized although my company is still in its infancy stages at least i have traveled quite a long distance towards my vision and with God I am still moving to greatness.
There was a time in my life when I thought that to have a decent future and live a good life, I had to listen to my parents, teachers, mentors and do whatever they told me to do. There advice was always good because they wished only the very best for me, but when I made 17 I realized that every decision I make impacts on me in one way or another. As I grew older, I got wiser and at this point I began to know that I don’t have to hold anyone accountable for what I am today and what I will be in the future but myself. I realized that my future is not determined by my background, family history, being born out of evil or holly marriage union, having rich or poor parents, educated or uneducated parents but it all depended on the choices and decisions I make and my responsibility to choose what to make out of my life.
To be what I am now I had to do away with all your advice, I become a bad boy with no future to my grand pa, a crook to my granny, a spoilt son to my family and a disappointment to my school,teachers,mentors and fellow student leaders, a liar to my close friends and a person with a lost vision in life to my best friends, a selfish and unloving man to my girl friend but with all these setbacks I remained intact with my vision Why? . I knew that not everyone would understand my journey and vision in life a part from me, I knew It was my journey and mine alone. Others would walk it with me, but no one could walk it for me.
As a matter of fact it felt okay to know I have lost trust in the eyes of everyone around me. I knew am here to live my life, not to make everyone understand what I was up to but this does not mean that I didn’t take in your advise Grand pa,granny,my family as a whole, my Head teacher, my teachers,mentors,fellow student leaders and close friends.
You all advised me saying go to school, read hard, earn good grades, go get a degree in law, become a lawyer do you best in ten years time you become a judge with this career you will get a better pay, security and a good retirement package, raise a good family and leave a good legacy behind.
Others said Wamukota you have a seed of greatness in you, u’re a leader just in high school you have served at all levels of student leadership right from school level, District level up to National level now keep going join university become a guild President after university come back and serve us in parliament we know with your luck in leadership we might have a great minister or president out of you.
For the few years I have spent on this lonely journey I have come to realize that the best feeling in the world is knowing that your parents, teachers, community and friends are happy because of you and the power of apology, Apologize for mistakes and apologize for unintentionally hurting someone because when you do apologize you un burden your soul, mind and heart and that is one of the reasons I invited some of you here today to say sorry.
Grand pa I am sorry for turning out to be someone else and going against your wish and will. Granny I am sorry for turning out to be untrustworthy, useless, incompetent, irresponsible and lazy boy.
Manafwa High School and Mbale I am sorry for turning you down and leaving the path of political leadership and service to humanity that you labored to instill in me, am sorry for misusing all the leadership platforms you offered me.
My Head teacher I am sorry for turning out to be a disappointment and bringing shame to you and betraying the trust, confidence and sense of reason you saw in me I am sorry for trashing all the mentorship you labored to offer me am truly sorry .
My teachers, friends and mentors am sorry for letting you down you did all you could to make me a better person in life, you dreamed together with me, you helped me learn and polished all my foils as a student you showed me the way to a greater tomorrow I am sorry for turning and trekking on a different path
It was hard for me to leave the dream and vision that I truly loved, you told me to leave it, to forget it and concentrate on my studies, you advised me to do all this as if it was such an easy thing to do, but you had no idea how hard it was for me, because you were not the ones who were in my position, you didn’t see what I was seeing for myself, my children and grand children and the future generations of my family and for Africa as a whole in this dream and vision of mine.
I didn’t want to give up on something that I believed so strongly in, something that I was passionate about, something that is so special to me as a matter of fact you couldn’t just expect me to drop everything I had been through with this foolish dream and vision of mine and walk away like it never meant anything, to me it meant everything.
I tried to follow your advice and forced myself to ignore my dream and vision, but in the end, it was all that I wanted to think about, it was what occupied my mind, every second, every minute and every hour that went by, I kept on thinking about my dream and vision.
Grand pa and ma and all of you who loved, cared and believed in me and wished me only the best in life, forced me to stay away from my dream and vision, but in the end it was all I wanted to pour my life and sacrifice my whole life too, because my heart and mind felt at home with my dream and vision.
You forced me to move on with studies but in the end I just found myself coming back to my dream and vision, because we belong together, it is in my DNA and no matter what you would have done or advised me to do I would still trek on the lonely path to my dream and vision.
There for I come to you with a humble heart and soul requesting for your approval and acceptance of my new self GrandPa,Granny,Mr.Ogodia,Mr.Watibini,Mr.Toskin,Manafwa High School,Mbale,my teachers, mentors and friends.
I betrayed your trust and decided to become a different person from the one you were mentoring me to become but please find a place in your heart and forgive this stupid boy who is crazy and strongly believes that through his efforts and work he can make a better Africa am on my knees please forgive this idiot.
Grand pa, Granny, Mr.Ogodia, Mr.Watibini, Mr.Toskin, my teachers and friends, amI forgiven wow just by the expression on your faces I see forgiveness and a light of hope thanks for accepting my new self.
At this moment in time allow me introduce to you the people who have made me the person I am, the people who showered me with love, care and providence right from the time I was in my mother’s womb up to my birth, through my infancy, my child hood, took me to school, mentored me, instilled discipline and led me to the right direction in life. (Grand pa and granny please come forward)
Ladies and gentlemen these two here are the people I call my makers they might not be my biological parents but they are my physical parents I love you grand pa and granny, thanks for all the beautiful memories and life you offered me I promise you here today in front of the whole African community that I will forever be a person of good character and always try my best to do good to everyone without segregation and respect humanity thanks. (You can go back and take your seats grand pa).
