“Nothing I Touched Ever Worked” – How a Young Entrepreneur From Wakiso Broke His Bad Luck

For many years, I believed that maybe life simply wasn’t meant for people like me. My name is Andrew, a 29-year-old small entrepreneur from Wakiso. I grew up with a dream of being independent, building a stable business, and supporting my family.

But from the moment I started working on my goals, everything kept collapsing in front of my eyes. No matter how hard I tried, nothing ever went the way I planned. Instead, I kept running into failures that made no sense.

My first business was a small poultry project. I invested everything I had saved, and within weeks, the birds started dying one after another. I blamed myself, thinking maybe I didn’t care for them properly. I tried again with fresh capital, new chicks, and better equipment.

The same thing happened. After losing almost everything, I decided to switch to a mobile money business. I rented a small kiosk and started serving customers in the neighborhood. Within three months, the kiosk was broken into twice, and I lost all my working capital.

My relatives began to think I was irresponsible. Some even started mocking me, saying, “Andrew, business is not for everyone. Just accept it and get employed.” But deep inside, I knew something was wrong. It was not normal for everything I touched to fail the same way.

Worse still, I noticed that even opportunities that seemed promising would suddenly disappear at the last minute. People would promise to partner with me, only to change their minds mysteriously. Some customers simply avoided my business for reasons I could not understand. I started feeling cursed.

One day, while visiting a friend in Kireka, I opened up about how tired I was of failing. I explained how I felt like my life was stuck in a dark cycle. My friend listened quietly, then told me something I had never expected. He said he.To Continue Reading, Click Here