Her father and siblings were professional motor sports riders in Uganda and East Africa in the 1960s and 1970s.
[4] Following a one-year internship in Uganda, she migrated to Zambia in Southern Africa, where she practised as a physician, from 1977 until 1979.
She continued to practice medicine in Kenya until 1986, when she again returned to Uganda, following another change of government in Kampala.
[5] In 1994, following the sudden death of her husband, she joined Crown Bottlers Uganda Limited (Pepsi), as the marketing director.
She worked at the bottling company until she was appointed executive director at Uganda Investment Authority (UIA) in 1999.