Simbamanyo House has been renamed Gender and Labor House.
This, after tycoon Sudhir Ruparelia acquired the building that is located in the Central Business District of Kampala and houses the Ministry of Gender, Labor and Social Development.
Sudhir and his Meera Enterprises acquired the building for Shs18.5b from Equity Bank in October 2020, after the previous owner Peter Kamya aka Simbamanyo failed to service a bank loan.
The properties had been put up for auction by Equity Bank in August 2020.
Kamya ran to Court to try to declare the sale of his property illegal, but in late July, he lost an appeal, which was the third time he had ran to court, putting the ownership battle to rest.
Now, the building has been renamed Gender & Labour House, to symbolise its major tenants the Ministry of Labour, Gender and Social Development.