PART TWO
Africa.W. Wamukota are my names, I am my grandfather’s son, I am my grandmothers son, I am my father’s son, I am my mother’s son, I am a gishu, I am a Ugandan but the greatest identity or definition I have is one “I am an African” for that matter I have to leave the African Dream.
What do I mean by the African Dream, I mean an Africa which is economically strong, politically independent, socially developing and culturally strong, Our fore grandfathers fought for political independence, they laid down their levies for it, they were imprisoned and treated harshly ,they tried to bribe them but they never betrayed the interests of Africa they kept the African Dream deep down in their hearts were the strokes and walls of jail could not reach it, in the south we had Nelson Mandela, in the west we had Kwame Nkrumah in the East we had Jomo Kenyatta,Mwalimu Julius Nyerere,Dr.Milton Obote,these great sons of Africa heard and obeyed the voice that was calling, they endured all challenges and struggles, they never gave Africa a deaf ear, by their blood and sweat they delivered Africa from the hands of outsiders and gave the ownership and mastership of Africa to its true natives which we called political independence.
This laid a foundation and gave hope to Africa as it was under the original control of its true natives. But if I may ask how independent are we today? You and me sited here today in this auditorium know it clearly, and can’t deny it that Africa is still under the dominion of outsiders, people who are not true natives of Africa they are exploiting and making Africa poor and poor, and yet we call ourselves independent.
Our fore fathers heard the call of Africa and arose to fight for its political independence, this fight needed a lot of sacrifice and endurance as they had at some points to spill their own blood, put their families levies at stake, bear the burden of shame and scolding from the world but they happily did it without second thoughts why?
Because they wanted to make a better Africa for you and me who are living today they accepted to live in discomforts until they achieved political independence, but if I may ask did they enjoy the fruits of their sweat and blood?.
They are sleeping in honor and it is you and me living today who are enjoying the fruits of their blood and sweat.
The war they fought was successful but it was only phase 1 which was political independence, behold the voice of Africa is calling it is speaking to our souls ,it wants us to fight and finish the war our generation must fight phase 2 of the war, As all wars our fore fathers fought had a price, they had to sacrifice a lot of things including their own life but thanks to them our war is simple but challenging and needs a lot of determination, focus and commitment which war do I mean?
I am talking about our Economic independence and this time our enemy is mental bondage, ignorance, poverty and unemployment, and the way to victory is not through money and foreign aid but through hard work and self-reliance as Africans. This is a war of the minds and creativity/innovativeness.
Africa as a whole continent and its true natives, have been sleeping for a long time it is now time for us to wake up and work our way to economic independency, fight this war of mental bondage, ignorance, poverty and unemployment in Africa and leave a better, empowered, healthy, wealthy, focused and developed Africa for our children, Grandchildren and future generations of Africa.
As we the African elite consume ourselves 24/7 in politics and seeking for true democracy and good governance, the world is busy working, the Chinese elite, American elite, Korean elites and British elites are looking for business around the world not through colonization but through their home grown multinationals; they speak one language, economics, and all their people are indoctrinated into the same thinking.
Of recent china is the rising global giant and without doubt, these Chinese are going to take over the world; they are in billions, but looking for opportunities around the globe, they will pour in African countries, and take over the economic opportunities in all these countries; they understand the game, no time for wasting for them,
As the African elite is deep rooted in politics, lamenting day by day; when they go outside of Africa, They only take selfies around historical places, then bring home photos, without identifying any single opportunity or learning anything new from those foreign lands,
the African elite puts on business suites, travel in business class which make them think they are at the top of the world game, yet other people look at us as mere noble savages who have just seen the light of "civilization", we are not doing anything to change the world's perception towards us, instead we have turned into world beggars, a laughing lot of the world.
Thinking critically about all this a question arises within me; what can be done?
Trust me for the first time, pessimism consumes my mind; it seems like nothing can be done; it’s like the position we adopted is going to be our eternal position; and it seems no one cares; even us who seem to care are not committed, dedicated to confront the huge challenge ahead of our race
If we don’t wake up from the deep sleep and utilize this century as the black race, we may end up in eternal oblivion, which is an abyss of destruction to us as a race.
It’s too painful for any sober mind that cares about the fate of our race; but unfortunately, it seems there is nothing we can do; instead to watch the serious races of mankind take over the world in this game of racial competition; we may have to just remain on face book and whatsapp amusing ourselves with fantasies, but yet in real sense, justifying G.W Hegel's argument that we are being devoid of rationality, and critical thinking; or proving Immanuel Kant right, that the tropics affected our mental development, and led to the overgrowth of the emotional left hemisphere of the brain, and less growth of the rational right hemisphere of the brain among the black race.
But yet to take that position of pessimism, is to betray Marcus Garvey, who over 80yrs ago warned us of the seriousness of the age, and made us aware of the racial competition going on in our world; we would have betrayed his message of race emancipation, and his project of building a black superpower nation that could protect and defend the rights and interests of black people wherever they are scattered on this earth.
We would have betrayed Lumumba, Cabral, Samora, Sankara; men who stood for the liberation of our race; and were killed at the battlefield of racial emancipation.
We would have betrayed Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Menelik II, Harriet Tubman, Toussaint L'overture, Kabalega, Queen Nzingha, Queen Nerfetiti, Queen Candace, Queen Hupschetup, King Ramese II, Mbuya Nehanda, King Menes I; men and women who fought and won great battles in defence of black people; who showed us that in unity, the black race can conquer the world, the black race is capable of achieving great things under the sun; who proved to us that there is nothing inferior about the black race; that we can defeat our enemies in every aspect; it’s unfortunate that by accepting the position of pessimism, we also betray them.
It’s a tricky position any sober mind finds him-self in; we are caught up between Pessimism and Optimism.
