Sudhir Ruparelia is a businessman and entrepreneur in Uganda who was born in 1955.[1] He is the Chairman and majority shareholder in the companies of the Ruparelia Group.[2] His investments are mainly in the areas of banking, insurance, education, broadcasting, real estate, floriculture, hotels and resorts.
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Sudhir Ruparelia was born in Jinja Uganda, through his early life is not so much known but studied in schools like Jinja secondary school[3] Jinja but moved to the United Kingdom with his parents in his early teens during the Idi Amin explusion of Asians. He returned to Uganda in 1985, with US$25,000 to start his Ugandan businesses, which later grew into the Ruparelia Group.[4]
Sudhir Ruparelia is married to Jyotsna Ruparelia and they have three children. Sudhir bought his youngest son, Rajiv, a nightclub for his eighteenth birthday.[5] He also bought his son a Range Rover Sport
In 2005 a court issued an arrest warrant for Ruparelia on charges of causing a nuisance in the suburb of Bukoto. The warrant was requested after Ruparelia and his lawyers failed to appear at City Hall Court. He was charged with three counts of causing a nuisance, with the prosecution alleging that at the Kabira Club in Bukoto, which Ruparelia owns, he caused a nuisance in Nakawa Division and the district contrary to the Public Health Act. It was also alleged that he discharged sewage into a storm water channel contrary to the Public Health Act.[6]
