{"id":48781,"date":"2023-08-30T15:31:25","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:31:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/young-entrepreneur-musinguzi-positive-about-getting-his-motel\/"},"modified":"2023-09-03T11:58:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-03T11:58:11","slug":"young-entrepreneur-musinguzi-positive-about-getting-his-motel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/young-entrepreneur-musinguzi-positive-about-getting-his-motel\/","title":{"rendered":"Young entrepreneur, Musinguzi  positive  about  getting  his  motel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Musinguzi raised his concerns at the celebration of YouthConnekt\u2019s Aluminum anniversary at Intare Conference Arena last week where he claimed that he purchased a motel from Col. Mabano, but the retired soldier allegedly refused to transfer ownership to him.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the complaint, President Paul Kagame instructed relevant authorities from the City of Kigali, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Defence to address the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to IGIHE, Musinguzi has revealed that the situation turns out to be a positive step, considering the support he has received from relevant authorities so far. <\/p>\n<p>He has extended  utmost  gratitude  to  president  Paul  Kagame  for  intervening  into  his  \u2018motel\u2019  ownership  matter  with Rtd Col.  Joseph Mabano.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI  extend sincere  thanks  to  the  president  for  the  help  he  has  rendered  to  me, for  being  an  honest  and  intelligent  man, and  for  always  inspiring  the  youth,\u201d he  said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Musinguzi, ever since the matter was brought to the attention of the president, different institutions like the City of Kigali and the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), to mention but a few, have stepped forward to provide support in his quest for justice.<\/p>\n<p>Musinguzi  purchased  \u2018Best  Inn  Motel\u2019  from  Rtd Col Mabano  on March, 11th, 2023. However  months  later, he allegedly refrained  from  handing  it  over  despite  having  involved  authorities  from  different  levels.<\/p>\n<p>As Musinguzi revealed, the motel, based in Kanombe of Kicukiro District,  was  on  auction  by  the  bank  when  he decided  to  purchase  it  having  rented  it  in  October, 2022  alongside  Rtd Col Mabano.<\/p>\n<p>Upon  realization  of  how  profitable  the  business  was, Musinguzi  secured  a  loan  from  Equity  Bank  and  with  a  payment  totaling Rwf 210 million, he  bought  out  his  counterpart.<\/p>\n<p>IGIHE  tried  reaching  out  to  Rtd Col  Mabano  over  a  phone  call by press time  but  didn\u2019t  succeed.<\/p>\n<p>{{Thriving business}}<\/p>\n<p>Musinguzi  is  the  CEO  of  \u2018Sinan  Frank\u2019  General  Supply  Limited, a Kanombe  based  business  that  deals  in juice  supply, outlet  stocks  with  Bralirwa, disco  hire,  car rentals and logistics, among  others.<\/p>\n<p>Employing  almost  20  youths  in  his  business  ventures, Musinguzi started  doing  business  in  May, 2013  after  completing  his  secondary  school  at Kagarama  secondary  school.<\/p>\n<p>With  just  Rwf75,000, he  opened  his  hospitality  shop  in  Karangazi, in the  Eastern  Province  of  Rwanda  where  he  sold  juice  and  other  beverages.<\/p>\n<p>In  2018, Musinguzi  moved  back  to  Kigali  with  an  aim  to  grow  his  business  further  and  also  continue  with  his  studies. He  joined  East  African  University  Rwanda (EAUR)  and  graduated  with  a  Bachelor\u2019s  Degree  in  Business  Administration (BBA),  faculty  of  Finance.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the  young  entrepreneur  is  pursuing  a  Master\u2019s  Degree  in  Executive  Administration  at  the University  of  Kigali  where  he  enrolled  two  weeks  ago.<\/p>\n<p>A  third  born  from  five, Musinguzi  draws   motivation  from  his  childhood  background  which  he  terms  \u2018unpleasant\u2019  having  lost  his  dad  at  age  two.<\/p>\n<p>Musinguzi\u2019s  mom  took  up  sole  responsibility  of  him  and  his  siblings, but  later  left  him  with  his  aunt  and  moved  to  Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>At  age  fifteen, while  he  was  studying  at  Kagarama  secondary  school, Musinguzi went  back  home  only  to  find  his  aunt  gone.<\/p>\n<p>He  traveled  back  to  school  where  he  was  looked  after  until  he  completed  his  secondary  studies. During  his  study, he  composed  the  school  anthem  and  a  campaign  song (Tuzamutora  Paul  Kagame) for  President  Paul  Kagame, whom  he  says  inspires  him  and  other  youths  to  work  hard.<\/p>\n<p>Once  he  gets his  motel, Musinguzi  wants  to  work  hard, invest  in  more  businesses, in  addition  to  clearing  his  bank  loan.<\/p>\n<p>Musinguzi advised  fellow  youths  to  always  set  goals  and  have  objectives  for  nothing  is  impossible  once  one  is  focused.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59327\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-08-28_at_15.37_28.jpg\" alt=\"Best  Inn  Motel in Kanombe supposedly  bought  by  Frank Musinguzi  from  Rtd Col. Mabano. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59325\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/musinguzi.jpg\" alt=\"Musinguze has expressed optimism about acquiring his motel. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-59330\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-08-28_at_14.13_04.jpg\" alt=\"Musinguzi was among young people who attended the celebration of YouthConnekt\u2019s Aluminum anniversary at Intare Conference Arena. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Young entrepreneur, Frank Musinguzi who recently raised his concerns about an alleged exploitation case involving Retired Colonel Joseph Mabano, has expressed optimism about getting his motel.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000059329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[3104],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-48781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-jane-babirye"],"bylines":[{"id":3104,"name":"Jane Babirye","slug":"jane-babirye","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"contributors":[{"id":3104,"name":"Jane Babirye","slug":"jane-babirye","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":null}],"featured_image":{"id":2000059329,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/musinguzi.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/musinguzi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/musinguzi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/musinguzi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/musinguzi.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/musinguzi.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000059329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48781"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=48781"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=48781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}