As a person I have heard the voice of Africa speaking to my Soul and I have sacrificed my youthful years and entire life time to fight this Great War, I am ready and prepared to pay any price and sacrifice to see that mental bondage, ignorance, poverty and unemployment is kicked out of Africa and reclaim the glory of the black race.
Behind every great achiever there is a dream, a vision and a well sought out plan, five years ago when I began chasing my filmmaking dream and owning a multibillion dollar corporate empire things changed in my life as everyone saw me as a failure in life, it was difficult to imagine my pathetic situation, atimmature age of (17),I experienced what I wasn’t supposed to experience, I was thoroughly worn out, it seemed like I was chasing wind nothing feltsoft, what I used to watch on TV and read in books were just under my pillow ,just like a time bomb waiting to sprung out any time, life is terrible if I could scribble all feelings, my throat could burst with anger, I never thought it could be like that even my best and closest friends and family couldn’t understand my dream, my vision and plans, theycouldn’t wipe away my pains. I used to crack jokes, smile and laugh but I become wink and weak, having shown me the path to trend, I had no more peace of mind everything just become tasteless I had no direction to take, the only thing I had was me, my dream/vision, my plan together with my God and hope that I will make it one day in life although he seemed to be a thousand miles away I believed that I was not born by mistake and let his will be done with the found hope that there is a way out.
As a person my birth was surrounded by a lot of mystery, sad moments and regrets and I was conceived in my mother’s womb by mistake/accidentally but I don’t wish to live this world as a mistake but a blessing to the African soil, agreat, wealthy and successful man, as a little child at about the age of (14) while in primary six I had two priorities in life, I wanted to be my own man, free from parental control and care because I had lived under their money, influenceetc, I felt I was a burden to them, I had a strong desire to achieve my own things and live my own dreams, be fully responsible for my life and start my own Wamukota family tree.
Secondly I wanted to complete my education, but the former was more important than the latter, myinitial plan was to become a judge in the High court, being a person with a kin foresight and visualization I conducted a research on the procedure or what it could cost me to become a judge, after some time of consultations and research I discovered that I needed a university degree (18 years of education) and to be a grade one magistrate which is the lowest level, I had to be a qualified lawyer with a degree in law (4 years of study) and a diploma in legal practice (1 year of study) totaling to (5 years ) and to become a judge I needed to have a working experience of not less than (10 years ) as a practicing advocate before a court with un limited jurisdiction in civil and criminal matters, in other words for me to achieve my dream of being a judge in the High court, I needed (29 years ) of preparations.
29 years of preparation I wasn’t ready to spend more (10 or 15 years) as a dependent, I needed to get my independence and take full control and responsibility of my life, after realizing this I then tasked my brain to think,
How do I reach my dreams?
How do I birth my ideology?
How do I become rich?
How do I become a blessing to the African continent?
How do I secure a place for my name in the history of Africa?
How do I lay affirm foundation for my children, grandchildren and the future generation of the Wamukota family?
After a long time of hearing, reading, studying, memorizing, meditation of these questions I come up with one solution which was to Establish and build a multibillion dollar corporate empire. However ,there were many of my close friends and family who challenged my ideology for setting such a goal and called me a dreamer some said I am being greedy, while others said people like me are the ones that exploit the poor to achieve our selfish ambitions, well in this speech I will respond to those constructive criticisms. However I am not doing this to justify myself or convince you over to my side, I am responding this to share with you the “why” behind my goal to own a multibillion dollar corporate empire, if you have been a close associate to me you will attest to the fact that I always emphasize the need to have a strong reason before pursuing any goal. I emphasize this because I have learned from experience that you’re “why” for pursuing a goal or executing a task can be a driving force.
I have seen boys do and break impossible barriers just to please their girlfriends and I have seen cowards summon extra ordinary courage in the face of danger just to save a loved one I believe that these simple illustrations will further make you understand the need to always have a strong mission (why) for everything you do in life.
Now why do I want to become a multi billionaire? Before I state my reasons for pursuing such a goal, I want to emphasize that my reasons are clearly personal and are reflections of my philosophy and ideology, whether you accept it or dispute them it won’t make any difference and please you are under no obligation to share my beliefs thanks.
SIX REASONS WHY I WANT TO OWN A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR CORPORATE EMPIRE
1. I want to aim beyond my reality and challenge societies so called “common sense”.
In our society success is measured by the level of education and one’s job line or career, but back home in Namatala “aguba” my grand pa was a civil servant and thought his career he served in many different big offices but to be honest up to now as a pensioner he is still a wage slave and not financially free yet he is an intellectual and wise man and through his wisdom and intellectuality he has contributed much to the society where he has lived and served.
On the other hand one of my uncles is a graduate of Makerere University the leading University in Uganda, he scored highly and attended only the best schools in our country on his graduation as a little boy I heard everyone saying to my grand pa and ma congratulations Mzee Wataka you have set and prepared your family for greatness and financial independency with this your son’s degree on hearing this I rushed to granny and posed a question to her “why are we celebrating uncles degree” she said look here Wamukota your uncle is now a very successful man with that degree he will get a job, a good wife, a good pay and raise a good family, on knowing this I was motivated and happy to celebrate this great mail stone for our family.
But for many years he searched for jobs but in vain, whenever he got one they requested for bribe before they could offer him one it was a very big blow and set back to us as a family more so to us the young ones at the time, this was when I decided not to follow societies common sense and aimed to draw my own path and own a multibillion dollar corporate empire.
