{{Short description|Ugandan businessman and entrepreneur}} {{Infobox person | name = James Nyakuni | image = | caption = | birth_date = c. {{Birth year and age|1970}} | birth_place = [[Uganda]] | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = [[Businessman]] and [[entrepreneur]] | years_active = 1990 — present | known_for = One of the wealthiest people in Uganda | networth = | title = Managing director (Gaagaa Bus Services Limited) }}
'''James Nyakuni''' is a Ugandan [[businessman]] and [[entrepreneur]] who is the founder, owner, and managing director of Gaagaa Bus Services Limited.<ref>{{cite web | accessdate=11 March 2016 |url=http://www.monitor.co.ug/SpecialReports/Location-gives-Arua-an-edge-in-business/-/688342/2012220/-/nelre5z/-/index.html | title=Location gives Arua an edge in business: Movers and Shakers | date=30 September 2013 | last=Felix Warom | first=and Clement Aluma | newspaper=[[Daily Monitor]] | location=Kampala}}</ref> He was reported in 2007 to be one of the wealthiest Ugandans.{{Citation needed|date=April 2026}}
== Early life == He was born in [[Arua District]] of Uganda, circa 1970. He dropped out of school in Primary 7.
== Career == He started out by making earthen building bricks before rented a stall in the market, where he sold fabricated metal products. Later, he opened a shop selling bicycle parts. When he started trading in cigarettes and automobile fuel, his business required him to travel to [[Nairobi, Kenya]] several times a year. On such trips, he learned new business skills and made new business contacts. He followed up by opening a second shop across the border in northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Finally, he entered the transportation business.{{citation needed|date=March 2016}}
==Businesses and investments== His business interests include the [[Coca-Cola]] distribution franchise for the [[West Nile sub-region]], Gaagaa Bus Services Limited, whose vehicles offer round-the clock transportation between [[Arua]] and [[Kampala]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.observer.ug/news-headlines/25373-court-gives-tenants-three-day-eviction-notice | title=Court gives tenants three-day eviction notice | accessdate=11 March 2016 | date=19 May 2013 | first=John | last=Agagati | newspaper=[[The Observer (Uganda)]] | location=Kampala}}</ref> apartment complexes and other rental real estate in Arua and Kampala, and a fleet of long-haul trucks.<ref>{{cite web | date=11 November 2005 | last=Rupiny | location=Kampala| publisher=Uganda Radio Network | url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/a/story.php?s=821 | title=Arua district officials blast the UN Security Council over Nyakuni | accessdate=11 March 2016 | first=David }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=28 March 2016| url=http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1002268/gaaga-boss-accounts-frozen-report|date=6 September 2011 |last=Vision Reporter|location=Kampala| title=Gaaga boss accounts frozen over UN report |newspaper=[[New Vision]]}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1002268/gaaga-boss-accounts-frozen-report Gaagaa boss accounts frozen over UN report]
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