President Yoweri Museveni has offered state burial for Dr Martin Aliker, business acumen who died suddenly on monday.
Family members told this website that Aliker died from Nakasero Hospital at the age of 95 years.
Born in Gulu District on October 21, 1928, to Rwot Lacito Okech and Juliana Auma, Dr Aliker’s journey towards excellence began early in life.
He studied at Gulu High School, King’s College Budo,Makerere University before pursuing studies in political science at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois, United States for a Doctorate of Dental Surgery.
He is known for founding the first black-owned dental practice in Kampala.
His entrepreneurial spirit led him to invest in numerous businesses across Uganda and becoming visionary leader in the country’s corporate landscape.
Dr Aliker also served as a Senior Presidential Advisor and Foreign Affairs minister in President Museveni’s administration.
Dr Aliker’s also served as founding chancellor of Gulu University, where he played akey role in advancing higher education and fostering intellectual growth in northern Uganda.
Starting in the 1960s, Aliker began buying shares in blue chip companies, including the Uganda Commercial Bank and the National Insurance Company. As of October 2014, Aliker was a shareholder in the following publicly traded Ugandan companies: Stanbic Bank Uganda, Uganda Clays Limited, Nation Media Group, National Insurance Corporation, and East African Breweries, among others.
He sits on the boards of many of these companies and is the chairman of Uganda Clays Limited. From 2004 until 2014, he served as the founding chancellor of Gulu University, a public university. He was also the best man to President Milton Obote.