Yes, this is my first reason for wanting to become a multi billionaire, I found out that I am quite comfortable with the goal to become a multi billionaire so I kind of said “why don’t I aim for something beyond my present reality” and that was how I come up with the goal, if I hit the goal, it’s going to be a feeling of self-actualization on my part. You see, I am tired of being average, I am tired of living within my means and I am tired of being contented with what I have, I am tired of setting goals I am comfortable with so I am prepared to leave my comfort zone. This is why I want to own a multibillion dollar corporate empire, and the pursuit of this goal made me drop out of school, am I regretting taking such a step? My answer is no, I have some notable entrepreneurs as my mentors and they are all big thinkers.
I am talking about people such as Aliko Dangote, Strive masiyiwa, Larry Ellison and Robert Kiyosaki. These men got to the level they are today because they aimed beyond their reality and never gave in to the so called societies common sense but opted to draw their own path in life, with lessons learned from these great entrepreneurs, I have refocused my perception to never accept anything average, why settle for less when you can think big and go for it? I figured out that if I am going to attain the level of these great entrepreneurs I must as well think big and that laid the foundation of my goal, to own a multibillion dollar corporate empire.
2. I want to touch and change lives of the most vulnerable people in society.
Have you ever felt, the argue to give a helping hand to a needy, helpless and dying soul but unfortunately, you couldn’t because you lack the financial resources? Well if you haven’t, I have felt and seen it not once, not twice but every day of my life and I can tell you that it’s a painful situation to be in.
As a little boy growing up in the out skit of Mbale town in Namatala “aguba” a residential area for the towns poorest, disadvantaged and generally perceived to be an area of thugs and alcoholic people, growing up in this environment enabled me to see a lot of the bad things that can happen to a society due to poverty and unemployment.
As a pupil of Namatala primary school which was a community school and almost all children in Namatala “aguba” went to this school, every day of my stay in this school exposed me to the other life and struggles of poor families, I saw fellow pupils who came to school on bare foot, skipped launch and breakfast snacks, wore tone and old school uniforms.WHY? Their parents back home were poor, unemployed and were living at the mercy of others i.e. the government and business owners.
Sometimes I could sacrifice my 100shs that granny gave me every morning and some packed snacks and gave it to them to at least enable them get a simple snack but it was like a drop in the ocean, it couldn’t take away the hunger, I couldn’t be of help to them because I had no financial muscle to lift all there problems and offer a helping hand to the thousands of children and families in my neighborhoods.
Talking about this reminds me of one incidence that has and will forever remain deep rooted in me for my entire life time, way back in 2007 we had gone to Mbale Municipal stadium for an end of year Passover prayers with my granny, as the prayers went on I felt like visiting the lavatories to ease myself, unfortunately the stadium lacked these facilities.
So granny took me to the far ends of the stadium in one of the abandoned and unfinished buildings to ease myself, before she could even show me the right spot to urinate, I had already started due to the fact that I couldn’t wait any longer, suddenly we heard some funny voices coming from the corner I was urinating in, out of fear and shock granny took my hand pulled me over and held me tight and then flashed light to this particular corner were the voice was coming from to our surprise they were children I had been urinating on, sleeping in boxes and covered in rugs, they had no place to call home, on seeing this with granny we broke down and cried granny called my name “Wamukota” and said “ have you seen them, not everyone was born lucky in this world, but if you happen to be lucky in this world always remember to offer a helping hand to the unlucky ones like these children”
At this particular moment, I felt the argue to help but I was too little and had no money to answer the problems and challenges of these innocent children who suffered innocently and in silent voices, and at this particular moment in time I remembered what one old man told me about flying ineuro plane, he told me when flying the flight captain tells everyone on board that in case of any problem first put on your oxygen mask before you think of helping others put on theirs thinking and reflecting on his statement I knew to help others I needed to first build a very big financial wall around me, this is when I made up my mind to establish and build a multi-billion dollar corporate empire.
Most people believe that the rich are greedy and evil but most good deeds are done by the rich either secretly or publically. All the poor and middle class do is complaining and yarn for more, but the good rich guys get things done. Consider how Bill Gates is helping fight malaria in Africa through his foundation, consider Ted turner, who pledged a billion dollar to the united Nations ,consider the ford foundation, Getty foundation and others that distribute billions of dollars annually to different causes consider what Andrew Carnegie did in the aspect of education, consider billionaires like warren Buffet that have signed the “giving pledge” to give away half of their wealth upon their death and you will see why I want to be up there, I want to support causes that affect my conscience, I want to be a father to the fatherless, I want to be a son to the old, I want to be a light of hope to every suffering soul in Africa, I want to be the answer to my neighbors problems and a blessing and inspiration to the world.
3. I want to re-distribute wealth in my society.
I grew up seeing my grand pa! work very hard with lots of commitment as a civil servant, but still suffer financially, I have seen many poor people take on jobs which require lots of physical energy and dangerous to human life but end up being paid pea nuts and exploited by the government or company owners.
I have seen people who work very hard earn less and people who just sit back sign documents earn more than the people who toil whole day under the hot sun.
As a young Entrepreneur, I want to change this and stop exploiting workers in the name of making more profits for the company owners and share my wealth with all people attached to my corporate empire, I want to teach them financial literature and intelligence, wealth creation and management, I want to put an end to the mentality of working just for survival and daily bread and make my people work for a course or purpose in whichever work they do under the sun.
I know you are asking how and trying to figure it out and know how you’re being exploited, well I will elaborate it for you to know how, but before I do that I have to warn you in advance that, I am very poor in mathematics and every one in my close circle know this pretty well and I have taken many insults from grand pa because of this math stuff so be keen and re-do this math for yourself, I call it hard work analysis.
Divide your SALARY by 30 days and see what you get (i.e. the number of days in a month and see the funny thing about your salary plan). For example,
(1) An average worker in the government civil service like my grand pa!! Earns Ugx 600,000 and this translates to Ugx 600,000÷30= Ugx 20,000 every day. This is LESS THAN the amount made daily by an AVERAGE HAWKER in the bus park or vendor in main market.
