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A BRITISH telecom tycoon has decided to sell his £1m (about sh3b) house and businesses to move to Uganda, where he will live in a mud hut to raise money for orphans.
The 41-year-old Jon Pedley’s life had been dogged by a criminal record, alcoholism and sex affairs. However, in 2002, his life had a turning point when he was involved in a life-threatening motor accident, after which he turned to God.
After making a full recovery, he said he found religion and gave up alcohol. “I’m now teetotaler and I try to live my life in a way that pleases God,” he told the UK newspaper, Daily Mail.
He is to start a children’s charity, called Uganda Vision, which will also help to build the self-esteem of troubled British children by sending them to Uganda, where they will support locals orphaned by HIV/AIDS and poverty.
“I’ve lived an incredibly selfish existence,” said Pedley, of Finchingfield, Essex.
“I’ve been convicted of crime, slept rough, been an alcoholic, had affairs and damaged people’s lives, including my own. I’ve always put the pursuit of money in front of everything else.”
His property on sale includes a 16th century-built farmhouse house in Essex with a one-acre garden and a pond and telecom firms Empowered Communications and Eme Tech.
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