Career
He is reported to be one of the wealthiest individuals in that country, with an estimated Netto worth of approximately United States$100 million. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, he began trading in textiles and alcoholic beverages from a shop on Luwum Street in central Kampala. His first company, Dembe Enterprises, has since expanded into the Dembe Group of Companies, a conglomerate that includes a radio station (Dembe FM), an automobile dealership, a finance and insurance business, an amusement park, and a chain of hotels under the Imperial Hotels Group.
He also owns the former Uganda Commercial Bank Towers, which he renamed Cham Towers.