(2) A freshly EMPLOYED GRADUATE BANKER, in most UGANDAN BANKS earns an average of Ugx 1.2million monthly. So every day, you get Ugx 1,200,000÷30= Ugx 40,000 as the daily value for your work-life. By implication you earn, LESS THAN the amount earned DAILY by an AVERAGE DRIVER in town and a serious boda boda rider.
(3) If you are a FRESH GRADUATE EMPLOYEE in URA, KCCA, UIA etc., you earn an average of Ugx 3,000,000 monthly. So in a day your WORK-VALUE is Ugx 3,000,000 ÷ 30= Ugx 100,000 This is LESS THAN the daily amount earned by a Commercial FARMER supplying vegetables to Kampala MARKETS, a TIPPER CAR/Magulu kumi DRIVER supplying sand for three BLOCK INDUSTRIES and CONSTRUCTION SITES just 3 times a day
--------->>>HOPE BY NOW, IT IS SINKING IN, RIGHT? And when there is an ISSUE in the FAMILY that requires FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, the DRIVERS, HAWKERS and the rest are looking up to you with a WHITE COLLAR JOB.
(4) If you are a Primary teacher you DON'T need to be told that, Ugx 200,000÷30 = Ugx 6,700 is your worth on a daily basis. I hope you know that WATER SELLERS who own a shop, a Toninyira stall owner and a small Boda boda rider earn MORE THAN you & MIGUGU Carriers working in Bus Park and markets probably make MORE MONEY than you EACH DAY.
We shouldn't end at satisfactions from these earnings. We should be more proactive, create room for more income and strive to diversify our streams of income. The earlier you wake up and smell the coffee, the better for you...... I know of someone right now who will say this is too ideal to be true but take your time and do this analysis over and over again, and you will grasp the crux!!!
This is why I want to own a multi-billion dollar corporate empire and work on these issues. Consider how many people have become rich by being attached to Microsoft, either as employees, partners, consultants or investors and you will understand what I mean, I also believe that the pursuit of my goal to become a multi billionaire will lead to creation of jobs and development in my nation and Africa as a whole. Entrepreneurs such as Carlos slim and Li ka shing each have a direct work force of over 200,000 from different continents consider that.
4. I want influence.
thought my life, I have been a student leader, a prominent and influential junior youth in all environments I live in, am perceived by many to be an elite, intellectual and a youth with a great vision for the future and a junior youth with a voice of reason and as a result of this I have been able to move to high places representing and deliberating on different courses on behalf and for the good and better of others and society as a whole.
With all this at heart and mind I made a resolution to always be able to influence government’s policy for the good of the public, be a voice for the voiceless and a voice of reason, and be in position to inspire and calm the hearts of my fellow citizens. Now let me ask how many people will it take to stage a protest and get government attention. My answer is millions just like the Arab Spring of Libya and Egypt, but it will take just one rich man with millions of dollars in donation to influence any policy just consider how Roman Abromovich changed the fortune of chukatka (Russia) for good, and you will understand why it pays to be rich, strive masiyiwa and oprah Winfred are also great example’s of good influence.
5. I want to be an inspiration and example to a thousand souls.
Way back in 2010, we formed a club of young, talented and ambitious youths in Mbale town which we called the legends club, we had like 30 members from different schools, universities and back grounds, we could meet every evening and discuss on how we could birth our different dreams and visions in life, at this point I was only focusing on my filmmaking dream.
In this club I was the only writer and producer all the rest of the members were pursuing their acting dream, every day I could teach them some basics of filmmaking as I had I already become a professional writer only lacking a platform and financial resources to launch my film projects, working with these club members motivated and inspired me as a writer to write more scripts as they were extra-talented and creative youths who knew what they wanted out of life, we could sit on the round table and flash into the future and see ourselves as big film stars and everyone in the legends club seemed to be ready and prepared to walk the lonely path to our dream’s and vision’s.
Together as the legends club we tried our best to birth our dream’s, but we had no direction, no platforms to exhibit our talents and a abilities, everyone said no to us, I remember I submitted my script to one very big drama club in Uganda, but they just trashed the script without even reading through the concept or story line when I made a follow up the director told me Wamukota we all know you can’t write an award winning script more so being a boy from mbale,you are not exposed enough, experienced enough.
This broke me down, it tore me a part and as a matter of fact I decided to let go of this dream of mine, being the big fish in the legends club when I lost direction, everyone too lost direction and the club couldn’t stand any more all members trough in the towel and went back to follow societies common sense.
My scripts were trashed everywhere I submitted them, no one seemed to believe in my talents and a abilities a part from my fellow junior youth and people who had no money to push me a head, every door was locked and I remained in space a lone with my dream and vision.
It was at this point and moment that I started to think differently, and started to think of creating my own platform and opportunities and to draw my own path to birth my dream’s or vision’s, I knew no one would believe in a little boy with a poor back ground like me and nobody would give me an opportunity to show case my talent and a bilities,I knew I was the only key to my vision and future all my friends gave up and forgot about their dreams and vision’s, they buried there greatness and potential.
Why? Because the challenges, struggles were unbearable, they couldn’t bet their lives on the illusions of their dreams, after four years of a great struggle, planning and critical thinking I think I am the only one still trekking on the lonely path to my dream and vision in life out of the 30 members of the legends club.
