The owner of Hotel Africana Hajji Bulaimu Muwanga Kibirige better known as BMK has died, The Capital Times reports.

Kibirige lost a long battle to Prostate Cancer on Friday morning at Nairobi Hospital in Kenya where he had been under admission.

At 67, BMK has been the Chairman and Managing Director of the BMK Group of companies, whose member businesses include; Hotel Africana Kampala, Hotel Africana Moroto, Hotel Africana Lusaka, Zambia, BMK Motorcycles (U) Limited, Nateete, BMK Motorcycles (K) Limited, Nairobi, Kenya, BMK Motorcycles (T) Limited, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, BMK Motorcycles (R) Limited, Kigali, Rwanda, BMK Motorcycles (Z) Limited, Lusaka, Zambia, Hotel Africana Forex Bureau 1, 2-4 Wampewo Avenue, Kampala, Hotel Africana Forex Bureau 2, 16-18 William Street, Kampala, Uganda, BMK Construction Leasing Company, Kigali, Rwanda, BMK Oil Equipment Company, Kampala, Uganda.

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