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About the founder The inspiring story of Robert Katende the man behind the success of Uganadan chess champion Phiona Mutesi begins in a small town in Kiboga District where his teenage mother had to place her son in the care of his grandmother. Uprooted by the Ugandan Bus War insurgency of those years Robert and his grandmother eventually made it to Kampala. Later living in the slums of Nakulabye he was taken in by two different aunties. Against all odds he made it to Kyambogo University where he pursued a degree in civil engineering.