I made a personal decision at that tender age to think hard and critically about my vision in life, I began to draw my master plan on how my vision could be birthed and excuted,I planned day and night, I thought about it every day, everyhour, every minute and seconds that went by I made it to be part of me, I had no capital to start out but I just keptplanning, critically thinking and doing my very best as I waited for the day when the opportunity or the door would open for me and I start to execute my vision, grand pa always joked that I was building castles in the air but ,I always said to him and myselfthat planning and critical thinking is so free so why should I ignore it, let me waste my time planning more,criticaly and creatively think about my vision more since I was a lazy and incompetent boy at home, as time went by I started to visualize my dream and taste its reality on paper and my laptop files, I was very much determined never to lose sight of my vision.
I made myself a promise that when I actualize my dream in life I would take on the challenge to make each and every youth in Africa realize their talents in creative arts, sports or business and developing them to become professional careers and bring benefit and glory to their home land. This will reduce on unemployment and crime rates because it’s these youths who are not academically gifted that the African society has neglected who turn out to be a mess in the society. In our society, parents and everyone else think that bright people should become doctors, lawyers or something like that. There is a high premium on certificates people in our society also believe that you’ll be a failure in life if you don’t get a university degree, so they influence their young people to study or do stuff that they’re not really keen a bout. The truth is that many of these youths would rather do something else, for some of them all they want to do and love to do is run or make paintings or fix electrical or something they have passion for however, when parents realize that children have talent, they think of it as a pass time instead of something that could develop into a career, take these young ones to the top in future and bring glory and benefit to their country.
To reach my vision I pushed my leg into the world I went against society’s so called common sense, I have stood amidst pressure, went against my parents, my teachers or mentors and lost trust in the eyes of all my friends and family for this matter I decided to follow the path that I drew to establish my corporate empire and ready to fight to the last breath of my life until I reach my aspirations and ambitions.
Nothing brings me more happiness than trying to inspire, motivate, give courage and teach the youth the power of the mind and how to discover their dreams and purpose in life, it is a goal and essential part of my life a kind of destiny I will carry to the end this is why I want to own a multi-billion dollar corporate empire and show the young generation of Africa that everyone can make it in life.
6. I want to secure a place for my name in the history of the World and live a legacy of a good name in this world.
Lastly, I believe every generation has a historical role to play in the betterment of Africa and for this reason I decided to be a problem solver and a critical thinker and to establish a corporate empire that will transform lives of many families through employment, products and service delivery and to do a lot of charitable works, teach the African communities how to live and improve on their house hold income.
As a final note, I want to add that I am not pursuing this goal for the money neither am I in it for the power; I set the goal to own a multibillion dollar corporate empire because of the challenges involved, the excitement, the highs and lows. I believe this goal will keep me on edge, it’s going to keep my brains active because it is a goal that requires continues learning, what I don’t know is if I will achieve this multi billionaire goal but at least, it’s worth giving a shot, even if I don’t hit the sun, I am sure to land among the stars.
In the year 2008,I set a personal goal to become a billionaire in my life time when I shared it with my friends and family I was bombarded with criticism, encouragements and questions, two questions being asked frequently were;
How do you intend to become a multi billionaire?
What are your plans to achieve such a big goal?
By then I was little to answer these two important questions, but after years of self-discovery and personal development I can now strongly answer them, but before I share my personal blueprint/master plan to become a multi billionaire with you, I want to point out some observations, I find it surprising that most people still live with the perception that money is scarce and building a multibillion dollar corporate empire is impossible, it is also surprising that most people hate aiming above average well, that’s for them not me.
I believe in stretching my mind beyond my reality, I believe in going way beyond my comfort zone, moreimportantly, I am a stickler for thinking big and pursuing big goals. That is why I have people like Strive Masiyiwa, Aliko Dangote, RobertKiyosaki, praiseGeorge, Donald Trump and Larry Ellison as businessmentors, I believe that with the right perception and idea Establishing and building a multibillion dollar corporate empire is achievable.
I never shared this to brag about my exploits, achievements or smartness NO!! I simply shared this to show you my step by step master plan to establish, build and own a multibillion dollar corporate empire in my life time; I shared this to open your eyes to the possibilities of the goal and the opportunities that abound in life. So if you are ready to learn and take action, then bellow is my blueprint to hitting my multi billionaire dollar goal.
I will start and build businesses.
This is the primary key to become a billionaire, now if you are on a similarfinancialpath, I hope you are not living with the illusion that you can achieve such a goal as an employee, the starting point to become a billionaire is to first become an entreprenuar,if you look at the richest people in the world ,they all have one thing in common they become billionaires by building business Bill Gates and Larry Ellison provided easy to use software for businesses and individuals, Larry page provided an easy to use search engine for free (Google),Mark Zuckenberg created a platform for people to interact and connect with their old time friends (face book). More realistically, they are serving millions of people all over the world.
This is exactly what I am doing, serving other people through my business in exchange for a nominal fee, while my peers and age mates are out there looking for high paying jobs, I am critically thinking how to solve other people’sproblems, I want to simply find a need and fill, I want to serve more people with less effort. This is exactly how I intend to become a multi billionaire by solving other people’s problems it’s as simple as ABC. If you want to become a millionaire or billionaire, then start a business and serve other people.
I will invest in other businesses.
No matter how smart I am, I can never know it all and I can never take advantage of every opportunity I come a cross, I am trapped by time and limited man power to pursue every single opportunity, so what do I do ? I simply put my money into other businesses or start up ideas that get my nod, I will invest in other businesses via the stock market, and I will also invest in businesses started by friends and other entrepreneurs who approach me for startup capital or partnerships.
I will invest massively in the three major sustainable wealth creators
What do I mean by the three major sustainable wealth creators? Way back I learned from my mentors and granny these three sustainable wealth creators i.e. stock exchange market, real estates and Entrepreneurship these three can create wealth which can out live your years as a founder/investor, I say this becauseIgrew up in my granny’s premises in Namatala “aguba” it had 14 rooms for rent which she built way back before I was born.
These rooms sow us through school, made food available to us and it answered all our financial problems and yet grand ma’s business collapsed in the late 1990’s as her stalk was burnt down in the fires that gated Mbale main market at the time, so she lost interest in business and sat back home as a house wife but through
Her wise investment she managed to offer us a better life more than the neighboring families could provide their children with, we attended best schools in town, had best clothes and ate good and healthy food basically we lacked nothing but all due to the premises she built while still in business.
So I made up my mind to own all operational facilities of my businesses and develop domestic, commercial and industrial properties thought Africa.
Too many successes seems to come suddenly .when you observe others and what they have achieved you usually don’t appreciate what it has taken for them to get where they are ultimately in failing to do this you also fail to learn what it would take for you to attain the same level of achievements and success.
But if you take the time to truly think about it, you will find that success is usually only a small step away. Yet despite that it eludes most people, it is always so near and yet so far .let me illustrate what I mean with a short story.
A lesson from my High school mountain hiking.
The year was 2009 while in form one ( s 1)in Manafwa High School, just after two terms in high school, Ioverheard students charting about 9th October which is independence day in Uganda but to them it meant a day of excitement, fun and extraordinary pleasure, asa person who wants to know something about everything I had to inquire ,they told me 9th October in Manafwa High School is a day of mountain hiking, I said wow I have to be part of this, I have to enjoy mountain climbing but to my surprise everyone in the room laughed at me, I got curries and asked what was funny about me going for the hike? One said “Wamukota with all that your weight you won’t make it just quit” I was disappointed but latter I asked why they think I couldn’t make it to the top? She taped me on my shoulder and said boy come with me, she took me outside the class room and said look at that mountain it looks to be very near and close to us but if you decide to move towards it ,it is very far and getting to the top needs extra ordinary courage,partiance and endurance ,she then said go home think about it if you are ready and determined that you will make it to the top join us tomorrow early morning, I departed for home but all night long I was thinking why not take up this challenge ,if others can then I to can make it to the top.
When it come to morning I dressed up quickly ready and determined to endure all the struggles and challenges that a waited me until I make it to the top, when she saw me approaching them she shouted their comes our big daddy everyone laughed not because she called me big daddy but because they knew I won’t make it to the top, they knew I had to fail in all ways.
But I said in my heart if you can make it to the top then I will to, we had only a few things to carry a liter of water and some snacks each for the whole trip.
So we started off very early in the morning, full of energy and freshness and within a few minutes our town was far behind us we started to walk through thick bushes, villages and because the path’s were narrow and thin we had to walk in a straight line to the top of the huge mountain, that meant that whatever obstacle we encountered on the way had to be overcome, that straight line had to be maintained at all costs.
So we walked through the thick bushes, there was no time for fear, no time for doubt, we had to do what we had to do, our futures depended on it, we had to reach the top no matter what!!
As I walked through that unknown and scary world one thought kept going through my mind……. It was… “just take it one step at a time, don’t worry about what will happen later, just think about each step…one small step to success “ that was the idea I hang on to.
So with that I found some courage to get going. We moved on through grass as tall as giraffes and as tough as bamboo our hands were pierced, bruised and sliced as we searched around the rocks to makeapath to go through, we conquered what seemed to have been endless mountains on the way, the rocks were so hard on our tired feet it was as though we had no shoes on, our legs cried for mercy from the efforts of climbing up the steep slopes. We had to keep moving “small steps to success”
Take a break, if you must but don’t give up
Finally, we could go no further. The pain and fatigue was unbearable, we had to catch a nap half an hour of rest ,all cuddled up like puppies for warmth and then we moved on, our water was all gone and the day brought with it unbearable heart and nasty irritating little flies which intent on getting into our nose or ears, it was so cold but we could feel the heat embracing our face’s, we were getting dehydrated by now it was so bad that I could see salt like staff on all the face’s of my peers, all the sweat had dried upon them, had it been any other day I would have laughed out loud at seeing everyone walking around with a white powder like staff on their faces but right then my tongue was sticking on the roof of my mouth and laughing was very difficult, by now everyone was wishing they had not had to come along or carry the heavy bags, it seemed to have gained on extra 5 kilos since we had began.
The straps had slowly dug into the flesh across the shoulders and the back, every step was accompanied by some pain in one part of the body or the other, every part of the body was crying out for attention. But we had to move on “small steps to success”
By mid morning we were utterly exhausted. Some dragged their bags behind them like unwanted tails, others had taken off all they could for the heat, we were as dry and shriveled as prunes, but right then it was more about survival than about dignity.
Finally, few minutes to mid day we arrived at the mountain top, only then did I notice how horrible I smelt, I had no idea that I could stink so bad, but first things despite the smell water, food and a bath in that order and we enjoyed the challenge, excitement and fun.
So you see, we took small steps to success all along that hike, together they added up to hundreds of thousands of small steps, but we might have chosen not to take the first step we might have stopped at any point along the way. That would have meant that we would not have gotten to our destination.
There were also obstacles along the way, but with each small step they were overcome, there were frustrations, fears and uncertainties but with each small step they were crushed.
There was hardship and danger, but with each small steps and focus on the desired destination it was conquered, so you see, success is no mystery, it takes only one small step to succeed, because as the Chinese philosopher Lao Tzusaid “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
Have you taken that one step in your life?
“People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them”
MY WALK TO INDEPENDENCE
I think it all started in 2008 in my p 7 vacation, thought my childhood I spenta lot of time in town with my grand ma!! And I could hardly go in the village because whenever I did they could bewitched me, so immediately after my p7,I had a desire to know how it feels like to be in a village, I lourberdenough to convince her to let me go because she loved and cared for me much that she didn’t wish to let me go out of her sight for a day, indeed no one will ever love and care for me in this world the way she does, she makes me feel special and proud of myself .
After grand pa supporting my course she let me go for just one week, but this one weak opened up my eyes and a process of self discovery, in the village I disguised myself to fit in the environment and tried to do everything that children did from garden work, fetchingwater,firewood,hunting and going to school to my surprise village life was so much different, kids had little or no ambition in life, had one meal a day, taking tea or bread was almost unheard of, show up at school on bare foot, looking at all this and comparing it to the life I had as we were walking home with my three cousins ,I was in deep thoughts thinking about everything I had observed ,they were chatting, but I wasn’t paying attention to what they were saying.
Then suddenly I said “you know what guy’s I am lucky and blessed”
One of them asked me why and I explained that look we are family my dad stays here, my half brothers and sisters stay here, school here under all this poor conditions, but take a look at me I stay in town with my grand ma!!,I am healthy, I go to the best schools in town, I sleep in my own room, I have the best clothes and lots of pairs of shoes, I don’t miss any meal, I speak good English and basically I have everything I need as a child and a bright future.
Two of them said true bro you have it all in fact you are extremely lucky and blessed, the other one looked at me and laughed then he called my name three times, Wamukota, Wamukota, Wamukota, you think you’re lucky and blessed, you think you have it all, you think you have a bright future, but sorry little bro we are all heading to the same future full of struggles and a poor life, out of curiosity I asked him why? He said you see Wamukota you are the unlucky one here because you are living in deception but the moment your precious grand ma!! Departs from this world you will have no place to call home, you will belong no were.
These words touched deep my soul, they triggered my mind to think I couldn’t sleep that whole night, in fact I began recalling whenever I did anything wrong grand pa would immediately ask grand ma why don’t we take him to his dad, he is totally not our responsibility, he doesn’t belong here, he must go to his dad, we have done enough for him already hearing the sound of him say this in my mind and visualizing the kind of life my dad could afford to offer me, I started discovering that I had no future and anything for me in this world I only lived in deception and lies, these words sounded offensive but they gave me a wakeup call I knew my future lied in my own hands I had to dare to be different and change my future for good.
That was about the time that I started to observe peoples behaviors and analyzing various careers and just to think about life
I did not know it then, but over the years I have come to see that the reason people don’t change is simply that they do not dare to be different some people are waiting for God to come to their aid, withoutknowing that they have the power to be what they want to be, the power to succeed is in born in everyone, but it’s up to you to discover this power and use it to your advantage.
WHAT DOES BEING DIFFERENT MEAN?
Being different means not being afraid to challenge the norm, being willing to take a chance, askingwhy, making your own track or path ,not just following the well troddenpath, charting your own course and destiny ,being the person that you were meant to be.
I believe that everyone is born unique. But thought the years we work very hard to be like everyone else. We conform to societies so called “common sense” unfortunately it is just that “common sense” that does not mean its “good sense”
THE FOLLY OF EDUCATION
If I were to take just the people in this room, it is likely that most of you have spent anything from 15 to 20 years getting an education so you can get the jobs you have. Doesn’t it strike you as irresponsible that one can spend so much time getting an education and yet so many people don’t make any deliberate effort to develop their greatest asset themselves!
Most people think once they have a qualification that is it. They have arrived, is it any wonder they don’t grow? They are stagnant, stuck at that level for their entire life time.
Most of us won’t even read unless there’s an exam in sight but you know what? Every day of your life is an exam, everyday you either pass or fail the test of life .everyday is an opportunity to grow beyond your present barriers and circumstances, everyday is a chance to become a better person.
The saddest part is most people don’t realize this if they had to be graded at the end of their levies you know what they’d get? E, E, E and more E’s and yet they thought they were doing very well they let society’s “common sense” grade them.
MY ADVICE?
If I can leave you with one piece of advice it would be this “read” society celebrates mediocrity so much that it does not take much to set yourself above the rest .doing that one thing regularly will put you way above the rest .
Read books that challenge you and make you think, I have decided to read at least one book every month I’m already amazed at the results.
MY FINAL WORDS
In closing I’d like to say to those of you that are skeptic out there, those of you that are saying “oh, he is just drunk with the omnipotence of youth. He will get over it, and then he’ll be just like everyone else”
My words to you are, I am not going out like that, I know that I have an abundance of potential within me and I will bring it out to fruitation why? Because…………..I’m different.
If you don’t see what I see for Africa and for the Wamukota family in AFRIWAWA SKY GROUP is because pigeons and Eagles have two different visions, to see what I see requires you to fly and pigeons fly while looking down as for us Eagles we fly while looking up.
“if you want to call me names, make jokes, doubt my intentions, go ahead because the reality is I can take it” and if you are search a person please I kindly request stay a side and cheer us as we walk a path to greatness.
Listen up all of you who have made a decision to follow my lead ,today the world might call us up starts, today we might be building castles in the air, and our vision might be seen and criticized as impossible, but worry not about the delay of our success because constructing a palace takes a lot of time and effort than an ordinary house and Rome was never built in one day there is nothing in this world which starts from the top apart from the grave, never look downa upon yourselves because you are tomorrows legends and heroes, I am going to lead you to great wealthy,honour and glory, your names will forever be remembered in the history of this generation, Together we can make a great difference in Africa, the journey may seem bumpy, challenging and tedious but our resolve has never been as strong as it is now, nor our conviction as solid as it stands, let’s meet at the top brethrens but I count ion you only the strong,focused,commited and determined survive to the top.
“TOGETHER WE SHALL RISE, TOGETHER WE SHALL GROW AND TOGETHER WE SHALL SHINE”
“FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY”
